Hi Michael, Thanks for the reply. I'll take a look at OMD.
Ben On 13 January 2012 15:41, Michael Friedrich <michael.friedr...@univie.ac.at> wrote: > Ben Short wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use the display_name param in my host definitions. But >> it's not being used as the host name in the Nagios website. > > $ grep display_name cgi/* > >> >> I know that the document website [1] says 'Note: The current CGIs do >> not use this option, although future versions of the web interface >> will.' but I have found a bug [2] that has been marked as fixed. Did >> this bug make it into Nagios Core? > > this feature was reported to nagios as display_name for statusmap.cgi, > somewhere on nagios-devel lists. > > i took the liberty to implement full display_name support in icinga > classic ui at that time but never reported nor backported a patch to nagios. > > given the recent statement by nagios developers on not enhancing the > nagios classic ui anymore, i don't see the need to invest some spare > time to backport feature patches from icinga to nagios anymore. i for > myself only use icinga with classic ui, so call me happy. > > for the time being, i'd suggest migrating to OMD where you'll get the > best of all worlds (nagios, icinga, shinken as well as guis supporting > display_name). > > jm2c, > michael > >> >> I'm running Nagios® Core™ Version 3.3.1. >> >> Regards >> >> Ben >> >> [1] http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#host >> [2] https://dev.icinga.org/issues/307 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> RSA(R) Conference 2012 >> Mar 27 - Feb 2 >> Save $400 by Jan. 27 >> Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > -- > DI (FH) Michael Friedrich > > Vienna University Computer Center > Universitaetsstrasse 7 A-1010 Vienna, Austria > > email: michael.friedr...@univie.ac.at > phone: +43 1 4277 14359 > mobile: +43 664 60277 14359 > fax: +43 1 4277 14338 > web: http://www.univie.ac.at/zid > http://www.aco.net > > Lead Icinga Core Developer > http://www.icinga.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Mar 27 - Feb 2 > Save $400 by Jan. 27 > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ 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
