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diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ Debian's /etc/mysql/debian.cnf.
Nagios
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-If you wish nagios to check mysql, you should set the variable "use_nagios" to
-"true" in hiera along with the "nagios_check_mysql" variable to "true". A
+If you wish nagios to check mysql, you can set the variable "manage_nagios" to
+"true" in hiera along with the "nagios_check_mysql" variable to "true". A
password for the nagios mysql user will be created for you with reduced privileges
used only for nagios checks. This will be what you passed as nagios_password_hash
to mysql::server and should be a mysql md5 hash. These should be set before you
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ mysql::server::nagios::check_health { [ 'connection-time', 'uptime', 'threads-co
See the files/nagios/check_mysql_health script for the various mysql health
checks that you can perform. Additionally, see the define "check_health" in
-manifests/server/nagios.pp for various options that you can pass to check_health.
+manifests/server/nagios.pp for various options that you can pass to check_health.
+
+Note that if you need to use some specific logic to decide whether or not to
+create a nagios service check, you should set $manage_nagios to false, and
+include mysql::server::nagios from within your own manifests.
Firewall
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