=== For the Old CGI & VShell ===

The Old CGI and VShell uses the old flat file export. Shinken can export to this file, but beware: this method is very very slooooow!

<note warning>You should migrate to a Livestatus enabled web interface.</note>

=== Declare the status_dat module ===

Export all status into a flat file in the old Nagios format. It's for small/medium environment because it's very slow to parse. It can be used by the Nagios CGI. It also exports the objects.cache file for this interface.

Edit your /etc/shinken/shinken-specific.cfg file:

<code>
define module{
       module_name              Status-Dat
       module_type              status_dat
       status_file              /var/lib/shinken/status.data
       object_cache_file        /var/lib/shinken/objects.cache
       status_update_interval   15 ; update status.dat every 15s
}
</code>

=== Enable it ===

Edit your /etc/shinken/shinken-specific.cfg file and find the object Broker:

<code>
 define broker{
       broker_name      broker-1
 [...]
       modules          Simple-log,Status-Dat
 }
</code>