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

[Christian Hopp]

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

> Martin <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I think it could be easier to extend monit by support for
> > configuration via database as discussed in the past. Then monit will
> > be able to read its configuration from central or distributed
> > database (for example ldap or sql) and managment interface (m/monit)
> > can just manage configuration at one place. As soon as you will
> > decide to aply new configuration on appropriate node, you can send
> > 'reload' command to monit via http.
> >
> > What about it?

I dont like the idea of being dependent of a database server.

I simply distibute my configs by scp and tell the monits to reload.  They
run strictly local and without any network dependentcies.

> Good idea, but this gave me an even better idea. We can use an
> embedded database directly for configuration instead of monitrc. I
> have a good suggestion for a database: I'm using sqlite in zild and
> I'm very happy with it. The nice thing is that sqlite is an embedded
> database library which can be linked directly into monit. The actual
> database is simply a (b-tree) file. Check out
> <URL:http://www.sqlite.org/> and let me know what you think. It's a
> very cool database/library and very easy to use.

No offense but I think there fits the proverb... "to break a butterfly on
a wheel".  We dont have megabytes of data to move around.  Is it really
necessary?  I like the xml idea much better.  In the worst case you can
always grab your favorite editor to edit those files.  But if they are
stuck deep down in a db server...?

Then we just need a method distribute those xml files or spiplets.

Christian



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