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NAME
rrdgraph_examples - Examples for rrdtool graph
SYNOPSIS
rrdtool graph /home/httpd/html/test.png --imgformat PNG
followed by any of the examples below
DESCRIPTION
For your convenience some of the commands are explained here by using detailed examples. They are not
always cut-and-paste ready because comments are intermixed with the examples.
EXAMPLES
Data with multiple resolutions
--end now --start end-120000s --width 400
DEF:ds0a=/home/rrdtool/data/router1.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE
DEF:ds0b=/home/rrdtool/data/router1.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE:step=1800
DEF:ds0c=/home/rrdtool/data/router1.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE:step=7200
LINE1:ds0a#0000FF:"default resolution\l"
LINE1:ds0b#00CCFF:"resolution 1800 seconds per interval\l"
LINE1:ds0c#FF00FF:"resolution 7200 seconds per interval\l"
Nicely formatted legend section
DEF:ds0=/home/rrdtool/data/router1.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE
DEF:ds1=/home/rrdtool/data/router1.rrd:ds1:AVERAGE
VDEF:ds0max=ds0,MAXIMUM
VDEF:ds0avg=ds0,AVERAGE
VDEF:ds0min=ds0,MINIMUM
VDEF:ds0pct=ds0,95,PERCENT
VDEF:ds1max=ds1,MAXIMUM
VDEF:ds1avg=ds1,AVERAGE
VDEF:ds1min=ds1,MINIMUM
VDEF:ds1pct=ds1,95,PERCENT
Note: consolidation occurs here.
CDEF:ds0bits=ds0,8,*
CDEF:ds1bits=ds1,8,*
Note: 10 spaces to move text to the right
COMMENT:" "
Note: the column titles have to be as wide as the columns
COMMENT:"Maximum "
COMMENT:"Average "
COMMENT:"Minimum "
COMMENT:"95th percentile\l"
AREA:ds0bits#00C000:"Inbound "
GPRINT:ds0max:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds0avg:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds0min:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds0pct:"%6.2lf %Sbps\l"
LINE1:ds1bits#0000FF:"Outbound"
GPRINT:ds1max:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds1avg:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds1min:"%6.2lf %Sbps"
GPRINT:ds1pct:"%6.2lf %Sbps\l"
Offsetting a line on the y-axis
Depending on your needs you can do this in two ways:
• Offset the data, then graph this
DEF:mydata=my.rrd:ds:AVERAGE
Note: this will also influence any other command that uses "data"
CDEF:data=mydata,100,+
LINE1:data#FF0000:"Data with offset"
• Graph the original data, with an offset
DEF:mydata=my.rrd:ds:AVERAGE
Note: no color in the first line so it is not visible
LINE1:100
Note: the second line gets stacked on top of the first one
LINE1:mydata#FF0000:"Data with offset":STACK
Drawing dashed lines
Also works for HRULE and VRULE
• default style: - - - - -
LINE1:data#FF0000:"dashed line":dashes
• more fancy style with offset: - - --- - --- -
LINE1:data#FF0000:"another dashed line":dashes=15,5,5,10:dash-offset=10
Time ranges
Last four weeks: --start end-4w --end 00:00
January 2001: --start 20010101 --end start+31d
January 2001: --start 20010101 --end 20010201
Last hour: --start end-1h
Last 24 hours: <nothing at all>
Yesterday: --end 00:00
Viewing the current and previous week together
--end now --start end-1w
DEF:thisweek=router.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE
DEF:lastweek=router.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE:end=now-1w:start=end-1w
Shift the data forward by one week (604800 seconds)
SHIFT:lastweek:604800
[ more of the usual VDEF and CDEF stuff if you like ]
AREA:lastweek#0000FF:Last\ week
LINE1:thisweek#FF0000:This\ week
Aberrant Behaviour Detection
If the specialized function RRAs exist for aberrant behavior detection, they can be used to generate the
graph of a time series with confidence bands and failures.
rrdtool graph example.png \
DEF:obs=monitor.rrd:ifOutOctets:AVERAGE \
DEF:pred=monitor.rrd:ifOutOctets:HWPREDICT \
DEF:dev=monitor.rrd:ifOutOctets:DEVPREDICT \
DEF:fail=monitor.rrd:ifOutOctets:FAILURES \
TICK:fail#ffffa0:1.0:"Failures\: Average bits out" \
CDEF:scaledobs=obs,8,* \
CDEF:upper=pred,dev,2,*,+ \
CDEF:lower=pred,dev,2,*,- \
CDEF:scaledupper=upper,8,* \
CDEF:scaledlower=lower,8,* \
LINE2:scaledobs#0000ff:"Average bits out" \
LINE1:scaledupper#ff0000:"Upper Confidence Bound: Average bits out" \
LINE1:scaledlower#ff0000:"Lower Confidence Bound: Average bits out"
This example generates a graph of the data series in blue (LINE2 with the scaledobs virtual data source),
confidence bounds in red (scaledupper and scaledlower virtual data sources), and potential failures (i.e.
potential aberrant behavior) marked by vertical yellow lines (the fail data source).
The raw data comes from an AVERAGE RRA, the finest resolution of the observed time series (one
consolidated data point per primary data point). The predicted (or smoothed) values are stored in the
HWPREDICT RRA. The predicted deviations (think standard deviation) values are stored in the DEVPREDICT
RRA. Finally, the FAILURES RRA contains indicators, with 1 denoting a potential failure.
All of the data is rescaled to bits (instead of Octets) by multiplying by 8. The confidence bounds are
computed by an offset of 2 deviations both above and below the predicted values (the CDEFs upper and
lower). Vertical lines indicated potential failures are graphed via the TICK graph element, which
converts non-zero values in an RRA into tick marks. Here an axis-fraction argument of 1.0 means the tick
marks span the entire y-axis, and hence become vertical lines on the graph.
The choice of 2 deviations (a scaling factor) matches the default used internally by the FAILURES RRA. If
the internal value is changed (see rrdtune), this graphing command should be changed to be consistent.
A note on data reduction:
The rrdtool graph command is designed to plot data at a specified temporal resolution, regardless of the
actually resolution of the data in the RRD file. This can present a problem for the specialized
consolidation functions which maintain a one-to-one mapping between primary data points and consolidated
data points. If a graph insists on viewing the contents of these RRAs on a coarser temporal scale, the
graph command tries to do something intelligent, but the confidence bands and failures no longer have the
same meaning and may be misleading.
SEE ALSO
rrdgraph gives an overview of how rrdtool graph works. rrdgraph_data describes DEF,CDEF and VDEF in
detail. rrdgraph_rpn describes the RPN language used in the xDEF statements. rrdgraph_graph page
describes all the graph and print functions.
AUTHOR
Program by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch> This manual page by Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex@vandenbogaerdt.nl> with corrections and/or additions by several people