Generate weathermap-ng panel config from IPFabric topology

Adds scripts/generate_weathermap.py: fetches device inventory and
connectivity-matrix from IPFabric, cross-checks IPFabric's abbreviated
interface names against the live gnmic exporter, and emits a Grafana
dashboard-as-code JSON (configs/grafana/weathermap-dashboard.json) with
the weathermap-ng panel wired to explicit legendFormat-resolved queries
for BGP status, interface tx/rx, and VXLAN MAC-per-VNI.

Refs #48
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@@ -382,6 +382,45 @@ docker exec clab-arista-evpn-fabric-gnmic wget -qO- http://localhost:9273/metric
curl -s 'http://172.16.0.71:9090/api/v1/query?query=system_memory_state_used' | jq
```
### Weathermap panel generation (dashboard-as-code)
`scripts/generate_weathermap.py` generates a [weathermap-ng](https://github.com/allamiro/grafana-network-weathermap-ng)
panel from live IPFabric topology + gnmic/Prometheus metrics, and writes a full
Grafana dashboard-as-code JSON to `configs/grafana/weathermap-dashboard.json`
(committed to Gitea as the source of truth, same pattern as the retired Flow
Panel YAML). See issue #48 for the schema research this is built against.
```bash
export IPFABRIC_URL=https://<ipfabric-instance>
export IPFABRIC_TOKEN=<token>
python3 scripts/generate_weathermap.py # writes the JSON only
export GRAFANA_URL=https://<external-grafana-instance>
export GRAFANA_TOKEN=<token>
export GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_UID=<prometheus-datasource-uid-in-grafana>
python3 scripts/generate_weathermap.py --provision # also provisions via the Grafana API
```
- Re-run after any topology change (`evpn-lab.clab.yml`) to regenerate and re-provision.
- Node/link topology comes from IPFabric (`/tables/inventory/devices`,
`/tables/interfaces/connectivity-matrix`); node positions are computed as a
simple site-grouped grid (dc/core/campus bands) since IPFabric has no
layout data.
- IPFabric reports abbreviated interface names (`Et11`) while gnmic exposes
full OpenConfig names (`Ethernet11`); the script aliases known prefixes
(`Et``Ethernet`, `Po``Port-Channel`, `Lo``Loopback`, `Vl``Vlan`,
`Ma``Management`) and cross-checks the result against the live exporter,
logging (not silently dropping) any link whose aliased name has no matching
series — the actual fix for a real mismatch belongs in gnmic interface
aliasing (#43), not in this script.
- `.100`/`.200` subinterface rows in the connectivity-matrix (802.1Q tags used
for the gold VRF stitching on Core) are excluded — they ride the same
physical port as their parent interface and gnmic only exports physical
interface counters.
- The Grafana panel plugin id (`GRAFANA_WEATHERMAP_PLUGIN_ID`, default
`allamiro-weathermap-panel`) is a placeholder — confirm it against the
actually installed plugin before provisioning.
## 📁 Repository Structure
```
@@ -405,8 +444,12 @@ arista-evpn-vxlan-clab/
│ ├── campus-access1.cfg, campus-access2.cfg
│ ├── gnmic/
│ │ └── gnmic-config.yml
── prometheus/
└── prometheus.yml
── prometheus/
└── prometheus.yml
│ └── grafana/
│ └── weathermap-dashboard.json
├── scripts/
│ └── generate_weathermap.py
└── hosts/
├── README.md
├── dc-server1_interfaces … dc-server4_interfaces

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate a weathermap-ng panel config from IPFabric topology + gnmic/Prometheus
metrics, and optionally provision it into a Grafana dashboard.
Data sources (see gitea issues #44, #47, #48):
- IPFabric REST API: device inventory + connectivity-matrix (topology)
- Prometheus (gnmic exporter, configs/prometheus/prometheus.yml): live label
values, used both to validate the IPFabric->gnmic interface-name mapping
and to resolve which VTEPs/VLANs actually have VXLAN data.
Usage:
python3 scripts/generate_weathermap.py [--output PATH] [--provision]
Environment:
IPFABRIC_URL e.g. https://ipfabric.example.com
IPFABRIC_TOKEN API token (Inventory/Snapshots read access)
IPFABRIC_SNAPSHOT snapshot id, default "$last"
PROMETHEUS_URL default http://172.16.0.71:9090 (in-topology instance)
GRAFANA_URL required with --provision
GRAFANA_TOKEN required with --provision
GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_UID Prometheus datasource UID in Grafana, required with --provision
GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_UID default "evpn-vxlan-fabric-weathermap"
GRAFANA_WEATHERMAP_PLUGIN_ID default "allamiro-weathermap-panel" -- confirm
against the actually installed plugin id before provisioning.
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import sys
import urllib.request
import urllib.error
import urllib.parse
WEATHERMAP_SCHEMA_VERSION = 14
# IPFabric abbreviated interface prefixes -> gnmic/OpenConfig full names.
# Longest-prefix-first so e.g. "Ma" doesn't shadow a hypothetical multi-letter clash.
INTERFACE_PREFIX_ALIASES = {
"Et": "Ethernet",
"Po": "Port-Channel",
"Lo": "Loopback",
"Vl": "Vlan",
"Ma": "Management",
}
SITE_ORDER = ["dc", "core", "campus"]
GRID_COLUMNS = 6
GRID_SPACING_X = 180
GRID_SPACING_Y = 150
SITE_BAND_Y = {"dc": 0, "core": 450, "campus": 750}
NODE_COLORS = {"font": "#ffffff", "background": "#22252b", "border": "#5794F2", "statusDown": "#F2495C"}
STATUS_VALUE_MAPPINGS = [{"value": 0, "color": "#F2495C"}, {"value": 1, "color": "#73BF69"}]
DEFAULT_LINK_BANDWIDTH_BPS = 10_000_000_000 # 10G fallback when IPFabric speed is missing
def env(name, default=None, required=False):
val = os.environ.get(name, default)
if required and not val:
sys.exit(f"Missing required environment variable: {name}")
return val
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# IPFabric
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def ipfabric_request(base_url, token, path, body):
req = urllib.request.Request(
f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/api{path}",
data=json.dumps(body).encode(),
headers={"X-API-Token": token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
return json.load(resp)["data"]
def fetch_devices(base_url, token, snapshot):
return ipfabric_request(
base_url, token, "/tables/inventory/devices",
{"columns": ["hostname", "siteName", "vendor", "model", "sn"], "snapshot": snapshot,
"pagination": {"limit": 1000, "start": 0}},
)
def fetch_connectivity_matrix(base_url, token, snapshot):
return ipfabric_request(
base_url, token, "/tables/interfaces/connectivity-matrix",
{"columns": ["localHost", "localInt", "remoteHost", "remoteInt", "protocol"], "snapshot": snapshot,
"pagination": {"limit": 5000, "start": 0}},
)
def fetch_interface_speeds(base_url, token, snapshot):
rows = ipfabric_request(
base_url, token, "/tables/inventory/interfaces",
{"columns": ["hostname", "intName", "speed"], "snapshot": snapshot,
"pagination": {"limit": 5000, "start": 0}},
)
speeds = {}
for row in rows:
speed = row.get("speed")
if speed:
speeds[(row["hostname"], row["intName"])] = int(speed)
return speeds
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Prometheus (validation + VXLAN discovery)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def prom_query(prometheus_url, promql):
url = f"{prometheus_url.rstrip('/')}/api/v1/query?query=" + urllib.parse.quote(promql)
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15) as resp:
payload = json.load(resp)
if payload["status"] != "success":
sys.exit(f"Prometheus query failed: {promql}")
return payload["data"]["result"]
def known_interface_pairs(prometheus_url):
"""(device, interface) pairs that actually exist in the gnmic exporter,
used to validate the IPFabric->gnmic interface alias before trusting it."""
results = prom_query(prometheus_url, "interfaces_interface_state_oper_status")
return {(m["metric"]["device"], m["metric"]["interface"]) for m in results}
def known_vtep_vlan_pairs(prometheus_url):
"""(device, vlan) pairs with a live VLAN-to-VNI mapping -- these are the
VTEP nodes eligible for a VXLAN MAC-count tooltip metric."""
results = prom_query(prometheus_url, "interfaces_interface_arista_vxlan_vlan_to_vnis_vlan_to_vni_state_vni")
return {(m["metric"]["device"], m["metric"]["vlan"]) for m in results}
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Interface aliasing (IPFabric abbreviated name -> gnmic full name)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def alias_interface(ipf_name):
match = re.match(r"^([A-Za-z]+)(\d.*)$", ipf_name)
if not match:
return ipf_name
prefix, rest = match.groups()
full = INTERFACE_PREFIX_ALIASES.get(prefix)
if full is None:
return ipf_name
return f"{full}{rest}"
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Topology processing
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def build_layout(devices):
by_site = {}
for dev in devices:
by_site.setdefault(dev["siteName"], []).append(dev["hostname"])
positions = {}
for site in SITE_ORDER:
band_y = SITE_BAND_Y.get(site, 0)
for idx, host in enumerate(sorted(by_site.get(site, []))):
col, row = idx % GRID_COLUMNS, idx // GRID_COLUMNS
positions[host] = [100 + col * GRID_SPACING_X, band_y + row * GRID_SPACING_Y]
# Any site not in SITE_ORDER (shouldn't happen given the naming convention,
# but don't silently drop nodes if it does) gets stacked below everything else.
extra_band_y = max(SITE_BAND_Y.values()) + 300
for site, hosts in by_site.items():
if site in SITE_ORDER:
continue
for idx, host in enumerate(sorted(hosts)):
col, row = idx % GRID_COLUMNS, idx // GRID_COLUMNS
positions[host] = [100 + col * GRID_SPACING_X, extra_band_y + row * GRID_SPACING_Y]
return positions
def dedupe_links(connectivity_matrix):
"""connectivity-matrix reports each physical link twice (once from each
side), plus management-plane (Management0) neighbor entries, plus one row
per 802.1Q subinterface on trunked ports (e.g. Et13.100/Et13.200, used for
the gold VRF stitching on Core -- see README). Subinterfaces ride the same
physical port as their parent interface, so they'd otherwise show up as
bogus duplicate parallel links with permanently-unresolvable queries
(gnmic only subscribes to physical interface counters). Keep only
physical Ethernet-to-Ethernet links, one entry per unordered
(host,int)-(host,int) pair."""
seen = set()
links = []
for row in connectivity_matrix:
local_int, remote_int = row["localInt"], row["remoteInt"]
if "." in local_int or "." in remote_int:
continue
if not (local_int.startswith("Et") and remote_int.startswith("Et")):
continue
side_a = (row["localHost"], local_int)
side_z = (row["remoteHost"], remote_int)
key = tuple(sorted([side_a, side_z]))
if key in seen:
continue
seen.add(key)
links.append({"a_host": key[0][0], "a_int": key[0][1], "z_host": key[1][0], "z_int": key[1][1]})
return links
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Weathermap assembly
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def build_weathermap(devices, links, interface_speeds, positions, prometheus_url, mismatches):
hostnames = [d["hostname"] for d in devices]
host_regex = "|".join(re.escape(h) for h in hostnames)
known_pairs = known_interface_pairs(prometheus_url)
vtep_vlan_pairs = known_vtep_vlan_pairs(prometheus_url)
vtep_hosts = sorted({dev for dev, _ in vtep_vlan_pairs})
def resolve_and_check(host, ipf_int, side_label):
gnmic_int = alias_interface(ipf_int)
if (host, gnmic_int) not in known_pairs:
mismatches.append(
f"{host} {ipf_int} -> {gnmic_int} ({side_label}): no matching series in "
f"interfaces_interface_state_oper_status -- link will reference a query that "
f"resolves to no data until the gnmic/IPFabric interface names are aligned "
f"(see #47/#48 interface aliasing fallback)"
)
return gnmic_int
# -- nodes --
nodes = []
for dev in devices:
host = dev["hostname"]
node = {
"id": host,
"label": host,
"position": positions[host],
"isConnection": False,
"useConstantSpacing": False,
"compactVerticalLinks": False,
"padding": {"horizontal": 12, "vertical": 6},
"colors": dict(NODE_COLORS),
"nodeIcon": None,
"statusQuery": f"BGP {host}",
"nodeStatusColorTarget": "border",
"statusValueMappings": [dict(m) for m in STATUS_VALUE_MAPPINGS],
}
if host in vtep_hosts:
node["tooltipMetrics"] = [
{"label": f"VNI {host} {vlan}", "query": f"VNI {host} {vlan}", "units": "MACs"}
for _, vlan in sorted(v for v in vtep_vlan_pairs if v[0] == host)
]
nodes.append(node)
# -- links --
link_defs = []
interface_regex_parts = set()
for link in links:
a_gnmic_int = resolve_and_check(link["a_host"], link["a_int"], "side A")
z_gnmic_int = resolve_and_check(link["z_host"], link["z_int"], "side Z")
interface_regex_parts.add(re.escape(a_gnmic_int))
interface_regex_parts.add(re.escape(z_gnmic_int))
a_bw = interface_speeds.get((link["a_host"], link["a_int"]), DEFAULT_LINK_BANDWIDTH_BPS)
z_bw = interface_speeds.get((link["z_host"], link["z_int"]), DEFAULT_LINK_BANDWIDTH_BPS)
if (link["a_host"], link["a_int"]) not in interface_speeds:
mismatches.append(f"{link['a_host']} {link['a_int']}: no IPFabric speed, defaulting bandwidth to {DEFAULT_LINK_BANDWIDTH_BPS}")
if (link["z_host"], link["z_int"]) not in interface_speeds:
mismatches.append(f"{link['z_host']} {link['z_int']}: no IPFabric speed, defaulting bandwidth to {DEFAULT_LINK_BANDWIDTH_BPS}")
link_defs.append({
"id": f"{link['a_host']}-{a_gnmic_int}--{link['z_host']}-{z_gnmic_int}",
"nodes": [{"id": link["a_host"]}, {"id": link["z_host"]}],
"sides": {
"A": {
"bandwidth": a_bw,
"query": f"{link['a_host']} {a_gnmic_int} tx",
"labelOffset": 55, "anchor": "Right", "dashboardLink": "",
},
"Z": {
"bandwidth": z_bw,
"query": f"{link['z_host']} {z_gnmic_int} rx",
"labelOffset": 55, "anchor": "Left", "dashboardLink": "",
},
},
"units": "bps",
"arrows": {"width": 8, "height": 10, "offset": 2},
"stroke": 5,
"showThroughputPercentage": False,
})
interface_regex = "|".join(sorted(interface_regex_parts))
# -- targets (one query per metric family, per task spec) --
targets = [
{
"refId": "A",
"expr": f'min by (device) (network_instances_network_instance_protocols_protocol_bgp_neighbors_neighbor_state_session_state{{network_instance_name="default", device=~"{host_regex}"}})',
"legendFormat": "BGP {{device}}",
},
{
"refId": "B",
"expr": f'rate(interfaces_interface_state_counters_out_octets{{device=~"{host_regex}", interface=~"{interface_regex}"}}[5m]) * 8',
"legendFormat": "{{device}} {{interface}} tx",
},
{
"refId": "C",
"expr": f'rate(interfaces_interface_state_counters_in_octets{{device=~"{host_regex}", interface=~"{interface_regex}"}}[5m]) * 8',
"legendFormat": "{{device}} {{interface}} rx",
},
]
if vtep_hosts:
vtep_regex = "|".join(re.escape(h) for h in vtep_hosts)
# Verbatim join from #44 "VXLAN (MAC count per VNI)", scoped to VTEP nodes.
targets.append({
"refId": "D",
"expr": (
f'count by (device, vlan) (network_instances_network_instance_fdb_mac_table_entries_entry_vlan{{device=~"{vtep_regex}"}})\n'
f'* on(device, vlan) group_left(vlan_to_vni_state_vni)\n'
f'interfaces_interface_arista_vxlan_vlan_to_vnis_vlan_to_vni_state_vni{{device=~"{vtep_regex}"}}'
),
"legendFormat": "VNI {{device}} {{vlan}}",
})
weathermap = {
"version": WEATHERMAP_SCHEMA_VERSION,
"id": "evpn-vxlan-fabric-weathermap",
"nodes": nodes,
"links": link_defs,
"scale": [
{"percent": 0, "color": "#5794F2"},
{"percent": 70, "color": "#FA6400"},
{"percent": 90, "color": "#C4162A"},
],
"settings": {
"panel": {"backgroundColor": "#212124", "panelSize": {"width": 1600, "height": 1000},
"zoomScale": 0, "offset": {"x": 0, "y": 0}, "showTimestamp": True,
"grid": {"enabled": False, "size": 10, "guidesEnabled": False}},
"link": {"spacing": {"horizontal": 10, "vertical": 5}, "stroke": {"color": "#CCCCDC"},
"label": {"background": "#FFFFFF", "border": "#000000", "font": "#000000"},
"showAllWithPercentage": False, "defaultUnits": "bps"},
"tooltip": {"fontSize": 10, "textColor": "#CCCCDC", "backgroundColor": "#1A1B1F",
"inboundColor": "#73BF69", "outboundColor": "#5794F2", "scaleToBandwidth": False},
"fontSizing": {"node": 12, "link": 10},
"scale": {"position": {"x": 0, "y": 0}, "size": {"width": 150, "height": 100},
"title": "Utilization", "fontSizing": {"title": 10, "threshold": 9}},
},
}
return weathermap, targets
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Grafana provisioning
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def build_dashboard(weathermap, targets, dashboard_uid, datasource_uid, plugin_id):
return {
"dashboard": {
"uid": dashboard_uid,
"title": "EVPN/VXLAN Fabric Weathermap",
"tags": ["evpn", "vxlan", "weathermap", "auto-generated"],
"timezone": "browser",
"schemaVersion": 39,
"version": 0,
"panels": [
{
"id": 1,
"type": plugin_id,
"title": "Fabric Weathermap",
"gridPos": {"h": 24, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 0},
"datasource": {"type": "prometheus", "uid": datasource_uid},
"targets": [dict(t, datasource={"type": "prometheus", "uid": datasource_uid}) for t in targets],
"options": {"weathermap": weathermap},
}
],
},
"overwrite": True,
}
def provision_to_grafana(grafana_url, api_token, dashboard_payload):
req = urllib.request.Request(
f"{grafana_url.rstrip('/')}/api/dashboards/db",
data=json.dumps(dashboard_payload).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
method="POST",
)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
return json.load(resp)
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
sys.exit(f"Grafana provisioning failed: HTTP {e.code} {e.read().decode()}")
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
parser.add_argument("--output", default="configs/grafana/weathermap-dashboard.json",
help="where to write the generated dashboard-as-code JSON")
parser.add_argument("--provision", action="store_true",
help="also POST the dashboard to the Grafana API (requires GRAFANA_* env vars)")
args = parser.parse_args()
ipfabric_url = env("IPFABRIC_URL", required=True)
ipfabric_token = env("IPFABRIC_TOKEN", required=True)
snapshot = env("IPFABRIC_SNAPSHOT", "$last")
prometheus_url = env("PROMETHEUS_URL", "http://172.16.0.71:9090")
print(f"Fetching devices from IPFabric ({ipfabric_url}, snapshot={snapshot})...")
devices = fetch_devices(ipfabric_url, ipfabric_token, snapshot)
print(f" {len(devices)} devices")
print("Fetching connectivity-matrix...")
matrix = fetch_connectivity_matrix(ipfabric_url, ipfabric_token, snapshot)
links = dedupe_links(matrix)
print(f" {len(links)} fabric links after Management-plane filter + dedup ({len(matrix)} raw rows)")
print("Fetching interface speeds...")
interface_speeds = fetch_interface_speeds(ipfabric_url, ipfabric_token, snapshot)
positions = build_layout(devices)
mismatches = []
print(f"Cross-checking interface names against live exporter ({prometheus_url})...")
weathermap, targets = build_weathermap(devices, links, interface_speeds, positions, prometheus_url, mismatches)
if mismatches:
print(f"\n{len(mismatches)} interface-name / bandwidth mismatch(es) found (link kept, not dropped):", file=sys.stderr)
for m in mismatches:
print(f" - {m}", file=sys.stderr)
print(file=sys.stderr)
dashboard_uid = env("GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_UID", "evpn-vxlan-fabric-weathermap")
datasource_uid = env("GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_UID", "PROMETHEUS_DATASOURCE_UID_PLACEHOLDER")
plugin_id = env("GRAFANA_WEATHERMAP_PLUGIN_ID", "allamiro-weathermap-panel")
dashboard_payload = build_dashboard(weathermap, targets, dashboard_uid, datasource_uid, plugin_id)
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(args.output) or ".", exist_ok=True)
with open(args.output, "w") as f:
json.dump(dashboard_payload, f, indent=2)
f.write("\n")
print(f"Wrote {args.output} ({len(weathermap['nodes'])} nodes, {len(weathermap['links'])} links)")
if args.provision:
grafana_url = env("GRAFANA_URL", required=True)
grafana_token = env("GRAFANA_TOKEN", required=True)
if datasource_uid == "PROMETHEUS_DATASOURCE_UID_PLACEHOLDER":
sys.exit("Refusing to provision: set GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_UID to the real Prometheus datasource UID first")
print(f"Provisioning dashboard '{dashboard_uid}' to {grafana_url}...")
result = provision_to_grafana(grafana_url, grafana_token, dashboard_payload)
print(f" {result.get('status')}: {result.get('url')}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()