How do I add a new template ?

[tjyang]

Hi
I can't figure out how to create a new template(ex. for IPMI devices) ?
I clone an existing template in /usr/share/okconfig/templates/linux directory into /usr/share/okconfig/templates/ipmi.
But the okconfig listtempaltes wouldn't list out the hew ipmi template ?
How do I register the newly clone ipmi template ?

R1: https://github.com/opinkerfi/okconfig/tree/master/usr/share/okconfig/templates

[hakong]

Try creating the template in /etc/nagios/okconfig/examples. This is where I keep all my custom templates.

[pall-valmundsson]

The templating of hosts is done using the .cfg-example files. Try to copy the linux.cfg-example directory into /etc/nagios/okconfig/examples directory as ipmi.cfg-example and go from there.

ps. a poorly documented feature is that you can override the global templates in /usr/share/okconfig/examples by having an example file of the same name in the /etc/nagios/okconfig/examples, that way changes won't revert if you update the okconfig package.

[tjyang]

Thanks for @pall-valmundsson @hakong quick responses.

In .cfg-example, I know "HOSTNAME" will be replaced by actual hostname after running okconfig

     host_name              HOSTNAME
       alias                HOSTNAME
        address                192.168.11.18

Question is what is the macro/variable name for "address''s IP(192.168.11.18) that will be replaced with actual IP address of a host ?

[tjyang]

cancel above bad question, "192.168.11.18" is filled by nslookup.