question about new subroutine like config structure

[Amar S. Bhatti]

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Hello folks,

We have been using netsaint for quite a while and have lots of host
and services defined in the old structure, basically in one line
format. 

I just installed "nagios" in one of our test machines to test
out before upgrading our main monitoring server running RH 7.1 and
Netsaint 0.0.6 to RH 7.3 and nagios (latest version).

I have seen that nagios has a major config change over netsaint where
now the host/service and the rest is defined in a subroutine (chunk)
like format.

define host {
                something
                something
                ....
            }

I was trying to find a way to read the data from netsaint-0.0.6 config
files (in one line format) to nagios in the subroutine like format. I
looked at the nagios FAQ but failed to find a less painful way then
hand copy each definition from netsaint by hand. Has anyone devised a
way to do this, however as I am writing this email, I think that
"auto-converting" to nagios format might not be efficient way to go,
specially in terms of the new "templates" format.

If anyone of the old nagios guys can provide some guidance it would be
great. On my own I will be thinking of different ways to easily and
efficiently do this change. If I hit upon something worth while I will
report back.

BTW, kudos to the programmer of the "template" system config, If I am
not wrong it should be "Ethan". I started reading the docs and more I
read it the more it makes perfect sense on why this should be the way
nagios or any other tool should be configured.

Regards,
       

- -- 
Amar S. Bhatti
GM Powertrain
General Motors Corporation
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