<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios config -- not xml?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> > But for those of us who just configure it, having to type all the xml > froth would be a royal pain. I agree completely. I'm not sure I would use a 'tool' (other than vi) to do the configuration, so typing all of the extra XML cruft by hand would be a pain. --Ben -----Original Message----- From: Steve Burton [<A HREF="mailto:steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk">mailto:steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk</A>] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:47 PM To: Brandon Gillespie Cc: Daniel_Casey@jbhunt.com; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net; nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios config -- not xml? Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > Daniel_Casey@jbhunt.com wrote: > > I second your first comment about it being a pain. But, not knowing too > > much about XML, how would that make it > > easier? Is there something about XML that would be particularly useful? > > Would you still have to have all the > > different .cfg files or would that change with XML? > > > > I understand that XML is "self-describing" data, correct? How would that > > fit into configuring Nagios? > > I think the more important point was 'being able to write third party > tools to edit the config files'. By being in XML you just load an XML > parser and you are done. As it is now, you have to have custom magic to > understand the current format, which is not reusable anywhere else. > > I do concur, XML would be VERY nice. > But for those of us who just configure it, having to type all the xml froth would be a royal pain. Also the present system is self describing, the description is at the beginning of the line. The context is in the name of the config. file, if you use multiple files and the namespace is nagios. Steve. > BTW, are there any other admin tools for Nagios? I used one on > netsaint, which is not available for nagios. I'm not liking the nagat > one currently available--it doesn't import everything I've typed in, and > I find the import/export process cumbersome and annoying. > > -Brandon Gillespie > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > <A HREF="http://www.vasoftware.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.vasoftware.com</A> > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" TARGET="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> -- Steve Burton Webmaster & Sub-optimal Coder ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! <A HREF="http://www.vasoftware.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.vasoftware.com</A> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" TARGET="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> </BODY> </HTML>