Contact Group Options

[WillemDH]

Hi,

We just noticed it is possible to configure contactgroup options when trying to nest contacgroups int the Ngaios core config manager. You can choose between
1) 0
2) null
3) standard

Can someone please explain me what these options do?

Thanks.

[scottwilkerson]

If you are loading the screen from the "Manage Contact Groups" button on the contact page it will do the following

Cancelling Inheritance of String Values

In some cases you may not want your host, service, or contact definitions to inherit values of string variables from the templates they reference. If this is the case, you can specify "null" as the value of the variable that you do not want to inherit.


Additive Inheritance of String Values

Nagios gives preference to local variables instead of values inherited from templates. In most cases local variable values override those that are defined in templates. In some cases it makes sense to allow Nagios to use the values of inherited and local variables together.

This "additive inheritance" can be accomplished by prepending the local variable value with a plus sign (+). This features is only available for standard (non-custom) variables that contain string values.

Within the contact group page when trying to add additional contact groups, I'm not totally sure, I believe it is a bug and shouldn't be there.

[WillemDH]

Noticed there no longer are contact group options, so this thread can be closed. Thanks!