Adduser with name of nagios
useradd -m nagios
Create nagcmd group for allowing external commands to be submitted through the web interface. Add both the nagios user and the apache user
groupadd nagcmd
usermod -a -G nagcmd nagios
usermod -a -G nagcmd apache
Create Directory to store Nagios installation files
mkdir /opt/Nagios
Download Nagios and Plugins
Save file to directory /opt/Nagios
http://www.nagios.org/download/download.php
As of this writing Nagios 3.0.6 (Stable) and Nagios Plugins 1.4.13 (Stable)
Extract Files:
cd /opt/Nagios
tar xzf nagios-3.0.6.tar.gz
cd nagios-3.0.6
Compile and Configure Nagios
./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd
Compile Nagios:
make all
Compile binaries, init script, sample config files:
make install
make install-init
make install-config
make install-commandmode
** Do Not Start Nagios **
Nagios has now been installed to the directory /usr/local/nagios/
Install Nagios Web Interface:
make install-webconf
Nagios Web Interface installed to /usr/local/nagios/share ( http conf file added to /etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf )
Create Web Interface Login User:
** This is not the most secure method **
We will create user “nagiosadmin” ( remember the password you assign !)
htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
Restart Apache:
service httpd restart
Install Nagios Plugins
Extract Files:
cd /opt/Nagios
tar xzf nagios-plugins-1.4.13.tar.gz
cd nagios-plugins1.4.13
Compile and Configure Nagios Plugins
./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
make
make install
Configure nagiosadmin email address for alerts
vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
email nagios@localhost ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
Verify the sample Nagios configuration files
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
Total Warnings: 0
Total Errors: 0
Start Nagios
Enable Nagios to start at system startup / boot
chkconfig --add nagios
chkconfig nagios on
chkconfig httpd on
Start Nagios
service nagios start
Log into Web Interface
http://ip-address/nagios/
useradd -m nagios
Create nagcmd group for allowing external commands to be submitted through the web interface. Add both the nagios user and the apache user
groupadd nagcmd
usermod -a -G nagcmd nagios
usermod -a -G nagcmd apache
Create Directory to store Nagios installation files
mkdir /opt/Nagios
Download Nagios and Plugins
Save file to directory /opt/Nagios
http://www.nagios.org/download/download.php
As of this writing Nagios 3.0.6 (Stable) and Nagios Plugins 1.4.13 (Stable)
Extract Files:
cd /opt/Nagios
tar xzf nagios-3.0.6.tar.gz
cd nagios-3.0.6
Compile and Configure Nagios
./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd
Compile Nagios:
make all
Compile binaries, init script, sample config files:
make install
make install-init
make install-config
make install-commandmode
** Do Not Start Nagios **
Nagios has now been installed to the directory /usr/local/nagios/
Install Nagios Web Interface:
make install-webconf
Nagios Web Interface installed to /usr/local/nagios/share ( http conf file added to /etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf )
Create Web Interface Login User:
** This is not the most secure method **
We will create user “nagiosadmin” ( remember the password you assign !)
htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
Restart Apache:
service httpd restart
Install Nagios Plugins
Extract Files:
cd /opt/Nagios
tar xzf nagios-plugins-1.4.13.tar.gz
cd nagios-plugins1.4.13
Compile and Configure Nagios Plugins
./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
make
make install
Configure nagiosadmin email address for alerts
vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
email nagios@localhost ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
Verify the sample Nagios configuration files
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
Total Warnings: 0
Total Errors: 0
Start Nagios
Enable Nagios to start at system startup / boot
chkconfig --add nagios
chkconfig nagios on
chkconfig httpd on
Start Nagios
service nagios start
Log into Web Interface
http://ip-address/nagios/
