> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Coochey > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:01 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] (no subject) > > Hello List > > I'm just in the process of doing a new install of Nagios, and I find > myself thinking that I'm going to end up with a ping_check with a line > that contains something like 300 comma separated hostnames > > Is there a good way to reduce the bloat and improve the manageability of > the configuration?
This might help -- http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/templatetricks.html > > What is the recommended path to make sure your nagios config doesn't > become something that only one person can make changes to, because of > its complexity? Use templates as much as possible, create standard checks for different types of hosts, use a database/front end to store host/service information that's important to your checks, autogenerate as much of your configs from the database as possible. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null