NDO: Storing Host Alias in NDO?

[Ethan Galstad]

Lars Michelsen wrote:
> Hi devels,
> i'm searching for a way to display the host alias in NagVis. There are
> 2 ways I selected as possible solutions for me:
> 
> - Reading from NDO (But atm the host alias is not in NDO)
> - Reading from NagVis configuration (have to edit for each host manual)
> 
> The first method would be much more comfortable and is my favorite
> solution. In NagVis itselfes it is not the easiest solution to get
> this work but the cleanest.
> 
> Now, how to implement in NDO? I think the easiest way is to fill
> "name2" in nagios_objects table with the host alias - but the name2 is
> part of the index and a host-dataset is explicit without name2. So the
> cleanest solution would be to extend the nagios_hosts table with an
> attribute "host_alias".
> 
> Any better ideas/solutions for this?
> Are there reasons why host_alias is not stored in NDO?
> 
> Regards,
> Lars
> 

The host_alias should be in the x_hosts table in the latest release of 
NDOUtils.  It was a bug that was just recently fixed.  Hope that helps.


Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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