Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Are there any gotchas I need to look out for when upgrading via yum? > > Backup your configs, but the rpms from rpmforge will simply create .new > files instead of clobbering your old files, then you can merge/rewrite > anything needed.
Thanks. I was thinking any and everything with "nagios" in the name but the config dirs/subdirs makes the most amount of sense. >> I see a message in January about installing on CentOS and the >> recommendation of using the EPEL repo. Rpmforge, EPEL? Any advantages >> to either? I put the EPEL repo on to the system then ran a "yum search nagios". Rpmforge should up but EPEL didn't I guess I should try an "yum info" for fun. > > Epel's nagios version is ancient, it only has useful plugins. I'll keep that in mind. > One thing to keep in mind is the Base repo config in CentOS points to > a "5" on the mirrors which is symlinked to the latest version. Continuing > to use an old version like 5.3 without editing your repo cnofigs to point > to 5.3 causes you to mix 5.5 rpms into your 5.3 installation which > depending on what you install can be a problem... Thanks again. \\||/ Rod -- > > Hth, > jlc > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ 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
