Re: Network Map Generator

[David Andersen <dga+ () cs cmu edu>]

On Sep 26, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Joe Johnson wrote:

> I'm looking for a product or script that will let us generate a  
> network map for use in conjunction with Nagios.  We have all of the  
> parent/child dependencies defined in a SQL table, as well as the  
> current status, but I can only find programs that will create a  
> live map on my desktop.  I also looked at the graphing Pear module,  
> but it seems that it cannot generate an org-chart type map of the  
> network.
>
> Anyone know of something that will generate an org-chart like  
> network map dynamically?

Depends how fancy you want it to be.  You can get a static map easily  
using at&t's graphviz tools (dot):

http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/

There's even WebDot so you can make the nodes clickable, though I  
haven't tried that.  Dot is about as simple to use as anything that  
exists.  Sometimes you'll be annoyed by the way it lays things out,  
but it works.  Hope I interpreted your question correctly.

  -Dave