Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend.

[Daniel J McDonald <dan.mcdonald (at) austinenergy.com>]

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 09:05 +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:
> On Friday 08 December 2006 00:01, 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....
> 
> I have been thinking about it ... but I think Henrik's concern is not to add a 
> dependency on another tool to the monitoring system.
> 
> There are however ways of getting around this. For example, it may be possible 
> to have a task that builds the configuration files from a database. You can 
> then potentially have both advantages.

I do that currently with my snmp-capable devices.  I have a mysql
database that identifies the hostname, device type, and snmp
authentication credentials (about half snmp v3, half community strings).
>From that I generate mrtg configs and a bb-host file.


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