On 4/4/2014 6:15 AM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
On 3 April 2014 03:11, John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid> wrote:
This reuses all/any of the ftp send/response strings in protocols.cfg
which is nicer than copy/paste the whole section. The problem with this
approach is updates to the Xymon application will repair protocols.cfg by
keeping my modified definition _and_ reinserting the original.
You can use the "include" keyword for protocols.cfg. So you could append
"include protocols-local.cfg" at the end of protocols.cfg, and then put
your re-definition into that file.
A couple of months ago, I dug through the documentation seeking just
such an option. Your suggestion was enough to have me try it even
without finding it in the doc. I didn't confirm the 'include' keyword
worked because I really wanted the 'directory' function.
a'yep. It does.
I've appended:
directory /opt/xymon/server/etc/protocols.d
to server/etc/protocols.cfg and it happily consumes the files I put in
that directory.
Upgrades should leave your own version
alone, and you only need to re-insert the include line to get it working
again. If it's anything like the graphs.cfg file, later definitions (such
as in files included at the end) will replace earlier definitions.
Shucks. I didn't know it would work with graphs.cfg, too. I'm off to try
the same thing there. Thank you, Jeremy!
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