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Hello,

I am trying to add commands to the commands.cfg, but without realizing it; probably because I did not read the comments at the top of the file, this file gets overwritten everytime the "Apply Configuration" button is clicked in the Nagios Web Interface. Which is not an issue as long as I use the Core Configuration Manager to add commands in the web interface provided. However, I would prefer to edit the configuration files by hand if at all possible.

Could someone please tell which file or files I need to update in order for commands to be properly add to the commands.cfg file? Also, on my RHEL virutal machine that Nagios XI is installed on the path to the commands.cfg file is '../usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg'. Is this correct location I should be looking? Most of the online sources say the file should exist under '../usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg', but apparently I do not have an 'objects' directory. Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks.

If you would like to edit your configuration files by hand, you will have to place your config files (for manual editing) in your /usr/local/nagios/etc/static directory. This way, they won't get overwritten every time you click on Apply Configuration in the Nagios Web interface. But you will have to always edit these config files manually.
The path to your commands.cfg file (/usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg) is a valid path, so you don't have to worry about it.

Thanks. That does clarify some things. However, do you know by chance what the web interface is using to update the commands.cfg file? If I knew that, I may be able update/manipulate it to get my desired results. I noticed that I can add commands through the web interface and they show up in commands.cfg file permantly no matter how many times I hit "Apply Configuration". There must be some way to accomplish that does not involve the using the web interface.

I will look into adding files to the "static" directory as you mentioned and see if it will suit my needs. Any more info you can give will be appreciated.

The commands are written through the Nagios Core Config Manager. You can manually create and edit your config files, and also verify your configuration, making sure you don't have any configuration errors. For more info you can take a look at this document:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... _Files.pdf.

Ok. Let me look into this further; I've been experimenting a lot lately with Nagios. I was just hoping there was a way through the console window to manipulate the Core Configuration Manager.

I see what you mean but this "manipulation of the Core Config Manager" is by design.
Let us know if you have any more troubles.