<s>
NConf	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
tool	O
for	O
configuring	O
the	O
Nagios	B-Application
network	O
monitoring	O
system	O
(	O
and	O
its	O
fork	O
Icinga	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
mainly	O
targeted	O
at	O
sysadmins	B-Application
who	O
are	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
convenient	O
way	O
of	O
managing	O
their	O
Nagios	B-Application
configuration	O
files	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
maintaining	O
the	O
configuration	O
files	O
with	O
a	O
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NConf	B-Protocol
allows	O
central	O
management	O
of	O
a	O
distributed	O
monitoring	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
various	O
enterprise-like	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
authentication	O
,	O
a	O
database	O
API	O
and	O
configuration	O
deployment	O
over	O
secure	O
protocols	O
(	O
SCP	O
,	O
HTTPs	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NConf	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
mainly	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dependencies	O
for	O
NConf	B-Protocol
are	O
:	O
Nagios	B-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
web	I-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
NConf	B-Protocol
began	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
Sunrise	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
software	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
NConf	B-Protocol
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
in	O
a	O
public	O
repository	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
