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==== Ovreview ====
Options to configure the NSCA module.
||Option||Default value||Description||
||interval||60||Time in seconds between each report back to the server (cant as of yet be set individually so this is for all "checks")
||nsca_host||...||The NSCA/Nagios(?) server to report results to.
||nsca_port||5667||The NSCA server port
||encryption_method||1||Number corresponding to the various encryption algorithms (see below). Has to be the same as the server or it wont work at all.
||password|| ||The password to use. Again has to be the same as the server or it won't work at all.

'''Advanced options:'''
||Option||Default value||Description||
||hostname|| ||The host name of this host if set to blank (default) the windows name of the computer will be used.
||debug_threads||1||'''DEBUG'''Number of threads to run, no reason to change this really (unless you want to stress test something)

===== interval =====
Time in seconds between each report back to the server (cant as of yet be set individually so this is for all "checks")
 '''Value'''::
  Any positive integer (time in seconds)
 '''Default'''::
  60 (seconds)

===== nsca_host =====
The NSCA/Nagios(?) server to report results to.
 '''Values'''::
  Hostname or IP address to submit back results to.
 '''Default'''::
  Empty string (will in 3.7 and above mean don't submit results)

===== nsca_port =====
The NSCA server port
 '''Values'''::
  Any positive integer (port number ought to be less then 65534)
 '''Default'''::
  5667
===== encryption_method =====
Number corresponding to the various encryption algorithms (see below). Has to be the same as the server or it wont work at all.
 '''Values'''::
Supported encryption methods:
||#||Algorithm
||0||None ('''Do NOT use''' this option)
||1||Simple XOR ('''No security, just obfuscation''', but very fast)
||2||DES
||3||3DES (Triple DES)
||4||CAST-128
||6||xTEA
||8||BLOWFISH
||9||TWOFISH
||11||RC2
||14||RIJNDAEL-128 (AES)
||20||SERPENT
 '''Default'''::
 1 (I am note sure I thought default was 14?)
===== password =====
The password to use. Again has to be the same as the server or it won't work at all.
 '''Values'''::
  Any string (should be the same as the one configured in nsca.conf

===== hostname =====
The host name of this host if set to blank (default) the windows name of the computer will be used.
 '''Values'''::
  Any string (or auto)
 '''Default'''::
  auto (means windows hostname will be used)

===== debug_threads =====
'''DEBUG'''Number of threads to run, no reason to change this really (unless you want to stress test something)
 '''Values'''::
  Any positive integer larger then or equal to 1
 '''Default'''::
  1