Re: [Nagios-devel] a word against web interfaces
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:17 am
Deomid Ryabkov wrote:
> the discussion of sql-based configuration made me worry about future of nagios,
> so i thought i'd put in a word for text configuration.
>
> web configuration is obviously evil. i DON'T want webinterface for configuration.
> this is not against just this one particular interface, i'm against all of them.
> and i have seen many. none of web interfaces will ever become as convenient as a simple
> and logical text representation. current nagios configuration model (as of version 1.2
> i'm currently using, i havent looked at the newer ones) has some deficiencies and needs improvement,
> but this improvement should not be moving configuration entirely to db.
> when you need conveniece, you go back to the good old text editor and do your
> work, cutting and pasting, and merging, and deleting and whatever.
> sql MIGHT be an alternative (although I still don't see much use it could have),
> but the most obvious and convenient way of configuration (and by that i mean
> text configuration) MUST stay there.
>
I believe DB configuration will be used for various web-interfaces for
configuration. With tools to import / export configuration to and from
dbtextfiles any user can have their way. It's a good thing, really.
> to anyone who might find this offensive, i express my apologies in advance,
> all i wanted is my point made crystal clear.
>
> Ethan, could you please confirm that text configuration files will be
> fully supported in future versions?
>
If he removes it, I'll re-add it.
> --
> Best regards,
> Deomid Ryabkov
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> RosBusinessConsulting | http://www.rbc.ru/
> E-mail: [email protected] | ICQ: 8025844
>
>
--
Sourcerer / Andreas Ericsson
OP5 AB
+46 (0)733 709032
[email protected]
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> the discussion of sql-based configuration made me worry about future of nagios,
> so i thought i'd put in a word for text configuration.
>
> web configuration is obviously evil. i DON'T want webinterface for configuration.
> this is not against just this one particular interface, i'm against all of them.
> and i have seen many. none of web interfaces will ever become as convenient as a simple
> and logical text representation. current nagios configuration model (as of version 1.2
> i'm currently using, i havent looked at the newer ones) has some deficiencies and needs improvement,
> but this improvement should not be moving configuration entirely to db.
> when you need conveniece, you go back to the good old text editor and do your
> work, cutting and pasting, and merging, and deleting and whatever.
> sql MIGHT be an alternative (although I still don't see much use it could have),
> but the most obvious and convenient way of configuration (and by that i mean
> text configuration) MUST stay there.
>
I believe DB configuration will be used for various web-interfaces for
configuration. With tools to import / export configuration to and from
dbtextfiles any user can have their way. It's a good thing, really.
> to anyone who might find this offensive, i express my apologies in advance,
> all i wanted is my point made crystal clear.
>
> Ethan, could you please confirm that text configuration files will be
> fully supported in future versions?
>
If he removes it, I'll re-add it.
> --
> Best regards,
> Deomid Ryabkov
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> RosBusinessConsulting | http://www.rbc.ru/
> E-mail: [email protected] | ICQ: 8025844
>
>
--
Sourcerer / Andreas Ericsson
OP5 AB
+46 (0)733 709032
[email protected]
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