Nconf
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NConf is an open source configuration tool for the Nagios
network monitoring system.
Because of the difficulty of setting up Nagios
, a group of programmers in 2006 started to build NConf to allow easy configuration of Nagios.
NConf is accessed from PHP pages on a Linux server. The configuration information is stored in the MySQL
database on the same server. Dependencies for NConf are: Nagios
, Apache web server, Perl
, and MySQL
.
The software is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
.
References
Nagios
Nagios is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring software application. It watches hosts and services, alerting users when things go wrong and again when they get better....
network monitoring system.
Because of the difficulty of setting up Nagios
Nagios
Nagios is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring software application. It watches hosts and services, alerting users when things go wrong and again when they get better....
, a group of programmers in 2006 started to build NConf to allow easy configuration of Nagios.
NConf is accessed from PHP pages on a Linux server. The configuration information is stored in the MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
database on the same server. Dependencies for NConf are: Nagios
Nagios
Nagios is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring software application. It watches hosts and services, alerting users when things go wrong and again when they get better....
, Apache web server, Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
, and MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
.
The software is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
.
References
- History of NConf - http://www.nconf.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=nconf:about:introduction