PHP user interface for Nagios

[Randal, Phil]

The best GUI config tool I've found so far is NagMin.

http://nagmin.sf.net

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Arley Burns [mailto:johnarleyburns at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 03 June 2003 14:35
> To: Jesús M. NAVARRO; nagios-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-devel] PHP user interface for Nagios
> 
> 
> 
> --- Jesús M. NAVARRO <jesus_navarro at undominio.net> wrote:
> > Hi, John:
> > 
> > El Lunes, 2 de Junio de 2003 23:23, John Arley Burns escribió:
> > > This is good.  I'm using Nagios in a context where I need
> > form-based
> > > authentication.  It would also be helpful if you could 
> have screens
> > to "edit config" as well as view it.
> > >
> > 
> > The "view config" option is merely a wrapper around the config.cgi
> > CGI, since 
> > that was my very first idea: if I can just drop in a few PHP classes
> > so I 
> > have the same functionality current Nagios ui has, then I can go at
> > my own 
> > pace adding functionality or rewriting CGIs as I feel I can, and
> > still using 
> > the byproduct on a day by day basis.
> 
> There is a PHP program that allows editing of config files named
> "NAGAT", available on the "Extras" download page off the main Nagios
> site.  Perhaps you could merge this into your own.
> 
> > As you can see what you propose is not a technical nigthmare, still
> > it needs a 
> > config access abstraction, which is not trivial (since that config
> > can be 
> > found into flat files, databases or, potentially any remote access
> > procedure) 
> > and the "high level" access interface, so it seems not a few hours
> > task.  
> > Anyway I want a graphic configuration tool too, one that 
> does respect
> > any 
> > by-hand change I'd do, comments and the like, so there's high chance
> > I'll go 
> > for it.
> 
> As long as the GUI changes are compatible with editing by hand or, in
> my case, editing by program.
> 
> > On the other hand, you know this is open source: how could you help
> > with this?
> 
> I'm currently working on getting debian packaging working for Nagios,
> the current debian package has some problems.  I'll release it to
> debian when it's ready.
> 
> The main piece I'll eventually contribute is probably in the 
> monitoring
> area.  NSCA is a good start for a basic system but I need something
> that's far more secure and works over HTTPS.  I'm currently 
> not sure if
> extending NSCA is better or developing an entirely new add-on agent. 
> That's probably going to be my major contribution to Nagios.
> 
> 
> 
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