NetWorker Basics – Enhanced Webwatch

By the time I’d finished my previous webwatch, I was regretting that the third section of data I’d chosen to test with was volume data. It’s not to say volume data isn’t useful, but it’s not really want nsrwatch shows.

So yesterday I decided to fix it, and came up with v2 of webwatch. This version now breaks up the bottom third of the display to include messages and alerts, instead of volumes.

I also rethought and simplified the architecture – there’s no data gathering service that runs separately now, it’s just built into the CGI itself.

Here’s a couple of views of ‘webwatch_2’, first without any running sessions, then with running sessions:

The prototype now just comprises of two files:

• webwatch_2.cgi, and
• webwatch_2.css

I’ve created a simple zip file containing both, plus a readme, to help explain how you can get them installed and operational within a CGI-enabled webserver. You can download the zip file here.