Re: Feature request: /etc/monit.d config directory and include support

[Christian Hopp]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Jan-Henrik Haukeland wrote:

> Mark Ferlatte <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Would it be possible to add support for configuration directories,
> > similar to xinetd's /etc/xinetd.d support?  This would make my setup
> > much more convenient.
>
> A good idea! I'm +1 for adding this feature to the next monit
> release. What do others think?

I think that is a good idea, too... +1.  But that might mean that we need
some kind of preprocessor stage before we can parse.

> (I'm also playing with the idea to make
> it possible to configure monit from it's own web-interface. It's just
> an idea and I haven't done any work on it yet).

I thought of that too, but I have some concerns when it comes to it...

- security... by changing any values it would be possible to start
  arbitrary code from there.

- config writer... it is quite difficult if the CW is just modifying
  the existing config file instead of writing down the contents of the
  structure.  I think that would be hard to read for the admin.


> FYI, we don't have access to monit CVS at the moment since
> savannah.gnu.org was cracked a while ago and we will have to wait
> until the GNU folks have green-lighted the system again.

Let see how long it takes... but it comes in quite handy for me, cuz I
am quite busy with my dissertation these days.

Christian

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