Carl Inglis skrev 2012-06-14 23:01:
Personally I back the "either/or" view - one can use a GUI to create the files if one wishes, or one can directly edit the files, but the program does not *require* one to use a GUI to manage it.
Of course, using a database as a back end allows creating *any* user interface, including but not limited to gui and text. And bulk loading is certainly more convenient, secure and reliable using a database than text files.
Opsview, which is basically Nagios with a less user-hostile front end, has a REST interface to its configuration. That way, when a new server is deployed it can automatically be added to the monitoring system.
Ulric