#!/usr/bin/python3 -u # The -u option above turns off block buffering of python output. This # assures that each error message gets individually printed to the log file. # # Module: arednsigAgent.py # # Description: This module acts as an agent between the aredn node # and aredn mest services. The agent periodically sends an http # request to the aredn node, processes the response from # the node, and performs a number of operations: # - conversion of data items # - update a round robin (rrdtool) database with the node data # - periodically generate graphic charts for display in html documents # - write the processed node status to a JSON file for use by html # documents # # Copyright 2020 Jeff Owrey # 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 3 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, see http://www.gnu.org/license. # # Revision History # * v20 released 11 Jan 2020 by J L Owrey; first release # * v21 released 13 Feb 2020 by J L Owrey; fixed bug occuring when node # powers on and signal data memory is empty. Data points with N/A data # are discarded. # * v22 released 31 Mar 2020 by J L Owrey; upgraded for compatibility with # Aredn firmware version 3.20.3.0. This agent now downloads the node's # status page and parsed the signal data from the html. # * v23 released 11 Jun 2021 by J L Owrey; remove unused code. # * v24 released 14 Jun 2021 by J L Owrey; minor revisions # * v25 released 9 Jul 2021 by J L Owrey; improved handling of # node status function # #2345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 import os import sys import signal import multiprocessing import time import json from urllib.request import urlopen import rrdbase ### ENVIRONMENT ### _USER = os.environ['USER'] _SERVER_MODE = "primary" ### DEFAULT AREDN NODE URL ### _DEFAULT_AREDN_NODE_URL = "http://localnode.local.mesh/cgi-bin/status" ### FILE AND FOLDER LOCATIONS ### # folder for containing dynamic data objects _DOCROOT_PATH = "/home/%s/public_html/arednsig/" % _USER # folder for charts and output data file _CHARTS_DIRECTORY = _DOCROOT_PATH + "dynamic/" # location of data output file _OUTPUT_DATA_FILE = _DOCROOT_PATH + "dynamic/arednsigData.js" # database that stores node data _RRD_FILE = "/home/%s/database/arednsigData.rrd" % _USER ### GLOBAL CONSTANTS ### # maximum number of failed data requests allowed _MAX_FAILED_DATA_REQUESTS = 2 # maximum number of http request retries allowed _MAX_HTTP_RETRIES = 3 # delay time between http request retries _HTTP_RETRY_DELAY = 1.1199 # interval in seconds between data requests _DEFAULT_DATA_REQUEST_INTERVAL = 60 # number seconds to wait for a response to HTTP request _HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 3 # interval in seconds between database updates _DATABASE_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 60 # chart update interval in seconds _CHART_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 600 # standard chart width in pixels _CHART_WIDTH = 600 # standard chart height in pixels _CHART_HEIGHT = 150 # Set this to True only if this server is intended to relay raw ### GLOBAL VARIABLES ### # turn on or off of verbose debugging information verboseMode = False debugMode = False reportUpdateFails = False # The following two items are used for detecting system faults # and aredn node online or offline status. # count of failed attempts to get data from aredn node failedUpdateCount = 0 httpRetries = 0 nodeOnline = False # ip address of aredn node arednNodeUrl = _DEFAULT_AREDN_NODE_URL # frequency of data requests to aredn node dataRequestInterval = _DEFAULT_DATA_REQUEST_INTERVAL # chart update interval chartUpdateInterval = _CHART_UPDATE_INTERVAL # rrdtool database interface handler instance rrdb = None ### PRIVATE METHODS ### def getTimeStamp(): """ Set the error message time stamp to the local system time. Parameters: none Returns: string containing the time stamp """ return time.strftime( "%m/%d/%Y %T", time.localtime() ) ##end def def setStatusToOffline(): """Set the detected status of the aredn node to "offline" and inform downstream clients by removing input and output data files. Parameters: none Returns: nothing """ global nodeOnline # Inform downstream clients by removing output data file. if os.path.exists(_OUTPUT_DATA_FILE): os.remove(_OUTPUT_DATA_FILE) # If the aredn node was previously online, then send # a message that we are now offline. if nodeOnline: print('%s aredn node offline' % getTimeStamp()) nodeOnline = False ##end def def terminateAgentProcess(signal, frame): """Send a message to log when the agent process gets killed by the operating system. Inform downstream clients by removing input and output data files. Parameters: signal, frame - dummy parameters Returns: nothing """ # Inform downstream clients by removing output data file. if os.path.exists(_OUTPUT_DATA_FILE): os.remove(_OUTPUT_DATA_FILE) print('%s terminating arednsig agent process' % getTimeStamp()) sys.exit(0) ##end def ### PUBLIC METHODS ### def getNodeData(dData): """Send http request to aredn node. The response from the node contains the node signal data as unformatted ascii text. Parameters: none Returns: True if successful, or False if not successful """ global httpRetries try: currentTime = time.time() response = urlopen(arednNodeUrl, timeout=_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) requestTime = time.time() - currentTime content = response.read().decode('utf-8') content = content.replace('\n', '') content = content.replace('\r', '') if content == "": raise Exception("empty response") except Exception as exError: # If no response is received from the device, then assume that # the device is down or unavailable over the network. In # that case return None to the calling function. httpRetries += 1 if reportUpdateFails: print("%s " % getTimeStamp(), end='') if reportUpdateFails or verboseMode: print("http request failed (%d): %s" % \ (httpRetries, exError)) if httpRetries > _MAX_HTTP_RETRIES: httpRetries = 0 return False else: time.sleep(_HTTP_RETRY_DELAY) return getNodeData(dData) ## end try if debugMode: print(content) if verboseMode: print("http request successful: "\ "%.4f seconds" % requestTime) httpRetries = 0 dData['content'] = content return True ##end def def parseDataString(dData): """Parse the node signal data JSON string from the aredn node into its component parts. Parameters: sData - the string containing the data to be parsed dData - a dictionary object to contain the parsed data items Returns: True if successful, False otherwise """ sData = dData.pop('content') try: strBeginSearch = 'Signal/Noise/Ratio' \ '' strEndSearch = 'dB' iBeginIndex = sData.find(strBeginSearch) + len(strBeginSearch) iEndIndex = sData.find(strEndSearch, iBeginIndex) #print("search params: %d, %d" % (iBeginIndex, iEndIndex)) if iBeginIndex == -1 or iEndIndex == -1: raise Exception("signal data not found in status page") snr = sData[iBeginIndex:iEndIndex] snr = snr.replace(' ','') lsnr = snr.split('/') dData['signal'] = lsnr[0] dData['noise'] = lsnr[1] dData['snr'] = lsnr[2] except Exception as exError: print("%s parse failed: %s" % (getTimeStamp(), exError)) return False ## end try # Add status information to dictionary object. dData['date'] = getTimeStamp() dData['chartUpdateInterval'] = chartUpdateInterval dData['dataRequestInterval'] = dataRequestInterval dData['serverMode'] = _SERVER_MODE return True ##end def def writeOutputFile(dData): """Write node data items to the output data file, formatted as a Javascript file. This file may then be accessed and used by by downstream clients, for instance, in HTML documents. Parameters: sData - a string object containing the data to be written to the output data file Returns: True if successful, False otherwise """ # Write file for use by html clients. The following two # data items are sent to the client file. # * The last database update date and time # * The data request interval # Format data into a JSON string. jsData = json.loads("{}") try: for key in dData: jsData.update({key:dData[key]}) sData = "[%s]" % json.dumps(jsData) except Exception as exError: print("%s writeOutputFile: %s" % (getTimeStamp(), exError)) return False if debugMode: print(sData) try: fc = open(_OUTPUT_DATA_FILE, "w") fc.write(sData) fc.close() except Exception as exError: print("%s write output file failed: %s" % (getTimeStamp(), exError)) return False return True ## end def def setNodeStatus(updateSuccess): """Detect if aredn node is offline or not available on the network. After a set number of attempts to get data from the node set a flag that the node is offline. Parameters: updateSuccess - a boolean that is True if data request successful, False otherwise Returns: nothing """ global failedUpdateCount, nodeOnline if updateSuccess: failedUpdateCount = 0 # Set status and send a message to the log if the device # previously offline and is now online. if not nodeOnline: print('%s aredn node online' % getTimeStamp()) nodeOnline = True return else: # The last attempt failed, so update the failed attempts # count. failedUpdateCount += 1 if failedUpdateCount == _MAX_FAILED_DATA_REQUESTS: # Max number of failed data requests, so set # device status to offline. setStatusToOffline() ##end def ### GRAPH FUNCTIONS ### def generateGraphs(): """Generate graphs for display in html documents. Parameters: none Returns: nothing """ autoScale = False # The following will force creation of charts # of only signal strength and S/N charts. Note that the following # data items appear constant and do not show variation with time: # noise level, rx mcs, rx rate, tx mcs, tx rate. Therefore, until # these parameters are demonstrated to vary in time, there is no point # in creating the charts for these data items. createAllCharts = False # 24 hour stock charts #### REPLACE WITH createRadGraph #### rrdb.createAutoGraph('24hr_signal', 'S', 'dBm', 'RSSI\ -\ Last\ 24\ Hours', 'end-1day', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) rrdb.createAutoGraph('24hr_snr', 'SNR', 'dB', 'SNR\ -\ Last\ 24\ Hours', 'end-1day', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) # 4 week stock charts rrdb.createAutoGraph('4wk_signal', 'S', 'dBm', 'RSSI\ -\ Last\ 4\ Weeks', 'end-4weeks', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) rrdb.createAutoGraph('4wk_snr', 'SNR', 'dB', 'SNR\ -\ Last\ 4\ Weeks', 'end-4weeks', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) # 12 month stock charts rrdb.createAutoGraph('12m_signal', 'S', 'dBm', 'RSSI\ -\ Past\ Year', 'end-12months', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) rrdb.createAutoGraph('12m_snr', 'SNR', 'dB', 'SNR\ -\ Past\ Year', 'end-12months', 0, 0, 2, autoScale) if verboseMode: #print() # print a blank line to improve readability when in debug mode pass ##end def def getCLarguments(): """Get command line arguments. There are four possible arguments -d turns on debug mode -v turns on verbose debug mode -p sets the aredn node query interval -u sets the url of the aredn nodeing device Returns: nothing """ global verboseMode, debugMode, dataRequestInterval, \ arednNodeUrl, reportUpdateFails index = 1 while index < len(sys.argv): if sys.argv[index] == '-v': verboseMode = True elif sys.argv[index] == '-d': verboseMode = True debugMode = True elif sys.argv[index] == '-r': reportUpdateFails = True # Update period and url options elif sys.argv[index] == '-p': try: dataRequestInterval = abs(float(sys.argv[index + 1])) except: print("invalid polling period") exit(-1) index += 1 elif sys.argv[index] == '-u': arednNodeUrl = sys.argv[index + 1] if arednNodeUrl.find('http://') < 0: arednNodeUrl = 'http://' + arednNodeUrl index += 1 else: cmd_name = sys.argv[0].split('/') print("Usage: %s [-v|d] [-p seconds] [-u url]" % cmd_name[-1]) exit(-1) index += 1 ##end def def setup(): """Handles timing of events and acts as executive routine managing all other functions. Parameters: none Returns: nothing """ global rrdb ## Get command line arguments. getCLarguments() print('======================================================') print('%s starting up arednsig agent process' % \ (getTimeStamp())) ## Exit with error if rrdtool database does not exist. if not os.path.exists(_RRD_FILE): print('rrdtool database does not exist\n' \ 'use createArednsigRrd script to ' \ 'create rrdtool database\n') exit(1) signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, terminateAgentProcess) signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, terminateAgentProcess) # Define object for calling rrdtool database functions. rrdb = rrdbase.rrdbase( _RRD_FILE, _CHARTS_DIRECTORY, _CHART_WIDTH, \ _CHART_HEIGHT, verboseMode, debugMode ) ## end def def loop(): # last time output JSON file updated lastDataRequestTime = -1 # last time charts generated lastChartUpdateTime = -1 # last time the rrdtool database updated lastDatabaseUpdateTime = -1 ## main loop while True: currentTime = time.time() # get current time in seconds # Every web update interval request data from the aredn # node and process the received data. if currentTime - lastDataRequestTime > dataRequestInterval: lastDataRequestTime = currentTime dData = {} # Get the data string from the device. result = getNodeData(dData) # If successful parse the data. if result: result = parseDataString(dData) # If parse successful, write data output data file. if result: writeOutputFile(dData) # At the rrdtool database update interval, update the database. if result and (currentTime - lastDatabaseUpdateTime > \ _DATABASE_UPDATE_INTERVAL): lastDatabaseUpdateTime = currentTime # If write output file successful, update the database. if result: result = rrdb.updateDatabase(dData['date'], \ dData['signal'], dData['noise'], dData['snr'], \ '0', '0', '0', '0') # Set the node status to online or offline depending on the # success or failure of the above operations. setNodeStatus(result) # At the chart generation interval, generate charts. if currentTime - lastChartUpdateTime > chartUpdateInterval: lastChartUpdateTime = currentTime p = multiprocessing.Process(target=generateGraphs, args=()) p.start() # Relinquish processing back to the operating system until # the next update interval. elapsedTime = time.time() - currentTime if verboseMode: if result: print("update successful: %s sec\n" % elapsedTime) else: print("update failed: %s sec\n" % elapsedTime) remainingTime = dataRequestInterval - elapsedTime if remainingTime > 0.0: time.sleep(remainingTime) ## end while ## end def if __name__ == '__main__': setup() loop()