nscc -- NetSaint Configuration Compiler

NetSaint is a powerful, flexible, and efficient monitoring system,
capable of tracking a large number hosts and services while using
minimal resources and providing a convenient notification system.
Unfortunately, it has an unpleasant, verbose configuration file
syntax.

Nscc attempts to rectify this situation by providing a convenient way
of configuring NetSaint based on text templates and external commands
which provide the necessary information about hosts.

Since NetSaint's operation is service-oriented, the format of the nscc
file is also service oriented.  A service declaration provides the
information NetSaint needs to check the service, as well as the host
or hosts running the service (and the class to which those hosts
belong).  The hostclass then provides the information necessary to
monitor the hosts.

Information which may change frequently, such as the hosts in a
hostclass and the parents of hosts (describing network topology) is
read from external commands.

REQUIREMENTS

* Objective Caml 3.04 (or so)
* NetSaint 0.7

INSTALLATION

$ make
$ make PREFIX=<prefix> install

CONFIGURATION

nscc reads a file given on the command line.  See the man page for the
syntax of this file.

HOME PAGE

This package is locate at
  http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mcguire/software/nscc/

Tommy M. McGuire