Here is the link for Big Brother howto www.euroboxtec.co.uk/docs/bb_doc.pdf
--- On Sun, 11/10/09, pawar_rashmee <[email protected]> wrote: From: pawar_rashmee <[email protected]> Subject: [LinuxVadaPav] Re: How to setup Nagios Server on Redhat To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 11 October, 2009, 1:48 PM Hi Dinesh, This is what i was looking for couple of days. thanks that you posted it. I have to install nagios and Bigbrother Professional edition on a linux system in my office. If you have some more docs on bigbrother pls help me with it or even if you post some links where i can find "how to" for bigbrother and nagios please do post it. Thanks -Rashmi --- In linuxvadapav@ yahoogroups. com, dinesh jadhav <din_jadhav2003@ ...> wrote: > > > How to setup Nagios Server on Redhat > ============ ========= ========= ==== > 1. Don't install nagios using RPM,instead download the source code tarballs > of both Nagios and the Nagios plugins (visit http://www.nagios. org/download/ > for links to the latest versions). > wget http://osdn. dl.sourceforge. net/sourceforge/ nagios/nagios- 3.0.3.tar. > gz > wget http://osdn. dl.sourceforge. net/sourceforge/ nagiosplug/ > nagios-plugins- 1.4.11.tar. gz > 2. Create Account Information > Become the root user. > su -l > 3. Create a new nagios user account and give it a password. > /usr/sbin/useradd -m nagios > passwd nagios > 4. Create a new nagcmd group for allowing external commands to be submitted > through the web interface. Add both the nagios user and the Apache user to > the group. > /usr/sbin/groupadd nagcmd > /usr/sbin/usermod -G nagcmd nagios > /usr/sbin/usermod -G nagcmd apache > 5. Extract the Nagios source code tarball. > cd ~/downloads > tar xzf nagios-3.0.3. tar.gz > cd nagios-3.0.3 > Run the Nagios configure script, passing the name of the group you created > earlier like so: > ./configure --with-command- group=nagcmd > 6. Compile the Nagios source code. > # make all > Install binaries, init script, sample config files and set permissions on the > external command directory. > # make install > # make install-init > # make install-config > # make install-commandmode > 7. Customize Configuration > Sample configuration files have now been installed in the /usr/local/nagios/ > etc directory. These sample files should work fine for getting started with > Nagios. You'll need to make just one change before you proceed... > Edit the /usr/local/nagios/ etc/objects/ contacts. cfg config file with your > favorite editor and change the email address associated with the nagiosadmin > contact definition to the address you'd like to use for receiving alerts. > vi /usr/local/nagios/ etc/objects/ contacts. cfg > 8. Configure the Web Interface > Install the Nagios web config file in the Apache conf.d directory. > make install-webconf > r...@lvs2 nagios-3.0.3] # make install-webconf > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 sample-config/ httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf. > d/nagios. conf > 8. Create a nagiosadmin account for logging into the Nagios web interface. > htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/ etc/htpasswd. users nagiosadmin > Restart Apache to make the new settings take effect. > service httpd restart > 9. Compile and Install the Nagios Plugins > Extract the Nagios plugins source code tarball. > cd ~/downloads > tar xzf nagios-plugins- 1.4.11.tar. gz > cd nagios-plugins- 1.4.11 > 10. Compile and install the plugins. > ./configure --with-nagios- user=nagios --with-nagios- group=nagios > make > make install > Start Nagios > 11. Add Nagios to the list of system services and have it automatically start > when the system boots. > chkconfig --add nagios > chkconfig nagios on > Verify the sample Nagios configuration files. > /usr/local/nagios/ bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/ etc/nagios. cfg > If there are no errors, start Nagios. > service nagios start > 12. Object configuration files > As mentioned, when the configuration files are split up, Nagios reads the > data from these files in order for it to process host and service checks > across the network. Before I begin, detailed documentation of all of the > options for the template based objects are located at the website. > # cd /usr/local/nagios/ etc/objects/ > # touch hostgroup.cfg hosts.cfg services.cfg > # vi localhost.cfg > Copy the Services Definitions > # vi services.cfg > Paste the Services Definitions > #vi localhost.cfg > Copy the Host Definitions > #vi hosts.cfg > Paste the Host Definitions > #vi localhost.cfg > Copy the Host Definitions > # vi hostgroup.cfg > Paste the hostgroup Definitions > Setting up nagios.cfg > [...@rhel ~] cd /etc/nagios > [...@rhel nagios] mv localhost.cfg localhost.cfg_ org > Turn on the allow commands to be executed from the CGI web interface. > [...@rhel nagios] vi nagios.cfg > # OBJECT CONFIGURATION FILE(S) > cfg_file=/etc/ nagios/contacts. cfg > cfg_file=/etc/ nagios/hostgroup s.cfg > cfg_file=/etc/ nagios/hosts. cfg > cfg_file=/etc/ nagios/services. cfg > cfg_file=/etc/ nagios/timeperio ds.cfg > # EXTERNAL COMMAND OPTION > check_external_ commands= 1 > # EXTERNAL COMMAND CHECK INTERVAL > command_check_ interval= 1 > > > > > > Linux Don > Dinesh Jadhav(RHCE) > 9867011640 > > "Do not worry about anything; instead > PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING." > Philippians 4:6 > http://dineshjadhav .wordpress. com > http://mm.glug- bom.org/mailman/ listinfo/ linuxers > > > > > Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! 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