Little proposal

[Stefano Coletta]

Very simple. But you have to choose *one* method because it is 
hardcoded, in fact it is a parameter passed to the CGI.
Otherwise it has to be added to the nagios configuration file to make it 
changeable.

I've chosen the depth layers method because it is very clear when you 
have a lot of hosts. The others methods are messy or too complex to look at.

Cook, Garry wrote:

>Very nice.
>How hard is it to forward to the statusmap WITHOUT using the depth
>layers method?
>
>Garry W. Cook, CCNA
>Network Infrastructure Manager
>MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
>303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile) 
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stefano Coletta [mailto:creator at mindcreations.com] 
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:22 AM
>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net; 
>>nagios-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: [Nagios-devel] Little proposal
>>
>>
>>Hello everybody,
>>
>>I've realized a simple patch that has made my life with Nagios easier 
>>when trying to locate a host in the statusmap.
>>The attached screenshots will make clear what I've done:
>>
>>shot1 : The red circle shows the new command (Host information page)
>>shot2:  After clicking the icon you'll be forwarded on the statusmap 
>>using "Depth Layers" method.
>>shot3: Another point (Status Overview for example) from where you can 
>>use this function.
>>
>>This feature has been implemented by using the same code 
>>present in the 
>>Network Outages CGI...
>>I thought it was good to have it for every host and not only 
>>for outages.
>>
>>This patch is more useful when you have many hosts (currently 
>>600). I've read that on v2.0 there is a search function to 
>>locate hosts but I 
>>think this is different.
>>Here we have many people using Nagios in the same environment 
>>and thus 
>>locating a host in a network is an important task: it must be 
>>easy and fast.
>>
>>I'll wait for comments before posting the patch to make it 
>>better than 
>>now reflecting the majority needs and not only my owns.
>>
>>Bye all
>>
>>--
>>Stefano Coletta
>>http://www.mindcreations.com
>>    
>>
>
>  
>



-------------------------------------------------------
This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek
Welcome to geek heaven.
http://thinkgeek.com/sf