From fe47a13d8f88739eaf60979e82cef5c78ec3fb98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:33:52 +1200
Subject: Semi-sensible default for NSCA_SERVER

---
 README.markdown | 4 +++-
 nscaw           | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e294eec..ebb1849 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ nscaw
 Command wrapper that sends an appropriate passive check to an NSCA server using
 `send_nsca`, depending on the command's outcome.
 
-Make sure `send_nsca` is in `$PATH` and that `NSCAW_SERVER` is set.
+Make sure `send_nsca` is in `$PATH`. You'll almost certainly want to set
+`NSCA_SERVER` in `/etc/default/nscaw` as well, but it makes an effort in
+defaulting to `nsca`.
 
     $ nscaw IMPORTANT_JOB -- important-job -o options args ...
 
diff --git a/nscaw b/nscaw
index 3e30b4c..de8364f 100755
--- a/nscaw
+++ b/nscaw
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ esac
 # stdout of send_nsca as it's just a diagnostic message
 printf '%s\t%s\t%u\t%s\n' \
     "$hostname" "$service" "$code" "$message" |
-        send_nsca -H "${NSCAW_SERVER:?}" \
+        send_nsca -H "${NSCAW_SERVER:-nsca}" \
             -c "${NSCAW_CONFIG:-/etc/send_nsca.cfg}" >/dev/null
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