Thanks everyone for the input.

MH :)

On 2012-12-05, at 10:57 PM, Hugh Irvine wrote:

> 
> Hi Michael -
> 
> Sure - telnet or whatever to the Monitor port.
> 
> regards
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On 6 Dec 2012, at 12:00, Michael Hulko <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> That's where I was headed with the original question. Whether the commands 
>> can be run locally against the server itself.  Make the call to itself 
>> essentially..
>> 
>> Thoughts
>> 
>> MH
>> On 2012-12-05, at 5:31 PM, Hugh Irvine wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Michael -
>>> 
>>> In that case I would probably just write a little Perl script to run 
>>> whatever command(s) you wish against the Monitor port.
>>> 
>>> You don't need to use Radar - you can use anything to connect to the 
>>> Monitor port.
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> 
>>> Hugh
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6 Dec 2012, at 09:24, Michael Hulko <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hugh..
>>>> 
>>>> Thought of that, but the StatsLog records ALL statistics not just from the 
>>>> server but all the Realms; Clients; AuthBy's etc.....not that it is large 
>>>> in our case...after testing this, we are left with approx. 10 entries plus 
>>>> the header per interval cycle, however, since the log is Appended, we 
>>>> would need to write something a little more sophisticated to
>>>> grep the values we want and to ensure the timing between the StatsLog 
>>>> interval and the SNMP call for the data is synchronized as not to cause 
>>>> problems which is why we were looking into the Monitor language to execute 
>>>> on demand and respond only with the Server level information.  Unless I 
>>>> missed something in the docs
>>>> related to the StatsLog that weeds out the additional details.  We are 
>>>> contemplating just programtically removing the Statistics file after each 
>>>> call just to keep it pruned.  
>>>> 
>>>> What would be best is to be able to have RADAR write these values as they 
>>>> are monitored into a RRD type  flat file/database for reading by other 
>>>> systems from a historical perspective.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks anyway, I thought I would just ask.  Is there anything that would 
>>>> prevent us from adjusting the RADAR code to facilitate our needs by our 
>>>> developers?
>>>> 
>>>> regards;
>>>> 
>>>> MH :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2012-12-05, at 5:05 PM, Hugh Irvine wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Michael -
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why don't you just use the StatsLog clause?
>>>>> 
>>>>> See sections 5.94 and 5.95 in the manual ("doc/ref.pdf").
>>>>> 
>>>>> regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hugh
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6 Dec 2012, at 03:29, Michael Hulko <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It describes the command language from an external source point of view 
>>>>>> ( if I read correctly ).. not from the Radiator server itself.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What the challenge is we want to monitor the Radius servers from another 
>>>>>> source such as Nagios, Whatsup Gold etc.  We were looking at Radar and 
>>>>>> as impressive as it is,
>>>>>> it does not store the data historically, which is what our requirements 
>>>>>> are.  The SNMP side of the monitoring does not give us the complete 
>>>>>> picture, as it there is no oid for
>>>>>> the "Response Time" value that Radar <-> Monitor <-> StatsLog provides 
>>>>>> unless I am missing something.  So, what we have done in the past is 
>>>>>> created a local custom SNMP variable through various means for us to
>>>>>> monitor and collect stats from other systems.  We could parse through 
>>>>>> the StatsLog, however, this requires a fair bit of logic and programming 
>>>>>> and not to mention timing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Having tested the Monitor command language running the command "STATS ." 
>>>>>> we find we can parse the values simply.  In order for us to define a 
>>>>>> custom SNMP oid variable
>>>>>> we need to be able to run this locally on the server itself.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If there is a way that Radar could provide historical and / or write the 
>>>>>> values into a log file for extraction would be easier.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for your time and input
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> MH
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2012-12-04, at 4:19 PM, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 12/04/2012 09:43 PM, Michael Hulko wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Just wondering if there is a way to execute the Monitor command 
>>>>>>>> language
>>>>>>>> local to the Radiator server?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Does section 25 "Monitor command language" in doc/ref.pdf describe what
>>>>>>> you are looking for?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -- 
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>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michael Hulko
>>>>>> Network Analyst
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Western University Canada
>>>>>> Network Operations Centre
>>>>>> Information Technology Services
>>>>>> 1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
>>>>>> London, Ontario  N6G 1G9
>>>>>> 
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>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hugh Irvine
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
>>>>> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
>>>>> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
>>>>> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
>>>>> DIAMETER etc. 
>>>>> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Michael Hulko
>>>> Network Analyst
>>>> 
>>>> Western University Canada
>>>> Network Operations Centre
>>>> Information Technology Services
>>>> 1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
>>>> London, Ontario  N6G 1G9
>>>> 
>>>> tel: 519-661-2111 x81390
>>>> e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Hugh Irvine
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
>>> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
>>> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
>>> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
>>> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
>>> DIAMETER etc. 
>>> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Hulko
>> Network Analyst
>> 
>> Western University Canada
>> Network Operations Centre
>> Information Technology Services
>> 1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
>> London, Ontario  N6G 1G9
>> 
>> tel: 519-661-2111 x81390
>> e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Hugh Irvine
> [email protected]
> 
> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
> DIAMETER etc. 
> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
> 



Michael Hulko
Network Analyst

Western University Canada
Network Operations Centre
Information Technology Services
1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
London, Ontario  N6G 1G9

tel: 519-661-2111 x81390
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