{"id":193,"date":"2010-06-15T21:57:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/?p=193"},"modified":"2010-06-15T22:02:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T21:02:40","slug":"nagios-on-ubuntu-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simkin.org\/wordpress\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Nagios on Ubuntu 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I thought I’d try to find oout why my desktop and NAS keep arguing. Nagios. That will help. So I fired-up a spare piece of tin, dropped Ubuntu 8.1 onto it and followed some instructions<\/a>. The instructions are a bit out of date so I thought I’d record how I actually did it in case it helps somebody else.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu<\/strong><\/p>\n

I assume you have installed it with LAMP to save a lot of farting around. If not, aptitude yourself to a point where you have then come back here.<\/p>\n

Compilers and Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install build-essential<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev<\/code><\/p>\n

Nagios<\/strong><\/p>\n

cd ~<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo wget http:\/\/downloads.sourceforge.net\/nagios\/nagios-3.1.0.tar.gz?use_mirror=voxel<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo wget http:\/\/downloads.sourceforge.net\/nagiosplug\/nagios-plugins-1.4.13.tar.gz?use_mirror=voxel<\/code><\/p>\n

Extract it (If you have a newer build of Nagios, change the path names below):<\/p>\n

sudo tar -zxvf nagios-3.1.0.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\n

cd nagios-3.1.0<\/code><\/p>\n

Create a user and Group:
\nsudo useradd -m nagios<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo passwd nagios<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo groupadd nagcmd<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo usermod -a -G nagcmd nagios<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo usermod -a -G nagcmd www-data<\/code><\/p>\n

Now we can install….<\/p>\n

sudo .\/configure --with-command-group=nagcmd<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make all<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install-init<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install-config<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install-commandmode<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install-webconf<\/code><\/p>\n

Create an Apache user we can login as called nagiosadmin:
\n
\nsudo htpasswd -c \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin<\/code><\/p>\n

Extract and compile the plugins that were downloaded earlier:<\/p>\n

cd ~<\/code><\/p>\n

tar -zxvf nagios-plugins-1.4.13.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\n

cd nagios-plugins-1.4.13<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo .\/configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo make install<\/code><\/p>\n

Create a link to start the service:
\nsudo ln -s \/etc\/init.d\/nagios \/etc\/rcS.d\/S99nagios<\/code><\/p>\n

Verify the config:
\nsudo \/usr\/local\/nagios\/bin\/nagios -v \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/nagios.cfg<\/code><\/p>\n

Restart Apache:
\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/apache2 restart<\/code><\/p>\n

Start Nagios:
\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/nagios start<\/code><\/p>\n

You should now be able to log into the Nagios web interface (http:\/\/localhost\/nagios<\/a>) using the nagiosadmin user and password.<\/p>\n

Customise your installation…<\/strong><\/p>\n

sudo vim \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/nagios.cfg<\/p>\n

I have to credit thedailyadmin.com for helping me out with a lot of the above. I urge you to go visit that site<\/a> if only to stop me feeling guilty .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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