why nagios not store data in mysql

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ituren
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why nagios not store data in mysql

Post by ituren »

hi

everyone
nagios by default stores data in .dat file
so
why not nagios store data in mysql?
and how can i just enable nagios to store data in mysql directly by not using ndoutils ?

thanks a lot
tonyyarusso
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Re: why nagios not store data in mysql

Post by tonyyarusso »

ituren wrote:why not nagios store data in mysql?
Because that's just not how it was designed.
ituren wrote:and how can i just enable nagios to store data in mysql directly by not using ndoutils ?
You can't. You need NDOUtils for this.
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