Graph php $variable

[Fr3d]

Hello There,

I have been using Cacti for a couple of weeks for my switch graphing and I am very pleased!

I am today playing around with the options and I am wondering if someone could advise me on how to go about doing something:

I run a standalone PHP script on my server which I have setup to create a variable which is a percentage of the users that are online. Basically I simply want to graph this as a percentage value out of 100.

I have limited knowledge of PHP and I am wondering what my best option is, do I need to send this number to an mysql database on the server and get cacti to read from there? or can I set it up to get it directly?

Thanks for your help,
Fred.

[gandalf]

See first link of my signature for "a few" walkthroughs that will answer your question.
Happy cactiing
Reinhard

[Fr3d]

Thanks for the message,

I have looked at your tutorials and think I am heading in the right direction but I am not sure how to configure cacti.

I have made the following php script which echoes the percentage value that I want to graph:
http://www.fastfrags.co.uk/lgsl/percentage.php

From this how can I get cacti to graph this value on a scale of 0-100?

Thanks,
Fred.

[gandalf]

Please note the "numerical range" of the expected output. And you surely will use a Data Template defining the data source as GAUGE. Rest of it should plainly be taken from my howto's
Reinhard

[Fr3d]

Thanks for your response,

I am not quite sure how I am suppose to set this up really (sorry!) could you possibly give me a bit more guidence?

Here is what I have setup as my "Data Input Method":

[gandalf]

Please use simply "Script", even if it's written in php. Script Server is somewhat different.
Reinhard

[rony]

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