New Variable for host

[Andreas Ericsson]

Sand Philipp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I playing around with a php page for the hostextinfo. 
> So far this page simply takes the %HOSTNAME% Variable from nagios,
> to create a link to the right rdp, or putty cmd file for the host,
> so I don't have to create a page for every host. I just wonder if
> it is possible to add a new field to the host definition e.g. call
> remoteboard, where you can define the remoteboard ip for the host,
> and which Nagios itself puts into a new Variable e.g. %RILOEADDRESS%.
> Is there a chance to do that, or does this mean a workaround at the
> sourcecode itself?
> 

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. The $HOSTNAME$ macro (not 
%HOSTNAME% variable) is only usable within the nagios configuration, 
unless you interpret it yourself.

If you plan to add another macro, you'll need another variable. New 
variables requires modifications to Nagios' source-code. If you enable 
it as a macro, you'll have to add or modify roughly three times as much 
code as if you don't support it as a variable. Considering this is 
extended hostinfo, isn't the notes_url and action_url variables enough?
They're very free-form, and you can use them however you like. I'm not 
sure whether they can be used as macros or not, but it sure would be 
nice to have for notifications.

> Regards,
> Philipp
> 

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