Hi Joerg, Please find attached my answers below.
Joerg Barfurth wrote: > deepti vaidya schrieb: > >>>> Exported Interfaces >>>> ------------------- >>>> >>>> /var/svc/manifest/application/nagios.xml -- SMF XML File -- >>>> Its Project Private and uncommittted. >>> >>> Can't be both?! >> SMF xml is private to the project not intended for other users and it >> may undergo slight changes later. > > So it's Project Private > >> So may I know why can't it be >> > > It certainly can't be Uncommitted (the interface taxonomy) at the same > time [*] as being Project Private. If you just mean that you don't > commit to keeping this compatible, then that is implied by Project > Private. In that case using the word "uncommitted" next to an > interface taxonomy is at least bound to cause confusion. > > [*] See http://sac.sfbay/cgi-bin/bp.cgi?NAME=interface_taxonomy.bp > >>>> And the FMRI is, application/nagios:default >>> >>> This one needs a stability classification too. You should specify a >>> complete FMRI. Probably you meant svc:/application/nagios:default ? >> DONE >>> >>>> /usr/bin/nagios -- Executable file -- Its uncomitted. >>>> /usr/bin/nagiostats -- Executable file -- Its uncomitted. >>> >>> Are there man pages? Are just the file locations uncommitted or does >>> this extend to options and output? >>> >> There are no man pages. Nagios and nagiostats are having options. >>>> /etc/apache2/2.2/conf.d/nagios.conf -- It is used to >>>> authenticate the user -- Its uncomitted. >>> >>> Is there a man page? Do you actually export this file as *your* >>> interface for use by others? >> nagios.conf is used by apache webserver to authenticate the user. >>> >>>> /usr/apache2/2.2/bin/<cgi-scripts> -- Its uncomitted. >>> >>> I don't think you export this directory or its use for cgi-scripts?! >>> >>> It seems like you *import /etc/apache2/2.2/{conf.d,bin} as >>> interfaces, but is there anything you export here? >>> >> Nagios installation copies cgi files to this directory. These files >> are used by the web interface. >> > > So you import these directories as interfaces, you don't export them. > > And the files you put there are probably Project Private. > > Reread the interface taxonomy: "Uncommitted" is a public stability and > means that you actually commit to not break the interface in patches > or ("micro") updates. /etc/apache2/2.2/conf.d/nagios.conf and /usr/apache2/2.2/bin/<cgi-scripts> are created by the nagios installation only. We are not importing them from anywhere else. Its a part of nagios installation and its used by the webserver apache. So could you please clarify how it is wrong if i consider them as being exported interfaces for webserver. > >>>> Imported Interfaces >>>> ------------------- >>>> SUNWapache2 >>>> SUNWgd2 >>>> >>>> Not An Interface -------------------- >>>> /etc/nagios -- cfg files are copied >>>> here >>>> /etc/nagios/objects -- cfg files are copied >>>> here >>> >>> Who copies cfg files here? Neither configuration files nor >>> directories to which configuration files can be added make sense >>> being Not An Interface. AFAICT the NRPE case tries to import this >>> interface by putting a config file there. >> cfg files are copied to this directories by the nagios installation. >> Only nrpe.cfg is copied by NRPE installation but there are other cfg >> files copied by nagios >> > > If users or future projects add additional nagios plugins, would they > also (have to) add files to this directory? > > - J?rg Nagios-plugins gets installed under /usr/lib/nagios and not under /etc/nagios. Thanks and Regards, Deepti > >>>> /usr/lib/nagios -- When the nagios-plugin is >>>> installed, plugins are copied here >>> >>> Same here. If plugin projects or users adding plugins need to use >>> this interface (again NRPE does), it can't be Not An Interface, >>> >> DONE >>>> /usr/share/nagios -- HTML files for web-UI >>>> /usr/share/nagios/contexthelp -- HTML files for web-UI >>>> /usr/share/nagios/docs -- Nagios Documentation >>>> files >>>> /usr/share/nagios/docs/images -- Nagios Documentation >>>> images >>>> /usr/share/nagios/images -- Nagios Web-UI >>>> realated images >>>> /usr/share/nagios/images/logos -- Nagios Web-UI >>>> realaged logos /usr/share/nagios/stylesheets -- css >>>> files for UI >>>> /var/nagios -- Nagios generates files here >>>> /var/nagios/archives -- Nagios log file gets >>>> created here /var/nagios/rw -- fifo File gets >>>> generated here by nagios >>>> /var/nagios/spool/checkresults >>> >>> You probably mean these to be either Project Private or Volatile. If >>> noone uses a directory, it needn't be there. IME file system pathes >>> aren't good candidates to be Not An Interface. >>> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: nagios-arc.txt URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/attachments/20091117/2d93f910/attachment-0001.txt>
