Settings -> Edit nagios.cfg does not handle multivalues at all

[tomas-edwardsson]

I was looking for a way to add something like broker_modules and that just isn't possible. We need a add option there for more options.

[palli]

Edit nagios.cfg could look something like the pnp configuration does: http://adagios.opensource.is/misc/pnp4nagios

Special tab for broker modules and cfg_file / cfg_directory values would be a good idea.

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Tomas Edwardsson notifications@github.comwrote:

I was looking for a way to add something like broker_modules and that just isn't possible. We need a add option there for more options.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios/issues/118 .

[tomas-edwardsson]

I went down the road trying to classify the variables into groups, they are just so damn many. I think I actually threw away the spreadsheet with what goes where.

[palli]

We can start easy:

General; Config files; Broker Modules

cfg_* attributes and broker_module attributes need special attention anyway so we need special widgets for them.

The rest "organize everything into a group" can come later.

[tomas-edwardsson]

So what we are talking about would be,

General - commonly used options Configuration Files - yes those Broker Modules - them Other - Everything else

[tomas-edwardsson]

Another thing I remembered is our friend, pynag/Model/all_attributes.py. It does not have a classification of what takes multivariables and what doesn't. I'm going into a little trip down source code lane to see if I can extract information from the Nagios sources.

[gradecke]

maybe as an inspiration for the grouping process:

the guys at lilac-reloaded ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/lilac--reloaded/) have several smaller groups, based on setting areas:

Paths
Status
Security
Restart Actions
Logging
External Commands
Retention
Global
Intervals
Flap
Timeouts
Obsess
Freshness
Broker
Debug
Other

The advantage here is that scrolling is kept to a minimum and one doesn't actually need to use ctrl+f to find a setting. that's also the downside though, unless you know/understand where each setting is, you might have to click a lot.

[palli]

I don't foresee anyone fixing this anytime soon, and since the use case is relatively higher on other aspects of adagios i'm closing this for now.

If there is actual need for the feature, i am sure someone will step up with a pull request, or at least reopen the issue.