Default configuration and upgrade configuration proposal

[mohierf]

This issue to discuss what should be done for the monitoring objects configuration ...

Introduction (currently)

Currently the default installed configuration is including:

• etc/alignak/daemons: alignak daemons configuration (*.ini)
• etc/alignak/certs: SSL certificates used for inter-daemons communication
• etc/alignak/modules: external modules configuration
• etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg: alignak "real" configuration
• etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg/daemons: alignak daemons configuration (*.cfg)
• etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg/modules: external modules configuration (again ...)
• etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg/resource.d: macro definitions for some plugins (Nagios, Windows WMI, ...)
• etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg/objects: monitoring objects configuration (hosts, services, contacts, ...)

This configuration declares:

• some basic templates for host/service/contact definition
• one monitored host
• default contacts (admin and user)
  • default timeperiods

• some commands for checks and notifications

  This basic starter configuration is based upon standard Nagios plugins and implies an apt-get install nagios-plugins to be able to run the default configuration. This only to check that localhost is alive ...

  Proposal for a simple default configuration

My proposal to-do list:

• [ ] remove etc/alignak/modules and keep modules configuration into àrbiter_cfg
• [ ] remove etc/alignak/arbiter_cfg/resource.d
• [ ] build a simple configuration without nagios plugins installation

Once this made, the default configuration will be able to simply check that localhost is alive without needing to install nagios plugins.

Proposal for future updates of the default configuration

To update the default configuration (add hosts, services, ...) I propose that we build some pip installable packages ... the main idea is to have something like shinken install package but based upon python pip.

We should manage each package in its own repository.

[ddurieux]

'remove etc/alignak/modules and keep modules configuration into arbiter_cfg' => it's in PR #240

So like we will have alignak_module__, have alignak_config__ or alignaktemplate*

[mohierf]

I do not understand your last proposal, what do you mean with: _So like we will have alignakmodule, have alignakconfig or alignak_template__ ?

[ddurieux]

The name of packages in pip

Like we have:

• alignak_module_nsca
• alignak_module_backend

[mohierf]

Ok. Yes

We should have:

• alignak_module_XXX for a module
• alignak_checks_XXX for a checks configuration package

I am thinking about:

• alignak_checks_linux-snmp
• alignak_checks_linux-nrpe
• alignak_checks_windows-WMI
• alignak_checks_windows-nrpe
• alignak_checks_glances

[ddurieux]

Ok for me for alignakchecks* ;)

[mohierf]

See first checks packs in https://github.com/Alignak-monitoring-contrib