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authorastokes <astokes@ef72aa8b-4018-0410-8976-d6e080ef94d8>2010-02-17 16:28:17 +0000
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+## example.py
+## An example sos plugin
+
+### This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+import sos.plugintools
+
+# Class name must be the same as file name and method names must not change
+class example(sos.plugintools.PluginBase):
+ """This is an example plugin for sos. Plugins gather, analyze, and report on various aspects
+ of system operation that are of interest. plugins are based on the PluginBase class, which
+ you should inspect if you wish to override any methods in your plugin. The methods of use
+ to plugin developers are:
+ collect() - use the functions sosCp and sosRunExe to gether information
+ analyze() - perform any special analysis you require beyond just saving the
+ information gathered by collect(). Use sosAlert() and sosAddCustomText()
+ to add information to the report.
+ report() - override this method if you wish to replace the default reporting
+
+ All plugins will use collect(), some will use analyze(), few will override report()
+ """
+
+ # Add your options here, indicate whether they are slow to run, and set whether they are enabled by default
+ # Options are python dictionaries that conatin a short name, long description, speed, and whether they are enabled by default
+ optionList = [("init.d", 'Gathers the init.d directory', 'slow', 0),
+ ('follicles', 'Gathers information about each follicle on every toe', 'slow', 0),
+ ('color', 'Gathers toenail polish color', 'fast', 0)]
+
+ def setup(self):
+ ''' First phase - Collect all the information we need.
+ Directories are copied recursively. arbitrary commands may be
+ executed using the susRunExe method. Information is automatically saved, and
+ links are presented in the report to each file or directory which has been
+ copied to the saved tree. Also, links are provided to the output from each command.
+ '''
+ # Here's how to copy files and directory trees
+ self.addCopySpec("/etc/hosts")
+ # this one saves a file path to the copy for later analysis
+ # FIXME: Need to figure out how to do this
+ # self.fooFilePath = self.copyFileOrDir("/proc/cpuinfo")
+
+ # Here's how to test your options and execute if enabled
+ if self.isOptionEnabled("init.d"):
+ self.addCopySpec("/etc/init.d") # copies a whole directory tree
+
+ # Here's how to execute a command
+ # you can save the path to the copied file for later analysis if desired
+ # FIXME: Need to figure out how to do this
+ self.psCmdDstFileName = self.runExe("/bin/ps -ef")
+ return
+
+ def analyze(self):
+ ''' This is optional and need not be defined.
+ If you wish to perform some analysis on either files
+ that were gathered or on the output of commands, then save the filenames on the
+ destination file system when gathering that information in the collect() method
+ and use them here
+ '''
+ # This is an example of opening and reading the output of a command that
+ # was run in the collect() method. Note that the output of the command is
+ # included in the report anyway
+ fd = open(self.fooFilePath)
+ lines = fd.readlines()
+ fd.close()
+ for line in lines:
+ if line.count("vendor_id"):
+ self.addCustomText("Vendor ID string is: %s <br>\n" % line)
+ #
+ # Alerts can optionally be generated, and will be included in the
+ # report automatically
+ #
+ self.addAlert("This is an alert")
+ return
+
+# def report(self):
+# """ Usually, this doesn't even need to be defined, and you can inherit the
+# base class, unless you want to replace what sosGetResults()
+# does with your own custom report generator. If you are going to do that, have a good
+# look at that method to see what it does. Custom text and alerts can still be added
+# here using sosAddCustomText() and sosAddAlert()
+# This method returns html that will be included inline in the report
+# """