added possiblity to manage external commands dir

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 9886479..9356e86 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ neither automatically valid - it is not guaranteed that all components declare a
 nagios::service - and even if the configuration is valid it definitly is
 unverified, since that is always a judgment call for an external observer.
 
+Variables
+=========
+
+Options to change the behavior of the nagios module:
+
+- nagios_allow_external_cmd: set it to true, if you'd like to ensure that apache can
+                             write to the external command file. Mandatory using
+                             external commands.
+
+
 Examples
 ========
 
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 1fac008..9557d2e 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ class nagios::base {
     if $use_munin {
         include munin::plugins::nagios
     }
+
+    if $nagios_allow_external_cmd {
+        file{'/var/spool/nagios/cmd':
+            ensure => 'directory',
+            require => Package['nagios'],
+            owner => apache, group => nagios, mode => 2660;
+        }
+    }
 } # end nagios::base
 
 class nagios::centos inherits nagios::base {