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Install Nagios
Obtain and Install Nagios
- Find latest downloads here: http://www.nagios.org/download
- cd /usr/src/
- tar zxf nagios-3.5.0.tar.gz
- cd nagios/
- ./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-command-user=nagios --with-command-group=nagios --with-init-dir="" --with-httpd-conf=""
- make all
- make install
- cd ..
- tar zxf nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
- cd nagios-plugins-1.4.16/
- ./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-trusted-path=$PATH
- vi /usr/src/nagios-plugins-1.4.16/stdio.in.h.patch
- patch gl/stdio.in.h < stdio.in.h.patch
- make && make install
Configure Nagios
- mkdir -p /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/templates.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/computerisms.lan.cfg
- vi /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chmod 755 /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/
Configure Apache
- vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/nagios.computerisms.com.conf
- mkdir /var/log/apache2/nagios.computerisms.com
- chown root:adm /var/log/apache2/nagios.computerisms.com/
- a2ensite nagios.computerisms.com.conf
- /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
- samba-tool dns add houselian computerisms.com nagios A 192.168.26.10
Start Nagios
- mkdir -p -m 1755 /var/service/nagios
- mkdir -p -m 0755 /var/service/nagios/log
- vi /var/service/nagios/run
- ln -s /var/service/multilog.run /var/service/nagios/log/run
- chmod 0755 /var/service/nagios/run /var/service/nagios/log/run
- ln -s /var/service/nagios/ /service/nagios
- sv <= Make sure Nagios is running
Install NRPE
- Find latest downloads here: http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Monitoring-Agents/NRPE--2D-Nagios-Remote-Plugin-Executor/details
- Note: use --with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ to configure on 64-bit machines
- Note: Nagios plugins are now hosted here:http://nagios-plugins.org/download/nagios-plugins-2.0.2.tar.gz
On Houselian
- cd /usr/src
- wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nagios/nrpe-2.x/nrpe-2.14/nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- tar zxf nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- cd nrpe-2.14/
- ./configure --with-nrpe-user=nagios --with-nrpe-group=nagios --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
- make all
- cp src/check_nrpe /usr/local/nagios/libexec/
On Porchlian
- ssh root@192.168.26.1
- apt-get install build-essential gcc openssl libssl-dev make
- groupadd -g 538 nagios
- useradd -u 538 -g nagios -r nagios -d /usr/local/nagios
- cd /usr/src
- wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nagios/nrpe-2.x/nrpe-2.14/nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
- tar zxf nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- cd nrpe-2.14/
- ./configure --with-nrpe-user=nagios --with-nrpe-group=nagios --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
- make all
- cp src/nrpe /bin/
- vi /etc/nrpe.cfg
- cd ..
- tar zxf nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
- cd nagios-plugins-1.4.16
- ./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
- vi /usr/src/nagios-plugins-1.4.16/stdio.in.h.patch
- patch gl/stdio.in.h < stdio.in.h.patch
- make && make install
- vi /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chown nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chmod 755 /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- vi /etc/init.d/nrpe
- chmod 755 /etc/init.d/nrpe
- insserv -d nrpe
- /etc/init.d/nrpe start
- exit
On Shedlian
- ssh root@192.168.26.11
- apt-get install build-essential gcc openssl libssl-dev make
- groupadd -g 538 nagios
- useradd -u 538 -g nagios -r nagios -d /usr/local/nagios
- cd /usr/src
- wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nagios/nrpe-2.x/nrpe-2.14/nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
- tar zxf nrpe-2.14.tar.gz
- cd nrpe-2.14/
- ./configure --with-nrpe-user=nagios --with-nrpe-group=nagios --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
- make all
- cp src/nrpe /bin/
- vi /etc/nrpe.cfg
- cd ..
- tar zxf nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
- cd nagios-plugins-1.4.16
- ./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
- vi /usr/src/nagios-plugins-1.4.16/stdio.in.h.patch
- patch gl/stdio.in.h < stdio.in.h.patch
- make && make install
- vi /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chown nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- chmod 755 /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem_usage
- vi /etc/init.d/nrpe
- chmod 755 /etc/init.d/nrpe
- insserv -d nrpe
- /etc/init.d/nrpe start
- exit