database support for configuration files? (part2)

[hrishy]

Hi Sebastian

Its quite interestin that you are workin with the xml
formats..could you please tell me wheather storing the
config files in xml format add to parsin overhead?

regards
Hrishy

 --- Sebastian Schubert <sebastian.schubert at sskm.de>
wrote: > 
> Hi There, 
> 
> a collegue and i are currently building a
> webfrontend with database
> backend for the nagios configuration...
> configuration files are generated from the databases
> with some perl
> scripts .. 
> with nagios2 xml files will be used for
> configuration afaik .. so we'll
> have to do some refactoring on this scripts, but it
> shouldn't take
> longer than 2 hours ;)
> 
> the information in the databases are maintained via
> some php scripts
> running on the nagios host ...
> 
> the current version supports the maintainance of the
> following data:
> *contacts
> *contacgroups
> *hosts
> *hostgroups
> *services
> we are currently developing the maintainance of the
> dependencies and
> escalations which are not yet used at our site, but
> maybe in the near
> future.
> 
> if someone likes to take a look at the interface
> (which is only in
> german by now) he/she shoult point a browser to
> http://nagiosconf.sskm.net
> at http://nagiosconf.sskm.net/sql/ you can browse
> the database with
> phpmyadmin
> 
> this page is not always up to date, since it's only
> a test install ;)
> 
> suggestions are welcome :-)
> 
> cheers
> basti
> 
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> > 
> > Hi Thanks to those who responded! I've been busy
> quite a while dint have time 
> > to reply till now. Hmm.. I am still working out on
> the GUI before I start 
> > thinking about the db structure. If theres
> anything, I dont mind sharing with 
> > the list. 
> > 
> > Jasmine
> > 
> > Instead of comma/tab-delimited files, why not XML?
>  I know there are already
> > others working on an XML-based solution to what
> you describe.  Since XML
> > seems to be the way to go, this might be
> preferable.
> > 
> > Food for thought.
> > 
> > jc
> 
> -- 
> Sebastian Schubert - RHCE
> Stadtsparkasse Muenchen
> Network & Security
> Ungererstr. 75
> 80805 Muenchen
> http://www.sskm.de
> --
> sebastian.schubert at sskm.de
> Tel. +49 (89) 2167-6399
> Fax. +49 (89) 2167-86399
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