On 24.06.2013 15:58, Chris Curvey wrote: >> > > > The installation process seems to have created two databases > > (icingaidoutils and icinga_web). I see that there are configuration > > files (.cfg) in /etc/icinga/objects. I also see configuration files > > (.xml) in /usr/share/icinga-web/app. > > mhm. and a grep on the main toc of the docs unveils different > configuration entries. > > > Very true. And I've read them both. And am still confused. Perhaps I > am too stupid to use Icinga(-web) 1.9? I suspect that because I don't > understand the big picture, the details are just confusing me. > > But I will keep trying to ask better questions, until the community > tells me to go play with Nagios. Let's try it this way.
being sarcastic won't help much here. you will just loose one trying to help. > > "What configuration file would I use to tell Icinga-web that I would > like to monitor localhost? Would it be a .cfg file in > /etc/icinga/objects, or would it be an XML file in /etc/icinga-web/conf.d?" none. you don't tell icinga _web_ to monitor a host, it's just a gui representing a state and output from a data source. one could just define a config object for the core itsself which does the check magic. that is already mentioned on the beginners docs which everyone should've read at least once. http://docs.icinga.org/latest/en/beginners.html -- DI (FH) Michael Friedrich mail: michael.friedr...@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/dnsmichi jabber: dnsmi...@jabber.ccc.de irc: irc.freenode.net/icinga dnsmichi icinga open source monitoring position: lead core developer url: https://www.icinga.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ icinga-users mailing list icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users
