Offloading MySQL and usign Nagvis

[cwscribner]

Hi all.

I'm going to be offloading MySQL to a second server shortly. I'm using Nagvis for its mapping capabilities on my Nagios XI server which currently also has the database.

If I offload the database to a second server, what should I do with Nagvis to keep the communication active and up to date?

Should it be moved to the second server holding the database?

If it should be moved, will the plugin that incorporates Nagvis into the XI interface still work?

[mguthrie]

I believe NagVis has Db settings that allow you to specify the DB host, port number, and credentials. It should let you point to a server offsite.

[nscott]

You'll need to make sure that you installed NagVis with the ndo backend if you haven't already. Then you should edit the config nagvis/etc/nagvis.ini.php starting at 302 with your values for your database. If you're using a different backend then that'll be a different animal. Also, I'm looking for NagVis's own database. From my understanding NagVis just uses Nagios's database and never creates a database of its own.