Built-in plugin help in XI

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cwscribner
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Built-in plugin help in XI

Post by cwscribner »

The Idea: A page or widget that allows a user to view pertinent help text regarding a specific plugin.

The Use: I realized during a training session recently that there wasn't any built-in help for plugin usage when I was describing how to add a host/service. You select a check plugin but all it gives you is non-descriptive information. This feature would appear hopefully under the Commands or Manage Plugins sections as an information button that will print out the --help text when clicked, and possibly some suggested usages. This would be extremely helpful for training new users who aren't also Linux users.
mguthrie
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Re: Built-in plugin help in XI

Post by mguthrie »

Great feedback, this is actually something that we're going to implement with the new Nagios CCM. On the command definitions page there will be a dropdown list of all of the existing plugins and you'll be able to run the plugin with the help flag and display the output directly in the browser.

http://labs.nagios.com/2011/08/09/nagio ... arly-beta/
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