[SOLVED]Cacti Environment Variables - Python - How to Get

[eholz1]

Hello Forum Members,
I would like to access the cacti environment variables.
I can do this easily in a bash script via the export command.

I have seen get and set for python, which works for the environment of a virtual machine (like HOSTNAME, etcx)

But so far I have not figured out how to get the cacti vars with python.
I run the bash script from the "Alerting/Threshold" tab.

Thanks,
eholz1

[Osiris]

What cacti vars?

[eholz1]

I am using cacti-1.2.21 at the present time

THOLD_SNMP_HOSTNAME,
#export THOLD_HOSTNAME
#export THOLD_DATE
#export THOLD_SNMP_HOSTNAME
#export THOLD_SNMP_LOCATION
#export THOLD_DOWNUP
#export THOLD_DESCRIPTION

etc, but figured it out. Just in case someone has same question: here is what I did
create a python program to use the "get.os" environ imported the os module to my python program.
added the #!/usr/bin/local/python line to top of script, the made the program executable i.e. chmod 755 for linux.

put the program name the the "Thold/Alerting" area.
Presto Changeo - got the variables

thanks for a great product

[TheWitness]

Cool. Every little step works one from apprentice to journeyman.