NCPA Wizard - Linux disk naming

[vAJ]

I haven't used the NCPA wizard in a while, since all of my systems added lately use templates.

However, when running v1.3.5 of the wizard today, I noticed that it's pulling the device name for disk monitoring, instead of the logical name that it used to. Checking the changelog, I don't see where this was modified.

Frankly, I don't like it at all. I greatly prefer the logical naming for the labels on disk checks.

To do this, all I needed to do was edit line 212 in ncpa.inc.php:
from

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                $default_services['disk'][$title]['name'] = $value['device_name'][0];

to

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                $default_services['disk'][$title]['name'] = [$title];

Thought I'd put this out there if anyone else wants this.

[mcapra]

Thanks for sharing! I too tend to prefer the logical name

[vAJ]

FYI. This fix no longer works with the new array built into v.1.4.x of the wizard.

Really not a fan of the verbose output of logical disks with NCPA 2.0.3. Makes using this wizard a pain for systems I add manually. Thankfully, most of my stuff is templated.

[avandemore]

If you wish to write a custom wizard you can use this document as a guideline.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

[vAJ]

It's not so much an issue with the Wizard as it is with NCPA.

The latest agent now lists every type of disk, far beyond mounted partitions of a Linux host. I just wanted to make sure that anyone who found this thread didn't assume the simple fix still works.

[cdienger]

Thanks for the input and sharing the work around. Was there anything else you wanted to point out or are we okay locking the thread?

[vAJ]

Lock it up.