NAME

naglint - beautify nagios config files

SYNOPSIS

  Usage: naglint [options] <file> [<files...>]
  Options:
  -h, --help                    Show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose                 Print verbose output
  -V, --version                 Print version
  -c, --config                  config file. Default is ~/.naglintrc
  -i                            replace content inline instead of printing to stdout
  -r                            read directories recursivly
      --core                    core type can be nagios, icinga or shinken. Will be
                                autodetected unless specified.

DESCRIPTION

This script beautifies nagios config files.

  - clean whitespace
  - clean indention
  - remove deprecated attributes
  - validate duplicate or invalid attributes
  - break long command lines into shorter pieces
  - sort attributes naturally

OPTIONS

naglint has the following arguments:

-h , --help

    print help and exit
    

-v , --verbose

    print verbose output too
    

-c , --config

    use different config file. Default locations are ~/.naglintrc and /etc/thruk/naglint.conf
    

-V , --version

    print version and exit
    

--core

    use specific config type. can be 'nagios', 'icinga' or 'shinken'.
    enables core type specific attributes. Will be autodetected unless
    specified.
    

-i

    edit given files inline and overwrite them with their beautified objects
    

-r

    read directories recursivly
    

RETURN VALUE

returns 0 on success or number of errors otherwise

CONFIG

see FILES section for where to store config options.

indent_object_key

    Number of spaces before object attribute names. Default 2
    

indent_object_value

    Number of spaces before objects attribute values. Default 30
    

indent_object_comments

    Number of spaces before inline comments. Default 68
    

list_join_string

    Should list attributes be joined with space or not. Default ','
    

break_long_arguments

    Should long arguments be broken into multiple lines. Default 1
    

object_attribute_key_order

    list of attributes which should be on top of the object
    

object_cust_var_order

    list of custom variables which will be put on top of other custom variables
    

EXAMPLES

Beautify single config file

  %> naglint objects.cfg > beauty.cfg

Beautify and replace single config file inline

  %> naglint -i objects.cfg

Process objects from STDIN

  %> cat objects.cfg | naglint > beauty.cfg

FILES

~/.naglintrc

  user config file

/etc/thruk/naglint.conf

  global config file

AUTHOR

2012, Sven Nierlein, <sven@nierlein.de>