Lua API

Here is a brief description of some of the most used Lua modules available into ntopng:

• ntop_utils: contains simple utility functions (keep short for efficiency)
• lua_utils: contains mode comple utility functions
• alert_utils: contains functions used to interact with ntopng alerts framework
• graph_utils: contains functions used to create the charts
• ts_utils: a framework to write and read timeseries data
• recording_utils: contains functions used to control traffic recording and schedule extractions

The following sections provide a more in depth look at some specific Lua modules.

• 1. Timeseries API
  • 1.1. Basic Concepts and Export
  • 1.2. Custom Timeseries
  • 1.3. ts_utils API
  • 1.4. Driver Implementation
• 2. Recording API
  • 2.1. recording_utils API