Author: Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org>
Description: Debianize nagios.cfg
--- a/sample-config/nagios.cfg.in	2017-05-09 19:03:31.000000000 +0200
+++ b/sample-config/nagios.cfg.in	2017-05-20 00:23:49.536000000 +0200
@@ -15,9 +15,19 @@
 # for historical purposes.  This should be the first option specified 
 # in the config file!!!
 
-log_file=@localstatedir@/nagios.log
+log_file=/var/log/nagios4/nagios.log
 
+# Commands definitions
+cfg_file=/etc/nagios4/commands.cfg
 
+# Debian also defaults to using the check commands defined by the debian
+# nagios-plugins package
+cfg_dir=/etc/nagios-plugins/config
+
+# Debian uses by default a configuration directory where nagios4-common,
+# other packages and the local admin can dump or link configuration
+# files into.
+cfg_dir=/etc/nagios4/conf.d
 
 # OBJECT CONFIGURATION FILE(S)
 # These are the object configuration files in which you define hosts,
@@ -26,13 +36,10 @@
 # if you wish (as shown below), or keep them all in a single config file.
 
 # You can specify individual object config files as shown below:
-cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/commands.cfg
-cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/contacts.cfg
-cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/timeperiods.cfg
-cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/templates.cfg
-
-# Definitions for monitoring the local (Linux) host
-cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/localhost.cfg
+#cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/commands.cfg
+#cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/contacts.cfg
+#cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/timeperiods.cfg
+#cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/templates.cfg
 
 # Definitions for monitoring a Windows machine
 #cfg_file=@sysconfdir@/objects/windows.cfg
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@
 # directly) in order to prevent inconsistencies that can occur
 # when the config files are modified after Nagios starts.
 
-object_cache_file=@localstatedir@/objects.cache
+object_cache_file=/var/cache/nagios4/objects.cache
 
 
 
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@
 # The contents of the status file are deleted every time Nagios
 #  restarts.
 
-status_file=@localstatedir@/status.dat
+status_file=/var/cache/nagios4/status.dat
 
 
 
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@
 # you will have to enable this.
 # Values: 0 = disable commands, 1 = enable commands
 
-check_external_commands=1
+check_external_commands=0
 
 
 
@@ -150,6 +157,8 @@
 # is running as (usually 'nobody').  Permissions should be set at the 
 # directory level instead of on the file, as the file is deleted every
 # time its contents are processed.
+# Debian Users: In case you didn't read README.Debian yet, _NOW_ is the
+# time to do it.
 
 command_file=@localstatedir@/rw/nagios.cmd
 
@@ -176,7 +185,7 @@
 # is created, used, and deleted throughout the time that Nagios is
 # running.
 
-temp_file=@localstatedir@/nagios.tmp
+temp_file=/var/cache/nagios4/nagios.tmp
 
 
 
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@
 # This is the directory where archived (rotated) log files should be 
 # placed (assuming you've chosen to do log rotation).
 
-log_archive_path=@localstatedir@/archives
+log_archive_path=/var/log/nagios4/archives
 
 
 
@@ -1091,7 +1100,7 @@
 #	strict-iso8601	(YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
 #
 
-date_format=us
+date_format=iso8601
 
 
 
@@ -1176,8 +1185,8 @@
 # using the $ADMINEMAIL$ and $ADMINPAGER$ macros in your notification
 # commands.
 
-admin_email=@nagios_user@@localhost
-admin_pager=page@nagios_user@@localhost
+admin_email=root@localhost
+admin_pager=pageroot@localhost
 
 
 
@@ -1287,7 +1296,7 @@
 # DEBUG FILE
 # This option determines where Nagios should write debugging information.
 
-debug_file=@localstatedir@/nagios.debug
+debug_file=/var/log/nagios4/nagios.debug