Web-Based config

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

ObHumour:

Then at the other end of the spectrum, we have the Real Men Don't Click
project:

  http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/

(Sorry, couldn't resist... insert copious smileys here.  :):):)

jc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Gillespie [mailto:gillespie at iomega.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:54 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Web-Based config
> 
> 
> Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> > Not sure whether Fredrik needs to get with Ethan on this 
> one, at least not
> > as far as a seamless, shrinkwrapped integration is concerned.
> > 
> > Today you can download the core product.  And plugins.  And 
> addons (NRPE,
> > NSCA, others).  And image packs.
> > 
> > I could be speaking out of turn here, but I suspect Fredrik 
> intended NATO to
> > be another addon.
> 
> IMHO, it should be a part of the application, not an add-on.  
> Being able 
> to easily configure is vital to any application.  I have 
> pointed several 
> people to Nagios, and they like how it looks, they download it, etc. 
> But then they get to the point where they want to configure 
> it, they see 
> the poor documentation (sorry, lots of docs != good docs) and 
> are then 
> pointed at these copious .cfg files and they just say forget it, and 
> move onto other things.  If you dont want to get into deep hacking, 
> there are much easier tools to use for this purpose than to configure 
> Nagios.
> 
> I like to get into the guts of things, and I still think configuring 
> nagios is annoying because it is forcing me to spend a LOT of time 
> configuring something which could be so much easier to do 
> with a proper 
> interface.  The fact that many people hack tools to make it easier 
> configuring Nagios is a big sign saying there is a problem.
> 
> Sure, nagios is not hard to configure if you have a few 
> servers.  Do it 
> on a scale of 50~100+ and it is no longer trivial, it gets horribly 
> redundant and annoying, even using templates.
> 
> Modularity is good, but some things should remain core to the system. 
> If I never had to look at another nagios config file I'd be 
> more than happy.
> 
> -Brandon
> 
> 
> 
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