NAME
RRD::Simple - Simple interface to create and store data in RRD files
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use RRD::Simple ();
# Create an interface object
my $rrd = RRD::Simple->new( file => "myfile.rrd" );
# Create a new RRD file with 3 data sources called
# bytesIn, bytesOut and faultsPerSec.
$rrd->create(
bytesIn => "GAUGE",
bytesOut => "GAUGE",
faultsPerSec => "COUNTER"
);
# Put some arbitary data values in the RRD file for the same
# 3 data sources called bytesIn, bytesOut and faultsPerSec.
$rrd->update(
bytesIn => 10039,
bytesOut => 389,
faultsPerSec => 0.4
);
# Generate graphs:
# /var/tmp/myfile-daily.png, /var/tmp/myfile-weekly.png
# /var/tmp/myfile-monthly.png, /var/tmp/myfile-annual.png
my %rtn = $rrd->graph(
destination => "/var/tmp",
title => "Network Interface eth0",
vertical_label => "Bytes/Faults",
interlaced => ""
);
printf("Created %s\n",join(", ",map { $rtn{$_}->[0] } keys %rtn));
# Return information about an RRD file
my $info = $rrd->info;
require Data::Dumper;
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($info);
# Get unixtime of when RRD file was last updated
my $lastUpdated = $rrd->last;
print "myfile.rrd was last updated at " .
scalar(localtime($lastUpdated)) . "\n";
# Get list of data source names from an RRD file
my @dsnames = $rrd->sources;
print "Available data sources: " . join(", ", @dsnames) . "\n";
# And for the ultimately lazy, you could create and update
# an RRD in one go using a one-liner like this:
perl -MRRD::Simple=:all -e"update(@ARGV)" myfile.rrd bytesIn 99999
DESCRIPTION
RRD::Simple provides a simple interface to RRDTool's RRDs module. This
module does not currently offer a "fetch" method that is available in
the RRDs module.
It does however create RRD files with a sensible set of default RRA
(Round Robin Archive) definitions, and can dynamically add new data
source names to an existing RRD file.
This module is ideal for quick and simple storage of data within an RRD
file if you do not need to, nor want to, bother defining custom RRA
definitions.
METHODS
new
my $rrd = RRD::Simple->new(
file => "myfile.rrd",
rrdtool => "/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.11/bin/rrdtool",
tmpdir => "/var/tmp",
cf => [ qw(AVERAGE MAX) ],
default_dstype => "GAUGE",
on_missing_ds => "add",
);
The "file" parameter is currently optional but will become mandatory in
future releases, replacing the optional $rrdfile parameters on
subsequent methods. This parameter specifies the RRD filename to be
used.
The "rrdtool" parameter is optional. It specifically defines where the
"rrdtool" binary can be found. If not specified, the module will search
for the "rrdtool" binary in your path, an additional location relative
to where the "RRDs" module was loaded from, and in /usr/local/rrdtool*.
The "tmpdir" parameter is option and is only used what automatically
adding a new data source to an existing RRD file. By default any
temporary files will be placed in your default system temp directory
(typically /tmp on Linux, or whatever your TMPDIR environment variable
is set to). This parameter can be used for force any temporary files to
be created in a specific directory.
The "rrdtool" binary is only used by the "add_source" method, and only
under certain circumstances. The "add_source" method may also be called
automatically by the "update" method, if data point values for a
previously undefined data source are provided for insertion.
The "cf" parameter is optional, but when specified expects an array
reference. The "cf" parameter defines which consolidation functions are
used in round robin archives (RRAs) when creating new RRD files. Valid
values are AVERAGE, MIN, MAX and LAST. The default value is AVERAGE and
MAX.
The "default_dstype" parameter is optional. Specifying the default data
source type (DST) through the new() method allows the DST to be
localised to the $rrd object instance rather than be global to the
RRD::Simple package. See $RRD::Simple::DEFAULT_DSTYPE.
The "on_missing_ds" parameter is optional and will default to "add" when
not defined. This parameter will determine what will happen if you try
to insert or update data for a data source name that does not exist in
the RRD file. Valid values are "add", "ignore" and "die".
create
$rrd->create($rrdfile, $period,
source_name => "TYPE",
source_name => "TYPE",
source_name => "TYPE"
);
This method will create a new RRD file on disk.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
$period is optional and will default to "year". Valid options are
"hour", "6hour"/"quarterday", "12hour"/"halfday", "day", "week",
"month", "year", "3years" and "mrtg". Specifying a data retention period
value will change how long data will be retained for within the RRD
file. The "mrtg" scheme will try and mimic the data retention period
used by MRTG v2.13.2
(<http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/>.
The "mrtg" data retention period uses a data stepping resolution of 300
seconds (5 minutes) and heartbeat of 600 seconds (10 minutes), whereas
all the other data retention periods use a data stepping resolution of
60 seconds (1 minute) and heartbeat of 120 seconds (2 minutes).
Each data source name should specify the data source type. Valid data
source types (DSTs) are GAUGE, COUNTER, DERIVE and ABSOLUTE. See the
section regrading DSTs at
<http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdcreate.en.html> for further
information.
RRD::Simple will croak and die if you try to create an RRD file that
already exists.
update
$rrd->update($rrdfile, $unixtime,
source_name => "VALUE",
source_name => "VALUE",
source_name => "VALUE"
);
This method will update an RRD file by inserting new data point values
in to the RRD file.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
$unixtime is optional and will default to "time()" (the current
unixtime). Specifying this value will determine the date and time that
your data point values will be stored against in the RRD file.
If you try to update a value for a data source that does not exist, it
will automatically be added for you. The data source type will be set to
whatever is contained in the $RRD::Simple::DEFAULT_DSTYPE variable. (See
the VARIABLES section below).
If you explicitly do not want this to happen, then you should check that
you are only updating pre-existing data source names using the "sources"
method. You can manually add new data sources to an RRD file by using
the "add_source" method, which requires you to explicitly set the data
source type.
If you try to update an RRD file that does not exist, it will attept to
create the RRD file for you using the same behaviour as described above.
A warning message will be displayed indicating that the RRD file is
being created for you if have perl warnings turned on.
last
my $unixtime = $rrd->last($rrdfile);
This method returns the last (most recent) data point entry time in the
RRD file in UNIX time (seconds since the epoch; Jan 1st 1970). This
value should not be confused with the last modified time of the RRD
file.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
sources
my @sources = $rrd->sources($rrdfile);
This method returns a list of all of the data source names contained
within the RRD file.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
add_source
$rrd->add_source($rrdfile,
source_name => "TYPE"
);
You may add a new data source to an existing RRD file using this method.
Only one data source name can be added at a time. You must also specify
the data source type.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
This method can be called internally by the "update" method to
automatically add missing data sources.
rename_source
$rrd->rename_source($rrdfile, "old_datasource", "new_datasource");
You may rename a data source in an existing RRD file using this method.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
graph
my %rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
destination => "/path/to/write/graph/images",
basename => "graph_basename",
timestamp => "both", # graph, rrd, both or none
periods => [ qw(week month) ], # omit to generate all graphs
sources => [ qw(source_name1 source_name2 source_name3) ],
source_colors => [ qw(ff0000 aa3333 000000) ],
source_labels => [ ("My Source 1", "My Source Two", "Source 3") ],
source_drawtypes => [ qw(LINE1 AREA LINE) ],
line_thickness => 2,
extended_legend => 1,
rrd_graph_option => "value",
rrd_graph_option => "value",
rrd_graph_option => "value"
);
This method will render one or more graph images that show the data in
the RRD file.
The number of image files that are created depends on the retention
period of the RRD file. Hourly, 6 hourly, 12 hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, annual and 3year graphs will be created if there is enough data
in the RRD file to accomodate them.
The image filenames will start with either the basename of the RRD file,
or whatever is specified by the "basename" parameter. The second part of
the filename will be "-hourly", "-6hourly", "-12hourly", "-daily",
"-weekly", "-monthly", "-annual" or "-3year" depending on the period
that is being graphed.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
Graph options specific to RRD::Simple are:
destination
The "destination" parameter is optional, and it will default to the
same path location as that of the RRD file specified by $rrdfile.
Specifying this value will force the resulting graph images to be
written to this path location. (The specified path must be a valid
directory with the sufficient permissions to write the graph
images).
basename
The "basename" parameter is optional. This parameter specifies the
basename of the graph image files that will be created. If not
specified, it will default to the name of the RRD file. For example,
if you specify a basename name of "mygraph", the following graph
image files will be created in the "destination" directory:
mygraph-daily.png
mygraph-weekly.png
mygraph-monthly.png
mygraph-annual.png
The default file format is "png", but this can be explicitly
specified using the standard RRDs options. (See below).
timestamp
my %rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
timestamp => "graph", # graph, rrd, both or none
);
The "timestamp" parameter is optional, but will default to "graph".
This parameter specifies which "last updated" timestamps should be
added to the bottom right hand corner of the graph.
Valid values are: "graph" - the timestamp of when the graph was last
rendered will be used, "rrd" - the timestamp of when the RRD file
was last updated will be used, "both" - both the timestamps of when
the graph and RRD file were last updated will be used, "none" - no
timestamp will be used.
periods
The "periods" parameter is an optional list of periods that graphs
should be generated for. If omitted, all possible graphs will be
generated and not restricted to any specific subset. See the create
method for a list of valid time periods.
sources
The "sources" parameter is optional. This parameter should be an
array of data source names that you want to be plotted. All data
sources will be plotted by default.
source_colors
my %rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
source_colors => [ qw(ff3333 ff00ff ffcc99) ],
);
%rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
source_colors => { source_name1 => "ff3333",
source_name2 => "ff00ff",
source_name3 => "ffcc99", },
);
The "source_colors" parameter is optional. This parameter should be
an array or hash of hex triplet colors to be used for the plotted
data source lines. A selection of vivid primary colors will be set
by default.
source_labels
my %rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
sources => [ qw(source_name1 source_name2 source_name3) ],
source_labels => [ ("My Source 1","My Source Two","Source 3") ],
);
%rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
source_labels => { source_name1 => "My Source 1",
source_name2 => "My Source Two",
source_name3 => "Source 3", },
);
The "source_labels" parameter is optional. The parameter should be
an array or hash of labels to be placed in the legend/key underneath
the graph. An array can only be used if the "sources" parameter is
also specified, since the label index position in the array will
directly relate to the data source index position in the "sources"
array.
The data source names will be used in the legend/key by default if
no "source_labels" parameter is specified.
source_drawtypes
my %rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
source_drawtypes => [ qw(LINE1 AREA LINE) ],
);
%rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
source_colors => { source_name1 => "LINE1",
source_name2 => "AREA",
source_name3 => "LINE", },
);
%rtn = $rrd->graph($rrdfile,
sources => [ qw(system user iowait idle) ]
source_colors => [ qw(AREA STACK STACK STACK) ],
);
The "source_drawtypes" parameter is optional. This parameter should
be an array or hash of drawing/plotting types to be used for the
plotted data source lines. By default all data sources are drawn as
lines (LINE), but data sources may also be drawn as filled areas
(AREA). Valid values are, LINE, LINE*n* (where *n* represents the
thickness of the line in pixels), AREA or STACK.
line_thickness
Specifies the thickness of the data lines drawn on the graphs for
any data sources that have not had a specific line thickness already
specified using the "source_drawtypes" option. Valid values are 1, 2
and 3 (pixels).
extended_legend
If set to boolean true, prints more detailed information in the
graph legend by adding the minimum, maximum and last values recorded
on the graph for each data source.
Common RRD graph options are:
title
A horizontal string at the top of the graph.
vertical_label
A vertically placed string at the left hand side of the graph.
width
The width of the canvas (the part of the graph with the actual data
and such). This defaults to 400 pixels.
height
The height of the canvas (the part of the graph with the actual data
and such). This defaults to 100 pixels.
For examples on how to best use the "graph" method, refer to the example
scripts that are bundled with this module in the examples/ directory. A
complete list of parameters can be found at
<http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/doc/index.en.html>.
retention_period
my $seconds = $rrd->retention_period($rrdfile);
This method will return the maximum period of time (in seconds) that the
RRD file will store data for.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
info
my $info = $rrd->info($rrdfile);
This method will return a complex data structure containing details
about the RRD file, including RRA and data source information.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
heartbeat
my $heartbeat = $rrd->heartbeat($rrdfile, "dsname");
my @rtn = $rrd->heartbeat($rrdfile, "dsname", 600);
This method will return the current heartbeat of a data source, or set a
new heartbeat of a data source.
$rrdfile is optional and will default to using the RRD filename
specified by the "new" constructor method, or "$0.rrd". (Script basename
with the file extension of .rrd).
VARIABLES
$RRD::Simple::DEBUG
Debug and trace information will be printed to STDERR if this variable
is set to 1 (boolean true).
This variable will take its value from $ENV{DEBUG}, if it exists,
otherwise it will default to 0 (boolean false). This is a normal package
variable and may be safely modified at any time.
$RRD::Simple::DEFAULT_DSTYPE
This variable is used as the default data source type when creating or
adding new data sources, when no other data source type is explicitly
specified.
This variable will take its value from $ENV{DEFAULT_DSTYPE}, if it
exists, otherwise it will default to "GAUGE". This is a normal package
variable and may be safely modified at any time.
EXPORTS
You can export the following functions if you do not wish to go through
the extra effort of using the OO interface:
create
update
last_update (synonym for the last() method)
sources
add_source
rename_source
graph
retention_period
info
heartbeat
The tag "all" is available to easily export everything:
use RRD::Simple qw(:all);
See the examples and unit tests in this distribution for more details.
SEE ALSO
RRD::Simple::Examples, RRDTool::OO, RRDs, <http://www.rrdtool.org>,
examples/*.pl,
<http://search.cpan.org/src/NICOLAW/RRD-Simple-1.44/examples/>,
<http://rrd.me.uk>
VERSION
$Id: Simple.pm 1100 2008-01-24 17:39:35Z nicolaw $
AUTHOR
Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>
<http://perlgirl.org.uk>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005,2006,2007,2008 Nicola Worthington.
This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version
2.0.
<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>