[hobbit] Configuration database backend.

[Johann Eggers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stef Coene [mailto:stef.coene at docum.org]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2006 23:27
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend.
> 
> On Thursday 07 December 2006 23:01, Trent Melcher wrote:
> > Has anyone thought about or implemented a configuration database
backend
> > for hobbit, primarily a database replacement for the
hobbit-clients.cfg
> > and hobbit-alerts.cfg to start....these are a couple that I would
like
> > to buils a webfront to and be able to give limited access to users
so
> > they could modify thresholds and alerting capabilities when needed.
> >
> > I did this about 4 years back for Big Brother using Informix,  I was
> > able to setup thresholds and a replacement for the bb-host file
inside a
> > couple tables in a database.  However back then Big Brother was
mostly
> > shell scripts and flat files for all its configuration.  So adding
hooks
> > into it for talking to a databse was easy.  With hobbit its all
compiled
> > code and Im not sure where to start, plus I don't have access to an
> > Informix database or the API's for it anymore so Im looking at mysql
and
> > its api's for writing code in C.
> We are thinking about using mysql for storing trends and status
messages.
> 
> For the configuration, I think mysql is overkill and makes it too
complex.
> I
> love the simplicity of the config files.  I'm more thinking about
making a
> web-based frontend for the config files.  The config files can be
parsed
> as
> ini-files.  And for parsing ini-files, perl is perfect.  So writing a
> web-based frontend for the config files in perl, is not that hard.
> 
> 
> Stef
> 

I totally agree,

Using a database just for configurations makes things more complex.
It would be marvellous if somebody is willing to develop a web-based
frontend for editing the config files.

Johann