What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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I see that many of the Nagios tables include columns called config_id and access_rights. I don't see these documented anywhere on the usage. The access_rights always seems to be null and the config_id is always populated with number 1. Can someone tell me the purpose of these and whether and how they can be updated? Thanks.
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Re: What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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As a note, doing direct database manipulation can cause instability within your Nagios XI installation.
toneill2000 wrote:config_id
If you look at the main page for NagiosQL, which the Core Config Manager is based upon, config_id is used to support multiple configuration sets:
Support for several configuration sets on different Nagios servers (domains)
Common domain for standardized configuration objects
I don't *think* the CCM takes advantage of this functionality, but I'd be happy to have a tech correct me :)

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toneill2000 wrote:access_rights
Again from the NagiosQL main page:
Security system for object based user/group access rights
Nagios XI, specifically the CCM, handles this a bit differently than NagiosQL.

There are a handful of unused artifacts lying around in the NagiosQL tables. access_rights appears to be one of them.
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Re: What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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Thanks for the assist, @mcapra! @toneill2000 , let us know if you have any further questions.
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Re: What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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If you look at the main page for NagiosQL, which the Core Config Manager is based upon, config_id is used to support multiple configuration sets:
@mcapra,
This might be kind of a newbie question but I see you cite NagiosQL documentation. Does that mean I'm using this configuration tool for my Nagios installation? I thought I was just using Nagios XI 5.4.13 CCM. Thanks for your time on this.
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Re: What is config_id and access_rights used for?

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The CCM in XI is based on the NagiosQL so much of the documentation will apply to CCM as well. config_id and access_rights, as @mcapra pointed out, are artifacts of this.
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