# Things we need to know

## Creating a profile from the command line

```
wget -O XI_DiagnosticProfile.sh https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/support/XI_DiagnosticProfile.sh
chown root XI_DiagnosticProfile.sh
chmod 700 XI_DiagnosticProfile.sh
./XI_DiagnosticProfile.sh Support
```


## Importing
To prevent errors or misconfigurations, you should import your configurations in an useful order. We recommend importing in the following order:

Commands -> Time Periods -> Contact Templates -> Contacts -> Contact Groups -> Host Templates -> Hosts -> Host Groups -> Service Templates -> Services -> Service Groups 

Or, as root, assuming you're in <source>/nagios/etc:

```
cp commands.cfg timeperiods.cfg contacttemplates.cfg contacts.cfg contactgroups.cfg hosttemplates.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/import
/usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reconfigure_nagios.sh
cp hostgroups.cfg hosts/*.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/import
/usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reconfigure_nagios.sh
cp servicetemplates.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/import
/usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reconfigure_nagios.sh
cp servicegroups.cfg services/*.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/import
/usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reconfigure_nagios.sh
```