[Xymon] Hand editing config files

[Neil Simmonds]

I'm in  agreement with Ulric on the Database/Gui OR text file option.

I'd like to still be able to update my config files manually and wouldn't really want a gui but accept that other users may want it. I don't even use the gui for criticals.cfg as I've created a script that I can pass servername,type,tests parameters too and it will autogenerate the criticals.cfg entries and some basic html help pages for known tests.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf Of Ulric Eriksson
> Sent: 14 June 2012 15:43
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Hand editing config files
> 
> Henrik Størner skrev 2012-06-13 23:04:
> 
> > And it has made me consider the idea of using a database for storing at
> > least some of the configuration - first of all the hosts.cfg
> > configuration of hosts, IP-adresses and network tests. This would make
> > some things simpler, others a bit more complex - "xymongrep", for
> > instance - but would also make it a lot easier to provide a GUI for
> > managing what hosts are being monitored.
> 
> Having users hand-edit text files makes Xymon a non-starter for many
> organizations. And as you mentioned, even someone who is familiar with
> Xymon makes mistakes. Storing the configuration in a database and
> creating a user friendly management interface is definitely the right
> way to go.
> 
> The whole thing can be bolted on to the existing code base with no
> changes to anything else. Just have the configuration system generate
> text configuration files in the same syntax as today and anybody who is
> able and willing to create the files manually can continue to do so.
> 
> FWIW, I think the lack of proper client/server functionality makes
> Sqlite unsuitable for the purpose.
> 
> Ulric
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