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IRC Bot

Introduction

The IRC bot is currently very basic. It can list devices and give basic information for a device or a port.

Feel free to hack more features into it and contribute them back!

Configuration

Set these config options in config.inc.php:

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$config['irc_host'] = "chat.eu.freenode.net";
$config['irc_port'] = 6667;
$config['irc_nick'] = "Observium";
$config['irc_chan'][] = "#observium";

Run the client as a non-root user:

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 php irc.php

Usage

Device Info:

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<you> !device switch01.foo.bar
<bot> id101 ios 12.2(33)SXH4 ADVENTERPRISEK9_WAN Up 263 days, 3h 45m 11s
Port statistics:

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<you> !port switch01.foo.bar gigabitethernet5/1
<bot> id101 up/up 392.63Mbps > bps > 31.39Mbps | 14.8kpps > PPS > 152.32kpps