On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Mark A. Lappin <ma...@lmfj.com> wrote: > > What I would like to do, for my network printers, switches, routers, and some > other devices, is add more information to the extended info page. I have > been playing around with notes and to get decently readable output, I end up > with a bunch of ugly looking HTML which I have been duplicating on every host > definition. Trying to include printer make, model, print queue, location, > primary users, toner part number etc; routers nearest service center, > circuit identifier, etc. Works great, hard to maintain.
Agreed. IMHO information like that shouldn't be kept in the Nagios config. A trick we've used a few times is to have a wiki installed, then have notes_url be http://wiki/$HOSTNAME$ This also means you can let more people update information on hosts, printers etc. without having to give them access to Nagios' configs and reloading after each change. > > So I was/have been trying (unsuccessfully) to use macros in my host > definition and on the template put in the more complex HTML that would fill > in from the macros > > The below configs show what I was attempting. I do not get any configuration > warnings, I don't however get the value that I have set in the host, I get > the literal output: $_HOSTprnMake$. So I'm thinking (1) Nagios doesn't > support what I'm trying to do and I can't use macros in notes or (2) I > have a syntax error that I'm not seeing. I'm hoping somebody here can give > me some insight into which case it might be - especially for #1 before I > really start beating my head against the wall. I'm pretty sure but haven't confirmed that all custom macro names are converted to uppercase. If that's done when defining custom macros but not when referring to macros, $_HOSTprnMake$ should instead be $_HOSTPRNMAKE$. Let me know if that works. Cheers, Martin Melin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null