<HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.17699"></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Segoe UI"> <DIV>Once you've installed Nagios, locate the directory that contains the main Nagios configuration file (nagios.cfg). In that same directory should be a sub-directory named objects. That's where you'll find (and create) the other config files for Nagios. For example, the list of Nagios contacts (contacts.cfg).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> You can also use 'find' to search for the cfg files on your Nagios server.<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG><IMG border=0 hspace=0 alt="Florida's Capital County" align=baseline src="cid:LGPSRRNJYRPA.IMAGE_5.JPG"></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>Jon Adcock</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Network Systems Administrator</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1 face=Tahoma>Leon County MIS<BR>301 S. Monroe St.<BR>Tallahassee, FL 32301<BR>Office: (850) 606-5518</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:adcockj@leoncountyfl.gov">adcockj@leoncountyfl.gov</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV>>>> On 12/12/2011 at 7:22 AM, Assaf Flatto <nagios@flatto.net> wrote:<BR></DIV> <TABLE style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 15px; FONT-SIZE: 1em" border=0 bgColor=#f3f3f3> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px">Have you installed from source or package ?<BR><BR>if the package , try looking for the file in the /etc/nagios3/ directory <BR><BR>If you used source , have you done the make install-configs ( or is may be make install-samples ) ?<BR><BR>Assaf<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Niels Jende" <nielsjende@googlemail.com><BR>To: "Nagios Users List" <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net><BR>Sent: Monday, 12 December, 2011 12:18:40 PM<BR>Subject: [Nagios-users] Windows.cfg missing<BR><BR>Hi Folks,<BR><BR>as I am still a newbie with nagios but willing to learn, I hope you<BR>wont mind if my upcoming question might sound silly to you.<BR><BR>I read that to monitor windows servers that I should find a<BR>windows.cfg file in ~/objects/<BR><BR>Well I dont have neither a directory called objects nor such a file.<BR>In /usr/share/doc/nagios3-common/examples/template-object/ I found a<BR>windows.cfg file.<BR><BR>So, is it okay for nagios to simply create a directory ~/objects/ and<BR>copy the windows.cfg file in there? Or what do I have to do?<BR><BR>As said before, I am new to nagios and I am running a debian wheetzy<BR>with nagios 3.2.3<BR><BR>Thanks for your time and help<BR>Niels<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011<BR>Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for <BR>developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it <BR>provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. <BR>Learn more at <A href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure">http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Nagios-users mailing list<BR>Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><A href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A><BR>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <BR>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011<BR>Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for <BR>developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it <BR>provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. <BR>Learn more at <A href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure">http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Nagios-users mailing list<BR>Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><A href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A><BR>::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <BR>::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>