RIPEstat is introducing new features including a Widget API, Data API, and improved performance. The Widget API allows users to embed RIPEstat plugins on their own websites. The Data API provides access to RIPEstat data in JSON format. Performance has been improved by migrating several plugins to a new backend data cluster. Future plans include adding more widgets and data services, extending existing plugins, and improving backend performance. Feedback is encouraged on the RIPEstat website and mailing lists.

1. RIPEstat
Public demo
January 24, 2012
Vasco Asturiano
1) Introduction
2) New features
3) Demo
4) What’s coming?
5) Feedback

2. RIPEstat Introduction
http://stat.ripe.net
• Modular & extendable Toolbox
• Single-point to Internet related data
• Work in progress
• Demo new functionality periodically
• We adjust based on usage and feedback
• Get involved
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3. Demo Key Points
• New Widget API
• New Data API
• Web application new architecture
• Performance monitoring and improvements
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4. The new Data and Widget APIs
• Data API - Access RIPEstat processed data directly
• Widget API - Embed RIPEstat plugins in your own website
• Bring RIPEstat closer to you
• Better adapted to your own needs
• More customization options
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5. New Widget API
_ Embed RIPEstat widgets into your own webpage!
<script src="http://stat.ripe.net/widgets/widget_api.js"></script>
<div class="statwdgtauto"><script>
ripestat.init("as-path-length",{"resource":"AS3333"})
</script></div>
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6. New Widget API
• Embeddable on location in any HTML website
• Purely based on Javascript and HTML(5)
• Data fetched directly from data API via JSON(P)
• Input data configuration defines content
• Customizable layout (visible elements, size)
• Manipulation of the Widget after rendering (reload(), get_data(), etc)
via scripting
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7. New Widget API
• Work in progress
• But some widgets already available publicly (beta testing)
_ whats-my-ip [new]
_ network-info [new]
_ prefix-overview
_ as-overview
_ whois
_ as-path-length
• http://stat.ripe.net/docs/widget_api
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8. New RIPEstat Data API
• RESTful interface over HTTP
• Can return RIPEstat data in various formats (JSON currently)
- Let us know if you’d like other formats
• Used by the Widgets, data is fetched directly by the browser
• Simple example:
‣ http://stat.ripe.net/plugin/whats-my-ip/data.json
{
"cached": false,
"data": {
"ip": "2001:67c:2e8:13:223:6cff:fe8d:388c"
},
"messages": [],
"query_id": 11057,
"status": "ok",
"status_code": 200,
"version": "0.1"
}
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9. New RIPEstat Data API
• Syntax:
‣ http://stat.ripe.net/plugin/<pluginname>/data.<format>?<key>=<value>...
‣ http://stat.ripe.net/plugin/announced-prefixes/data.json?
resource=AS3333&starttime=2012-01-14T12:00
{ "data": {
"prefixes": [
{
"prefix": "193.0.0.0/21",
"timelines": [
{
"endtime": "2012-01-16T00:00:00",
"starttime": "2012-01-14T12:00:00"
},
{ [...]
• Full specification of services and required/optional parameters at:
‣ http://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api
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10. Web Application new architecture
RESTful data API Javascript Widget API Static HTML and JS
routing history Table of
routing history
widget Contents
plugin
whois plugin whois widget
Any HTML
elements
• You can build your own web app too!
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11. Web Application new architecture
• During transition period current plugins on http://stat.ripe.net are
being progressively replaced by widgets
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12. Demo
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13. Performance monitoring
• Monitor usage and performance of plugins
• Raise understanding of possible performance bottlenecks
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14. Performance monitoring
• Monitor usage and performance of plugins
• Raise understanding of possible performance bottlenecks
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15. Performance Improvement - Backend migration
• Several plugins migrated to a new backend data cluster
_ BGP Update history
_ AS Path Length
_ Routing Consistency
• Significant performance improvement!
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16. What’s coming?
• Widget API
- Add more widget types to cover existing plugins
- Extending functionality of the API
• Data API
- Add more services to cover existing plugins
- Services based on new backend data (such as RIPE Atlas)
- Backend performance improvements
• Plugins
- Extend existing with more detail (history, granularity, etc)
- IPv6 capability per AS - based on APNIC data
- AS Routing Consistency
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17. Feedback
• Play with it:
_ http://stat.ripe.net/
_ http://stat.ripe.net/docs/widget_api/
_ http://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api/
• Feedback
_ Comments - on the website
_ Measurement, Analysis and Tools working group
_ Homepage: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/mat/
_ E-mail: mat-wg@ripe.net
_ Private feedback - stat@ripe.net
_ #ripestat on twitter
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18. The End
The next RIPEstat public demo is on:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
This session and the slides will be archived on RIPE labs:
http://labs.ripe.net/
See previous demos and other videos on:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RIPENCC/