Nagios 2.0b4 wont use hostextinfo.cfg

[Andreas Ericsson]

Daniel Tuecks wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I recently installed the 2.0 version of Nagios. Unfortunally my hostextinfo.cfg file isn't used by nagios anymore... I configured Nagios as shown below:
> 
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/usr/sbin/ \
> --datadir=/usr/share/nagios \
> --libexecdir=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins \
> --localstatedir=/var/log/nagios \
> --sbindir=/usr/lib/nagios/cgi \
> --sysconfdir=/etc/nagios \
> --with-cgiurl=/nagios/cgi-bin \
> --with-gd-lib=/lib \
> --with-gd-inc=/usr/include \
> --with-htmlurl=/nagios \
> --with-lockfile=/var/log/nagios/run/nagios.pid \
> --with-mail=/bin/mail \
> --with-nagios-user=daemon \
> --with-nagios-group=daemon \
> --with-command-user=nobody \
> --with-command-grp=www \
> --with-perlcache \
> --with-template-objects \
> --with-template-extinfo \
> --enable-event-broker 
> 
> 
> 
> I have a hostextinfo.cfg file located in /etc/nagios/hostextinfo.cfg
> 
> My cgi.cfg has an entry
> 
> xedtemplate_config_file=/etc/nagios/hostextinfo.cfg
> 
> 
> 
> And the hostextinfo.cfg looks like this:
> 
> define hostextinfo{
>         host_name       SR_PROCURVE_2848_1
>         notes           Backbone HP Procurve 2848
>         icon_image      switch40.png
>         icon_image_alt  HP Procurve 2848
>         vrml_image      switch40.png
>         statusmap_image switch40.gd2
>         }
> 
> 
> How do I get my hostextinfo back to work?
> 


RTFM. Especially the "What's new" section from the 2.0 docs. It's really 
a must when upgrading major versions (the first digit of the version 
number changes, i.e. 1.2 to 2.0). Perhaps you'll learn to do so from now on.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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