basic config (client side)

[Winn Johnston]

--- Winn Johnston <winn_johnston at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- jeff vier <boinger at tradingtechnologies.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Please always reply to the list so that others may
> > benefit from your
> > experience.
> > 
> > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:06 -0700, Winn Johnston
> > wrote:
> > > impossible, it is in production, and works. I
> just
> > > want to know what is the deal with the etc/
> > directory
> > > in the /nagios directory?
> > 
> > Who knows?  A "normal" installation puts it where
> > you tell it.
> > 
> > How did you install it?  What OS?  What version of
> > Nagios?  What files
> > are in these directories you mentioned?
> > 
> > You didn't give near enough information for
> further
> > assistance.
> > 
> > --jeff
> > 
> > P.S.  Top-posting is poor form.
> > 
> > > --- jeff vier <boinger at tradingtechnologies.com>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 08:37 -0700, Winn
> Johnston
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I have noticed we have two nagios config
> > > > directories.
> > > > > One exists in /usr/local/nagios (which seems
> > to
> > > > hold
> > > > > the config files for the server side) and
> > > > /etc/nagios
> > > > > (which seems to hold the config files for
> the
> > > > client
> > > > > side) now i know installs can differ
> greatly,
> > so
> > > > this
> > > > > maybe an impossible question for anyone to
> > answer,
> > > > but
> > > > > i figured i would give it a shot. The
> > > > > /usr/local/nagios has an etc/ directory in
> it,
> > and
> > > > the
> > > > > /etc/nagios has no etc/ directory. So am i
> > right
> > > > in
> > > > > assuming that the /usr/local/nagios
> directory
> > is
> > > > the
> > > > > server side config, to be used on the main
> > > > monitoring
> > > > > server?
> > > > 
> > > > If it was me, I would say delete all that junk
> > and
> > > > install it from
> > > > source, then you'll know for sure.
> > > > 
> 
> Ok some more info.
> 
> /etc/nagios # ls
> dependencies.cfg    misccommands.cfg  servers
> disabled            nagios.cfg        services.cfg
> cgi.cfg            escalations.cfg     nrpe.cfg     
>  
>   suse-default
> checkcommands.cfg  fedora              nrpe.cfg.old 
>  
>   timeperiods.cfg
> command.cfg        hostgroups.cfg      nsca.cfg
> contactgroups.cfg  hosts.cfg           resource.cfg
> contacts.cfg       minimal.cfg-sample  send_nsca.cfg
> 
>  /usr/local/nagios/
> .bash_logout   .emacs  .viminfo  etc      sbin
> .bash_profile  .gtkrc  .zshrc    libexec  share
> .bash_history  .bashrc  .kde    bin       removed 
> var
> 
> - OS
> SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
> VERSION = 9
> PATCHLEVEL = 3

Ok i got everything working. It turns out the user
nagios has it's home directory in the
/usr/local/nagios and the server config files are
located in /usr/local/nagios/etc. On the client side
the config files are located in the /etc/nagios

Can anyone shed any light on how often nagios checks
for updated config files? And how it got it's name?

-thanks for everyone's help
-winn johnston


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