pymeter

WSGI Python App To Keep An Eye On Network Bandwidth

Example

Dependencies

• python Flask
  • sudo easy_install flask
• mod_wsgi
  • sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi
• Memcahced
  • sudo apt-get install memcached

Setup

• Place the pymeter folder somewhere in you web server's document root.
• Modify and copy the upstart script into /etc/init/; Then run "start bw-daemon"
• Modify and copy the apache vhost config into your sites-available folder and active it

Config

The config file for an example apache vhost is in the ApacheConfig folder. The vhost config for apache will require a bit of tweaking, namely:

• WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/pymeter/pymeter.wsgi Should be changed to match where the app is placed on the system
• Directory /var/www/pymeter/ Should also be changed to match where the app is placed on the system
• WSGIDaemonProcess pymeter user=www-data group=www-data threads=5 home=/var/www/pymeter/
  • The user and group may need to modified to fit your system
  • home should be changed to the root folder for pymeter
• pymeter/init.py
  • maxbw Needs to be changed to the theoretical max bandwidth of the port you are monitoring
• pymeter/daemon.py
  • iFace Needs to be changed to the main network port to monitor
  • numSamples Needs to be changed to the number of samples to buffer for history graphing

OS Support

• Ubuntu Server 12.04
• Anything with a proper /proc/net/dev