We use an ubuntu based PXE builder, but the same principle. We've deployed half a dozen nagios instances so far, another dozen to do by the end of the year.
The config is stored in subversion, installing nagios hasn't been streamlined, as to be honest we rarely need to install from scratch. (standard ubuntu-server build, with a few additions like ssh and snmpd) apt-get install subversion apache2 expect libbit-vector-perl libcalendar-simple-perl libcarp-clan-perl libconfig-inihash-perl libdate-calc-perl libdate-manip-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libdigest-sha1-perl libgd-gd2-perl libgraphics-magick-perl libhash-case-perl libhash-withdefaults-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libio-stringy-perl liblocale-gettext-perl libnagios-object-perl libnet-daemon-perl libnet-dns-perl libnet-ip-perl libnet-ping-external-perl libnet-snmp-perl libnet-socks-perl libnet-telnet-perl libnumber-format-perl libpcre3 libperl5.8 libplrpc-perl librpc-xml-perl librrds-perl libterm-readkey-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtimedate-perl liburi-perl libwww-mechanize-perl libwww-perl libxml-libxml-common-perl libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-parser-perl libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl sqsh su - cd / wget --user=username --password=pass http://svn/config/nagios/nagios-base.tar.gz tar -zxvf nagios-base.tar.gz rm nagios-base.tar.gz cd /usr/local/nagios svn --username username --password username co http://svn/config/nagios/libexec svn co http://svn/config/bristol etc addgroup --system nagios adduser --system --home /usr/local/nagios --shell /bin/false --no-create-home nagios usermod -a -G nagios npf usermod -a -G nagios www-data chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios chmod -R g+rwX /usr/local/nagios ln /usr/local/nagios/etc/apacheconfig /etc/apache2/sites-available/nagios ln /usr/local/nagios/etc/init.d.nagios /etc/init.d/nagios ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/nagios /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ ln -s /usr/lib/libgd.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib/libgd.so.1 /etc/init.d/apache2 reload update-rc.d nagios defaults cd /usr/local/nagios/var > comments.dat > downtime.dat > nagios.log > objects.cache > retention.dat > status.dat -- Paul Weaver Systems Development Engineer News Production Facilities, BBC News Work: 020 822 58109 Room 1244 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ > -----Original Message----- > From: James Pratt [mailto:jpr...@norwich.edu] > Sent: 17 February 2009 23:58 > To: Martyn; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] So its running how I like it > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martyn [mailto:mar...@chetnet.co.uk] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:46 PM > > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Nagios-users] So its running how I like it > > > > But how can I make an install ISO that will allow me to > install afresh > to a new server, > > ask for username, password IP address and so on. > > > > Then once the install is complete a I a running Nagios Server. > > > > Thanks > > > > Martyn > > Martyn, no real clue on what you are talking about , but it > sounds like you want to build a linux system using kickstart.(?).. > > (it's a red hat linux thing, AFAIK) > > http://www.google.com/search?q=redhat+kickstart > > cheers, > jamie > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing > the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS > when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null