Template import script

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:50 pm

Has anyone thought about / discussed a template import script? This script would basically be the commandline version of the Import Templates page. This would help to streamline new installations and customize them with useful templates/scripts.

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:16 pm

BSOD2600 wrote:Has anyone thought about / discussed a template import script? This script would basically be the commandline version of the Import Templates page. This would help to streamline new installations and customize them with useful templates/scripts.

Amen.

A quick look at template_import.php suggests it would be fairly straightforward to write a cli version.

Add a little bit more, and that's an installable package of resources/* plus templates, too.

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:25 pm

Alrighty, feature request #1450 created.

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:47 pm

Here you go. Only lightly tested but it works for me.

There's not much to it, and the actual import is just the same as Cacti's web UI.

Please don't try it out on a running installation without a backup though!

Edit: Attached it to the feature request.

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:20 pm

Thanks!

I'll have to give it a shot in a VM this week.

Exo7 · Post by **Exo7** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:37 am

I wrote some time ago a script which do the same, but with no verification whatsoever. Its purpose was to ease automatic installation of my servers.
see http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=8827

I would love to see this kind of scripts added to Cacti

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