1: 2: /* ------------------------------------------------------------- 3: This file is part of FreeNATS 4: 5: FreeNATS is (C) Copyright 2008 PurplePixie Systems 6: 7: FreeNATS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 8: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 9: the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or 10: (at your option) any later version. 11: 12: FreeNATS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 15: GNU General Public License for more details. 16: 17: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 18: along with FreeNATS. If not, see www.gnu.org/licenses 19: 20: For more information see www.purplepixie.org/freenats 21: -------------------------------------------------------------- */ 22: 23: $NATS_Help=array(); 24: 25: function ha($id,$text) 26: { 27: global $NATS_Help; 28: $NATS_Help[strtoupper($id)]=$text; 29: } 30: 31: ha("FreeNATS","FreeNATS is a network monitoring package"); 32: 33: ha("Node","A node is a system or device which you are monitoring. Note that nodes can have tests pointing to different physical devices and vice-versa"); 34: ha("Node:Create","Create a new {node} with this {node:id|NodeID}"); 35: ha("Node:ID","The NodeID is a unique text name for a {node}. Maximum length 60 chars and only normal characters allowed."); 36: ha("Node:Enabled","The node is enabled for tests to be performed (and displayed in all applicable views)"); 37: ha("Node:AlertActive","Alerts will be generated for this node and alert actions performed if selected"); 38: ha("Node:PingTest","Do a ping (ICMP) test first before other tests - will always record results if enabled"); 39: ha("Node:RequirePing","Require the ping to pass for other tests to even be tried - will always fail if {Node:PingTest|ping test} is disabled"); 40: 41: ha("Group","A group is a collection of one or more {node|nodes}. Note that nodes can be members of more than one group."); 42: ha("Group:Create","Create a new {group} with this name"); 43: 44: ha("Test:Name","A custom name can be assigned to the test for use in displays and alerts. If blank an automated name will be generated."); 45: ha("Test:Attempts","Number of times to attempt a test (will always try once). Defaults to 1 if zero or unset."); 46: ha("Test:Timeout","Timeout value for the test - alters the defaults or system-wide variable settings for the relevant test (seconds)"); 47: ha("Test:SimpleEvaluation","Use simple pass/fail evaluation (i.e. if a web test returns any data it passes else it fails)"); 48: ha("Test:Recorded","Record the results of this test for historic reports"); 49: 50: ha("History:Should","A rough calculation based on 5 minute polling from the start to finish (or now if sooner)"); 51: 52: ha("View","A view is a custom set of nodes/groups/tests which can be used in a variety of ways"); 53: ha("View:Create","Creates a {view} of the specified name"); 54: ha("View:Public","The view can be seen by people not logged into FreeNATS"); 55: ha("View:Colons","If text status is selected for a view item a colon will be displayed before it"); 56: ha("View:Dashes","Display a dash before a test last run time where applicable"); 57: ha("View:TimeAgo","Use XX:XX ago or normal datetime for test details"); 58: ha("View:Columns","Display list-type elements in this number of columns (0 for off)"); 59: ha("View:Refresh","Send a http-equv to refresh the page after this many seconds (0 for off)"); 60: ha("View:UseColour","Use colour for status display as in normal FreeNATS display"); 61: ha("View:ShowDetail","Show details of the test/object(s) such as node tests"); 62: ha("View:TextStatus","Textual status such as passed, failed etc"); 63: 64: ha("Schedule","A schedule controls what times a node is tested and are managed through the admin page"); 65: ha("Schedule:DefaultAction","What will happen if no exceptions are matched (the opposite will happen if one is matched)"); 66: 67: ha("AAction:Warnings","The action is triggered for warning level events as well as failures (including downgrading from failure to warning if {AAction:Decreases|decreases} is set)"); 68: ha("AAction:Decreases","The action is triggered when the level goes down to closed (or {AAction:Warnings|warnings} if set)"); 69: ha("AAction:Limit","Max times this action can run in any one day (0 = unlimited) to avoid flooding"); 70: ha("AAction:Counter","Number of times this action has run in the day shown - you can manually reset this here"); 71: 72: ha("Variable","System variables are used to control the system environment. To delete a variable just save it with a blank name."); 73: ha("Var:log.level","The system log level - 10 is everything, 0 is fatal only. 5-6-ish is probably a good balance."); 74: 75: ha("Var:site.enable.interactive","Must be set (1) to allow interactive web sessions (like this one)"); 76: ha("Var:site.popupmessage","If set (1) will show a popup message when saving changes etc"); 77: ha("Var:site.dtformat","Site-wide custom date time format (in PHP format) i.e. Y-m-d H:i:s"); 78: 79: ha("Var:test.icmp.timeout","Timeout in seconds to wait for an ICMP response before declaring a failure in seconds (default 10)"); 80: ha("Var:test.icmp.trytwice","Depreciated - replaced with {Var:test.icmp.attempts|test.icmp.attempts}"); 81: ha("Var:test.icmp.attempts","Number of times the main "require ping" test will attempt before failing (default 2)"); 82: ha("Var:test.icmp.returnms","If set (1) returns ping results in MilliSeconds (ms) (default 0)"); 83: ha("Var:test.http.timeout","Default timeout for HTTP/s streams used in web tests (uses system default if unset or <1)"); 84: 85: ha("Var:retain.alert","Days to retain alert records for (default 356 if 0 or unset). Retain forever with value -1."); 86: ha("Var:retain.record","Days to retain test result records for use in history and graphs (default 356 if 0 or unsert). Retain forever with value -1."); 87: ha("Var:retain.testrun","Days to retain test run records for (default 30 if 0 or unset). Retain forever with value -1."); 88: ha("Var:retain.syslog","Days to retain log entries for (default 30 if 0 or unset). Retain forever with value -1."); 89: 90: ha("Var:freenats.tracker","Participate in the automated feedback process - 1 for yes low level, 2 for detailed, 0 for disabled (default 0)"); 91: function hdisp($id,$html=true) 92: { 93: global $NATS_Help; 94: if (!isset($NATS_Help[strtoupper($id)])) return ""; 95: $t=$NATS_Help[strtoupper($id)]; 96: $o=""; 97: $mode="text"; 98: $linktext=false; 99: for ($a=0; $a
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142:
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144: }
145:
146: function ph($id,$size=16)
147: {
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149: }
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