For Nagios 3, the default installation path is:

/usr/local/nagios/

Whereas my nagios.cfg is stored where it's supposed to be
(/usr/local/nagios/etc/), as it is specified in my nagiosQL settings.ini file:



[nagios]
; Nagios main configuration directory
; -----------------------------------
config = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/"

; Nagios host configuration directory
; -----------------------------------
confighosts = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hosts/"

; Nagios service settings directory
; ---------------------------------
configservices = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/services/"

; Backup directories
; ------------------
backup = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/backup/"
backuphosts = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/backup/hosts/"
backupservices = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/backup/services/"



But when I select "Write all monitoring configurations:" or "Write all additional configurations" from the nagiosQL > Tools> Nagios control page, all of the configs write to " /usr/local/nagios/etc " even though the correct directory structure is specified in the Nagios.cfg file:



# You can specify individual object config files as shown below:
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg


# SPECIAL OBJECT FILES REQUIRED BY NAGIOSQL
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/contactgroups.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg ## ALREADY PLACED BY NAGIOS
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg ## ALREADY PLACED BY NAGIOS
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hostgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/servicegroups.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/servicedependencies.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/serviceescalations.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hostdependencies.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hostescalations.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hostextinfo.cfg
#cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/serviceextinfo.cfg
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/hosts
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/NagiosQL/services



Is there someway I can make the config files write to the correct locations?

(BTW - the backup files write to the correct location)



Thanks for all your help!

NagiosQL does not read the nagios.cfg file. The paths are set by settings.ini.

Look at:

config = "/usr/local/nagios/etc/"

and change them to your desired configuration file path.

Right, the only problem with that solution is that then the "nagios.cfg" file has to be moved as well... No worries.... I'll keep it as is.... maybe in a future release you guys could add a variable in the settings.ini file for where you can define a new path, just for your cfg files (checkcommands, misccommands, etc) along with the current variable > "Nagios main configuration directory" is for nagios.cfg path definition.

Thanks for the response, I'm loving NagiosQL.