[hobbit] Xymon hosts database.

[Frenoy, Gaetan]

Hello,

David Peeters wrote:
> (...) We currently configure the hosts, pages etc using a windows database 
> and windows front end. (...) Is there any interest in this?

Having a GUI to easily populate bb-hosts and hobbit-alerts would certainly give a great push forward to Xymon.  So yes, I am 100% sure there is interest!

As a first step, I don't think we need all the neat features available in the file-based configuration, it would only be a simplified tool for sub-groups local administrators and/or users that are starting with Xymon.

T.J. Yang wrote:
> a cool(easy) GUI for people to update a host's information easily over the > web. Currently I am fond of extjs' editor grid. it is very much like
> Excel's clickm,edit and update(on a real db).

I made some projects with this framework (http://extjs.com) and this is indeed a very good platform.  And as of v2.1, it is licensed under the GPLv3 license.

> Not sure if EXTJS(or Jquery alike) can work with ldap db backend. 

Yes it certainly can.  The front-end is using a independent "data store" that is populated on the back-end with the most suitable technology for you.

David Peeters wrote:
> (...)Is there anyone willing to help?

Don't have mush time to invest in such a project but I would be very interested to be kept informed and maybe give some limited help whenever possible.

> If so I was going to convert to mysql and either php or perl cgi. 
> Any comments on this? 

Apache, MySQL, PHP and ExtJS are for sure very good choices today.

Have a great day.

-- 
Gaëtan Frenoy



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