Why?
Because XML is often a solution in search of a problem. :-)
Seriously, some find it useful for data transfer and manipulation. In theory you could probably easily combine it with an XLST and get your webpage right from that....
Dirk.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Vogl, Tom
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:52 PM
To: salive@woodstone.nu
Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution
What about changing the config file to an XML format?
-tom
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Stone
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:24 AM
To: salive@woodstone.nu
Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution
Please define "pig". I've got over 1500 checks and don't share that observation.
The config file is just a delimited text file, you can play with it in whatever program you want. You just do so at your own risk.
Using a database for the configs would be nice but I would rather have the option to use it or a text file(just to make it more complicated to program). A text file is the easiest database to deal with and quite easy to back up. Small sites and many users may prefer the simplicity of a text file.
-Kevin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of paul ockenden
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:02 AM
To: salive@woodstone.nu
Subject: Re: [SA-list] SA Evolution
The user interface is a bit of a pig once you get more than twenty or so
checks in place.
I wish there was a data export/import mechanism so I could copy the
data into Excel or some kind of database, play with the entries, and then
re-import it into SA.
Even better would be if SA kept the data in a proper database (SQL Server,
MySQL, etc.) rather than a text file. That way, people could use their favourite
database tools, write Web interfaces, etc. etc.
P.
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Nate Johnson
- To: salive@woodstone.nu
- Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:15 AM
- Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution
- Yes! That is my biggest complaint about Servers Alive. It is extremely difficult to manage in a datacenter environment when running as a service. Having to stop the service to access the management interface is very tedious. I would also like to have a nice API (Other than telnet) that we can integrate into our provisioning applications so that checks
- automatically created when new servers get deployed.
- Just my 2 cents.
- Nate Johnson - RISTech, Inc.
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