From cf95994ff54b4b8bd70cb675cf3d4a6648d245c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@netways.de>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 16:04:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Add config overview as first draft

refs #7153
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 doc/configuration.md                    | 15 +++++++++++++++
 modules/monitoring/doc/configuration.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/configuration.md
 create mode 100644 modules/monitoring/doc/configuration.md

diff --git a/doc/configuration.md b/doc/configuration.md
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+# <a id="configuration"></a> Configuration
+
+## Overview
+
+Apart from its web configuration capabilities, the local configuration is
+stored in `/etc/icingaweb2` by default (depending on your config setup).
+
+  Location                      | File	                | Description
+  ------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------
+  .     			| config.ini	        | General configuration (logging, preferences)
+  .				| resources.ini         | Global resources (Icinga Web 2 database for preferences and authentication, icinga ido database)
+  .		    		| roles.ini	        | User specific roles (e.g. `administrators`) and permissions
+  .		    		| [authentication.ini](authentication.md)    | Authentication backends (e.g. database)
+  enabledModules    		| Symlink	        | Contains symlinks to enabled modules from `/usr/share/icingaweb2/modules/*`. Defaults to [monitoring](modules/monitoring/doc/configuration.md) and `doc`.
+  modules	    		| Directory	        | Module specific configuration
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/doc/configuration.md b/modules/monitoring/doc/configuration.md
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+# <a id="monitoring-configuration"></a> Monitoring Module Configuration
+
+## Overview
+
+Apart from its web configuration capabilities, the local configuration is
+stored in `/etc/icingaweb2` by default (depending on your config setup).
+
+  Location                      | File	                | Description
+  ------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------
+  modules/monitoring		| Directory		| `monitoring` module specific configuration
+  modules/monitoring		| config.ini		| Security settings (e.g. protected custom vars) for the `monitoring` module
+  modules/monitoring		| backends.ini		| Backend type and resources (e.g. Icinga IDO DB)
+  modules/monitoring		| [instances.ini](instances.md#instances) | Instances and their transport (e.g. local external command pipe)
+
+
+