Cheshire Cat Computing

Hi Steve,

Got some questions.

1.) Where does nagios store all the data that it's reading?
2.) Can i use MySQL instead of nagios own data storage?
3.) What Third Party report engine can i use so that i could customized the reports?

Thanks.

Raymund

1. Nagios stores it in text files in the log directory, unless you have Nagios database extensions

2. Sort of. I believe Nagios 2 accepts general database plugins which can store the data elsewhere in a database. Here, I have a homegrown utility that parses the text log files regularly and uploads the data into mysql for reporting.

3. Once it is in a database, you can do anything you like with it. I have a program I wrote here that uses either the text files (slow) or the mysql database (fast) to generate availability reports. I'd suggest looking on http://www.nagiosexchange.org for more third-partyy stuff.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

Thanks Steve

Looking to do this. Can anybody refer me to some documentation or code examples?

Thanks!

You're probably best off using the Nagios event broker database extensions ( NDOUtils ) -- documentation on this is on the Nagios website. You need to configure it in at compile time.

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Ad ... ls/details

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

The nagios web interface uses status.dat for displaying its data.This variable specifies where Nagios should create its main log file.

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