On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Hartmut Goebel <h.goe...@goebel-consult.de
> wrote:
> Am 16.01.2011 17:04, schrieb Grégory Starck:
> > but why like you to have the address be a duplicate/copy of the
> > host_name ?
>
> Which make me think about another issue: There is even more redundant
> data in each Host-configuration:
> "host_name", "alias", "display_name" and "address".
>
> IMHO only host_name and display_name are enough. The others should be
> removed.
>
Yes... but no :)
Yes it's too much, and we now the only required value is the host_name, all
others take it from this value if they are missing.
We cannot remove them, for backward compatibility with Nagios configurations
and UIs.
> Rationale:
>
> * One of address or hostname is enough. If an address should be used
> to reach the host, put an address there. If a hostname should be
> used (to be resolved via NNS), put the hostname there.
> * According to
> <
> http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/wiki/official/configuringshinken-objectdefinitions#host_definition
> >
> I see no need "display_name". It looks like if can not be used by
> macros, so simply drop it.
> * Again according to the docs, "alias" is what I would call a
> "display name". So "alias" should become "display_name".
>
I think the only "display thing" in UIs is the alias. Others are historical
values that are not so used. I even didn't remmeber that there was a
display_name...
> BTW: Resolving the hostname on the arbiter may lead to double when using
> realms and/or split-DNS.
>
> Double? I don't understand it.
But yes, with realms and dispatched networks, the DNS resolution in the
Arbiter can be problematic, that why it will be an optionnal module that the
admins can used, mainly for small offices with a unique network/DNS.
Jean
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