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RRDCGI(1)			    rrdtool			     RRDCGI(1)

NAME
       rrdcgi -	Create web pages containing RRD	graphs based on	templates

SYNOPSIS
       "#!/path/to/"rrdcgi [--filter]

DESCRIPTION
       rrdcgi  is a sort of very limited script	interpreter. Its purpose is to
       run as a	cgi-program and	parse a	web page template  containing  special
       <RRD:: tags. rrdcgi will	interpret and act according to these tags.  In
       the  end	 it will printout a web	page including the necessary CGI head-
       ers.

       rrdcgi parses the contents of the template in 3 steps. In each step  it
       looks only for a	subset of tags.	This allows nesting of tags.

       The  argument  parser uses the same semantics as	you are	used from your
       C-shell.

       --filter
	       Assume that rrdcgi is run as a filter and not as	a cgi.

       Keywords

       RRD::CV name
	       Inserts the CGI variable	of the given name.

       RRD::CV::QUOTE name
	       Inserts the CGI variable	of the given name but quotes it, ready
	       for use as an argument in another RRD:: tag. So even when there
	       are spaces in the value of the CGI variable it  will  still  be
	       considered to be	one argument.

       RRD::CV::PATH name
	       Inserts the CGI variable	of the given name, quotes it and makes
	       sure it starts neither with a '/' nor contains '..'. This is to
	       make  sure  that	 no  problematic  pathnames  can be introduced
	       through the CGI interface.

       RRD::GETENV variable
	       Get the value of	an environment variable.

		<RRD::GETENV REMOTE_USER>

	       might give you the name of the remote user given	you are	 using
	       some sort of access control on the directory.

       RRD::GOODFOR seconds
	       Specify	the  number  of	seconds	this page should remain	valid.
	       This will prompt	the rrdcgi to output a Last-Modified,  an  Ex-
	       pire and	if the number of seconds is negative a Refresh header.

       RRD::INCLUDE filename
	       Include	the  contents  of the specified	file into the page re-
	       turned from the cgi.

       RRD::SETENV variable value
	       If you want to present your graphs in another  time  zone  than
	       your own, you could use

		<RRD::SETENV TZ	UTC>

	       to  make	 sure  everything is presented in Universal Time. Note
	       that the	values permitted to TZ depend on your OS.

       RRD::SETVAR variable value
	       Analog to SETENV	but for	local variables.

       RRD::GETVAR variable
	       Analog to GETENV	but for	local variables.

       RRD::TIME::LAST rrd-file	strftime-format
	       This gets replaced by the last modification  time  of  the  se-
	       lected  RRD.  The  time	is  strftime-formatted with the	string
	       specified in the	second argument.

       RRD::TIME::NOW strftime-format
	       This gets replaced by the current time  of  day.	 The  time  is
	       strftime-formatted with the string specified in the argument.

	       Note  that  if  you return : (colons) from your strftime	format
	       you may have to escape them using \ if the time is to  be  used
	       as an argument to a GRAPH command.

       RRD::TIME::STRFTIME START|END start-spec	end-spec strftime-format
	       This  gets replaced by a	strftime-formatted time	using the for-
	       mat strftime-format on either start-spec	or end-spec  depending
	       on whether START	or END is specified.  Both start-spec and end-
	       spec must be supplied as	either could be	relative to the	other.
	       This  is	 intended  to allow pretty titles on graphs with times
	       that are	easier for  non	 RRDtool  folks	 to  figure  out  than
	       "-2weeks".

	       Note  that  again,  if  you return : (colon) from your strftime
	       format, you may have to escape them using \ if the time	is  to
	       be used as an argument to a GRAPH command.

       RRD::GRAPH rrdgraph arguments
	       This tag	creates	the RRD	graph defined by its argument and then
	       is  replaced  by	an appropriate <IMG ...	> tag referring	to the
	       graph.  The --lazy option in RRD	graph can be used to make sure
	       that graphs are only regenerated	when they are out of date. The
	       arguments to the	RRD::GRAPH tag work as described in  the  rrd-
	       graph manual page.

	       Use  the	 --lazy	 option	in your	RRD::GRAPH tags, to reduce the
	       load on your server. This option	makes  sure  that  graphs  are
	       only regenerated	when the old ones are out of date.

	       If  you do not specify your own --imginfo format, the following
	       will be used:

		<IMG SRC="%s" WIDTH="%lu" HEIGHT="%lu">

	       Note that %s stands for the filename part of the	 graph	gener-
	       ated,  all  directories given in	the PNG	file argument will get
	       dropped.

       RRD::PRINT number
	       If the preceding	 RRD::GRAPH tag	contained and PRINT arguments,
	       then you	can access their output	with this tag. The number  ar-
	       gument  refers  to the number of	the PRINT argument. This first
	       PRINT has number	0.

       RRD::INTERNAL <var>
	       This tag	gets replaced by an internal var. Currently these vars
	       are known: VERSION, COMPILETIME.	 These vars represent the com-
	       piled-in	values.

EXAMPLE	1
       The example below creates a web pages with a single RRD graph.

	#!/usr/local/bin/rrdcgi
	<HTML>
	<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
	<BODY>
	<H1>RRDCGI Example Page</H1>
	<P>
	<RRD::GRAPH demo.png --lazy --title="Temperatures"
		 DEF:cel=demo.rrd:exhaust:AVERAGE
		 LINE2:cel#00a000:"D. Celsius">

	</P>
	</BODY>
	</HTML>

EXAMPLE	2
       This script is slightly more elaborate, it allows you to	run it from  a
       form which sets RRD_NAME. RRD_NAME is then used to select which RRD you
       want to use as source for your graph.

	#!/usr/local/bin/rrdcgi
	<HTML>
	<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
	<BODY>
	<H1>RRDCGI Example Page	for <RRD::CV RRD_NAME></H1>
	<H2>Selection</H2>
	<FORM><INPUT NAME=RRD_NAME TYPE=RADIO VALUE=roomA> Room	A,
	      <INPUT NAME=RRD_NAME TYPE=RADIO VALUE=roomB> Room	B.
	      <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT></FORM>
	<H2>Graph</H2>
	<P>
	<RRD::GRAPH <RRD::CV::PATH RRD_NAME>.png --lazy
		 --title "Temperatures for "<RRD::CV::QUOTE RRD_NAME>
		 DEF:cel=<RRD::CV::PATH	RRD_NAME>.rrd:exhaust:AVERAGE
		 LINE2:cel#00a000:"D. Celsius">

	</P>
	</BODY>
	</HTML>

EXAMPLE	3
       This  example  shows  how  to handle the	case where the RRD, graphs and
       cgi-bins	are seperate directories

	#!/.../bin/rrdcgi
	<HTML>
	<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
	<BODY>
	<H1>RRDCGI test	Page</H1>
	<RRD::GRAPH
	 /.../web/pngs/testhvt.png
	 --imginfo '<IMG SRC=/.../pngs/%s WIDTH=%lu HEIGHT=%lu >'
	 --lazy	--start	-1d --end now
	 DEF:http_src=/.../rrds/test.rrd:http_src:AVERAGE
	 AREA:http_src#00ff00:http_src
	>
	</BODY>
	</HTML>

       Note 1: Replace /.../ with the relevant directories

       Note 2: The SRC=/.../pngs should	be paths from the  view	 of  the  web-
       server/browser

AUTHOR
       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>

1.2.30				  2009-01-19			     RRDCGI(1)

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