Geneos - Gateway - Is there a way I can receive email updates with screenshots of my dataviews?

Is there a way I can receive email updates with screenshots of my dataviews?

Users with newer gateway versions please refer to the updated article using Gateway snapshot function (GA5.14 and above).

This article provides a method with gateway rule to launch a Perl script which captures a dataview from Webslinger.

Additional Information

Setting up Webslinger

Obtain a copy of the Webslinger binary here.
Upon extracting/untaring the binary, you should have the following files:
- Webslinger.linux - This is the Webslinger executable
- Webslinger.res - The Webslinger's resource file
- Webslinger.setup.tmpl - A template of the Webslinger's setup configuration
Modify the setup file:

Webslinger Setup File

**********************************************************

*** WEBSLINGER setup file

**********************************************************

*** List of Gateways to connect to.

*** One line per Gateway.

*** Port should be the Gateway's EMF2_PORT.

*** This is for a single Gateway

GATEWAY = 192.168.100.94:888

*** Multiple Gateways may also be added by separating

*** the addresses with a comma

GATEWAY = 192.168.100.94:9370 , 192.168.100.82:9370

**********************************************************

*** The port to listen for browser connections on.

*** The default listen port is 8888.

LISTEN_PORT = 8899

**********************************************************

*** The view path to use. This will determine the directory structure

*** to group the ManagedEntities by.

VIEW_PATH = COUNTRY, TOWN, SYSTEM

**********************************************************

*** How often to automatically refresh the pages.

*** Main refers to the page with the tree showing the ManagedEntities.

*** View refers to the pages that display the actual data in table form.

*** These do not apply to PDAs.

MAIN_REFRESH_RATE = 5

VIEW_REFRESH_RATE = 5

**********************************************************
Run the Webslinger binary (i.e., ./webslinger.linux &)
- Navigate to the Webslinger's directory: cd <webslinger_directory> (i.e., cd/home/user1/binaries/webslinger)
- Run Webslinger: ./<webslinger_binary> & (i.e., ./webslinger.linux &)
To view your Webslinger, open a browser and in the URL, type http://<host_name>:<port_number> (example: http://192.168.100.94:14501)

A dataview shown in the Webslinger and the Active Console, respectively:

Configuring an Action that runs the Perl script

Create an Action
In the Executable field, indicate the full path of the script (see below), Define eMail as the email recipient as a variable in the managed entity

Configuring a rule to fire a Perl script

Open the Gateway Setup Editor
In the Rules section, create a new Rule
Select the Target cells and then add the body of the rule to the Block portion (see below)
"Dataview Emailer" is the action previously created that runs the Perl script

Modifying the Perl script that captures the data from the Webslinger and sends the email

Edit the email_ws.pl script as found here.
Modify the $webslingerHost details to the server that Webslinger runs on plus the port:
Modify the my @attributes to the attributes as set in the VIEW_PATH in the webslinger.setup

End result

After configuring the Webslinger, action, rule and Perl script, you should end up with mail sent to your email address when your rules are triggered. See sample screenshot of the generated email below:

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Geneos - Gateway - Is there a way I can receive email updates with screenshots of my dataviews?

Setting up Webslinger

Configuring an Action that runs the Perl script

Configuring a rule to fire a Perl script

Modifying the Perl script that captures the data from the Webslinger and sends the email

End result

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Setting up Webslinger

Configuring an Action that runs the Perl script

Configuring a rule to fire a Perl script

Modifying the Perl script that captures the data from the Webslinger and sends the email

End result

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