autom8 and URL escaping with PIA 2.8 and Cacti 0.8.7g

[Howie]

After fiddling with patches for autom8 and pia2.8 it seems to mostly work, except that when I try to define which hosts to apply a rule to, I get a URL like:

http://192.168.0.28/plugins/autom8/auto ... tem_edit[b]&[/b]id=5&rule_type=1

It seems that something in either 'g' or pia2.8 is being too cautious with escaping?

Is there a fix? I have a new project that would really benefit from autom8

[Howie]

Update - it's only the 'Add' links. If I change one manually to be correct so I can add rules, then I can edit that rule with no problem. I think that puts the problem in the Cacti form-table drawing code.

[Howie]

And choosing 'Apply Autom8 rules' in the devices page leads to a confirmation page, and then a completely blank one. Nothing the apache or cacti logs...

[gandalf]

Howie, did you try attached V035b6?
R.

[Howie]

I used 0.33 from http://docs.cacti.net/plugins

I'll try this version.

[gandalf]

I'm quite sure to have issues fixed in that version
R.

[Howie]

Where would I have found it?

[gandalf]

In the v0.33 thread
R.

[Howie]

In the v0.33 thread
R.

Aha... obviously

Anyway, it does fix the problem so thank you! And thanks again for this plugin - it's a fantastic tool for being sure that all your devices graphs are configured the same way, and also for the tedious job of adding many switches at once.

[TheWitness]

So, the latest PIA 2.9 beta is good to go then?

Larry

[Howie]

So, the latest PIA 2.9 beta is good to go then?

Larry

It works for me now

I still don't know how to upgrade a plugin without losing my data, and the cactiuser.org wiki is spitting out binary crap instead of a homepage so there's effectively no documentation currently, but I suppose that's not actually a bug

[gandalf]

I still don't know how to upgrade a plugin without losing my data,

??? I was under the assumtion, that all my plugins peform an auto-upgrade of table changes without loosing data. Very early versions were a bit picky, but this should all work now. So please tell me the exact issues you have.

and the cactiuser.org wiki is spitting out binary crap instead of a homepage so there's effectively no documentation currently, but I suppose that's not actually a bug

Again, which link is failing? Were is documentation missing? I can post a pdf of course but I want to fix that issue at the root
R.

[Howie]

I still don't know how to upgrade a plugin without losing my data,

??? I was under the assumtion, that all my plugins peform an auto-upgrade of table changes without loosing data. Very early versions were a bit picky, but this should all work now. So please tell me the exact issues you have.

I expect it does, but it doesn't mention upgrades in the autom8 docs, and I couldn't see what the intended standard process might be because the PIA docs were unavailable. So I had no way to tell if it was correct. Perhaps one line in the README? "For upgrades, simply copy the new version over the top of the old one. All settings are preserved."

I think my own plugins are just as guilty of this, but now that some of these plugins have been around long enough to have many versions, perhaps it's a good idea to be clearer about an upgrade path.

and the cactiuser.org wiki is spitting out binary crap instead of a homepage so there's effectively no documentation currently, but I suppose that's not actually a bug

Again, which link is failing? Were is documentation missing? I can post a pdf of course but I want to fix that issue at the root
R.

Earlier today, any link on http://cactiusers.org/wiki/ was giving me a chunk of random characters, instead of a page. It's apparently fixed now.

However, the autom8 readme (and I guess many others) point the user to the Plugin Architecture documentation for more information. That page (http://cactiusers.org/wiki/PluginsInstall) describes how to install 1.x plugins, doesn't mention the plugin management page in Cacti, or anything that might need to be done for an upgrade. As I said, I suppose it's not actually a bug with Cacti, Autom8 or the PA.

[gandalf]

I still don't know how to upgrade a plugin without losing my data,

??? I was under the assumtion, that all my plugins peform an auto-upgrade of table changes without loosing data. Very early versions were a bit picky, but this should all work now. So please tell me the exact issues you have.

I expect it does, but it doesn't mention upgrades in the autom8 docs, and I couldn't see what the intended standard process might be because the PIA docs were unavailable. So I had no way to tell if it was correct. Perhaps one line in the README? "For upgrades, simply copy the new version over the top of the old one. All settings are preserved."

Accepted

However, the autom8 readme (and I guess many others) point the user to the Plugin Architecture documentation for more information. That page (http://cactiusers.org/wiki/PluginsInstall) describes how to install 1.x plugins, doesn't mention the plugin management page in Cacti, or anything that might need to be done for an upgrade

Bad, indeed. I need more cycles for documentation ...
Anybody who's able to wrap up some lines is encouraged to place them into the dokuwiki.
R.

[Howie]

Earlier today, any link on http://cactiusers.org/wiki/ was giving me a chunk of random characters, instead of a page. It's apparently fixed now.

Just to show I didn't dream it, it's doing it for me again!

Attached is a screenshot of http://cactiusers.org/wiki/PluginArchitectureInstall