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Introduction

This guide is intended to provide you with simple instructions on how to install Naemon from packages on Ubuntu and have it monitoring your local machine within 10 minutes. No advanced installation options are discussed here - just the basics that will work for 95% of users who want to get started.

These instructions were written for:

  • Redhat Enterprise Server 6.5

What You’ll End Up With

If you follow these instructions, here’s what you’ll end up with:

  • Nagios plugins will be installed underneath /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/
  • Naemon will be configured to monitor a few aspects of your local system (CPU load, disk usage, etc.)
  • The Naemon web interface will be accessible at http://localhost/naemon/

Install instruction

Warning: Don't forget to change your password from default, instruction are found below version specific installation instructions here

Redhat Enterprise Server 6.5

Install dependencies

yum install wget gd libXpm httpd

Enable RHEL Server Optional repository

sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhel-6-[operating_system]-optional-rpms

operating_system - type of operating system installed. Enter either workstation, client or server.

yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

Enable epel repository, required for both dependency (mod_fcgid), nrpe and nagios-plugins

rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Install mod_fcgid

yum install mod_fcgid

Download Naemon

cd ~/
mkdir naemon
cd naemon/
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-core-dbg-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-core-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-devel-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-livestatus-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-thruk-libs-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-thruk-reporting-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-thruk-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/rhel6/x86_64/naemon-1.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm

Install Naemon

yum install naemon*

Disable SELinux, not supported by Thruk

setenforce 0

Make it persistent

vi /etc/selinux/config

edit row: “SELINUX=enforcing”

replace with: “SELINUX=disabled”

Install Nagios plugins

yum install nagios-plugins nagios-plugins-all nagios-plugins-nrpe nrpe

Change path to Nagios plugins

vi /etc/naemon/resource.cfg

find $USER1$=/usr/lib/naemon/plugins

replace with replace with: “$USER1$=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins”

Start services

service iptables stop # This is just for testing and will restart the firewall after reboot, please adjust your IP-tables accordingly
chkconfig httpd on && service httpd start
chkconfig naemon on && service naemon start
chkconfig thruk on && service thruk start

Change default password for Thruk

It’s most important to change your password to protect your site for unauthorized access

htpasswd /etc/naemon/htpasswd admin

Login to the Web Interface

You should now be able to access the Naemon web interface at the URL below. You’ll be prompted for the username admin and password you specified earlier or admin if you did not change your password.

http://localhost/naemon/