Ethan Galstad nagios.org> writes:
>
> Lars Michelsen wrote:
> > Hi devels,
> > i'm searching for a way to display the host alias in NagVis. There are
> > 2 ways I selected as possible solutions for me:
> >
> > - Reading from NDO (But atm the host alias is not in NDO)
> > - Reading from NagVis configuration (have to edit for each host manual)
> >
> > The first method would be much more comfortable and is my favorite
> > solution. In NagVis itselfes it is not the easiest solution to get
> > this work but the cleanest.
> >
> > Now, how to implement in NDO? I think the easiest way is to fill
> > "name2" in nagios_objects table with the host alias - but the name2 is
> > part of the index and a host-dataset is explicit without name2. So the
> > cleanest solution would be to extend the nagios_hosts table with an
> > attribute "host_alias".
> >
> > Any better ideas/solutions for this?
> > Are there reasons why host_alias is not stored in NDO?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lars
> >
>
> The host_alias should be in the x_hosts table in the latest release of
> NDOUtils. It was a bug that was just recently fixed. Hope that helps.
>
> Ethan Galstad,
> Nagios Developer
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Thanks Ethan, i'll test this.
Best Regards,
Lars
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