I am attempting to poll a value from a palo alto device which i'm only able to obtain through an api rest query. (Unfortunately, the value doesn't exist in any MIB). I'm trying to figure out a way to get my value (which is just an integer), and then have solarwinds graph it for me. The ultimate would be to add it to a perfstack, but i'll settle for a normal graph.
My first thought was to run a python or powershell script to get the api rest result, and then do a sql insert into the table directly so solarwinds can chart it. I was going to create a new custom poller, and then just insert results into the customPollerStatus table so solarwinds can graph it out.
It seems to me there should be a better way to do this. Any thoughts?