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-1) Create the nagios group and user- +  - Create the nagios group and user: <code> 
-     groupadd -g 213 nagios +# groupadd -g 213 nagios 
-     useradd -u 213 -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -g nagios nagios +# useradd -u 213 -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -g nagios nagios 
- +</code> 
-1a) Add the 'apache' user to the 'nagios' group, so that it can write to the /var/nagios/rw directory: +   - Add the 'apache' user to the 'nagios' group, so that it can write to the ''/var/nagios/rw'' directory: <code> 
-     usermod -G nagios apache +# usermod -G nagios apache 
- +</code> 
-2) Install the Nagios::Plugin Perl module-+  - Install the Nagios::Plugin Perl module: <code>
      cpan -i Nagios::Plugin      cpan -i Nagios::Plugin
- +</code> 
- +  - Use [[http://sbopkg.org/|sbopkg]] or install the individual packages using scripts from [[http://slackbuilds.org/|SlackBuilds.org]], and install the following in this order: 
-3) Use sbopkg and install the following in this order: +    * RRDTool 
- +    * nagios (currently, the package which can be built using a [[http://slackbuilds.org/network/nagios/ | SlackBuilds.org script]] is nagios-3.3.1) 
-  * RRDTool +    * nagios-plugin package 
-  * nagios (currently, the package is nagios-3.3.1.i486-1_SBo) +    * nagios-graphing 
-  * nagios-plugin package +  - Edit ''/etc/nagios/nagios.conf'' and turn off the logging: <code> 
-  * nagios-graphing +CHANGE: 
- +     use_syslog=1 
-3) Edit /etc/nagios/nagios.conf +TO: 
-     Turn off the logging- +     use_syslog=0 
-          CHANGE: use_syslog=1 TO: use_syslog=0 +CHANGE: 
-          CHANGE: log_notifications=1 TO: log_notification=0 +     log_notifications=1 
- +TO: 
-4) Edit /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf, after the <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/nagios"> line- +     log_notification=0 
-     CHANGE: Options None TO: Options FollowSymLinks +</code> 
- +  - Edit ''/etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf'', after the ''<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/nagios">'' line: <code> 
-5) Edit /etc/httpd/http.conf +CHANGE: 
-     CHANGE:+     Options None 
 +TO: 
 +     Options FollowSymLinks 
 +</code> 
 +  - Edit ''/etc/httpd/http.conf'' <code> 
 +CHANGE:
      <IfModule dir_module>      <IfModule dir_module>
      DirectoryIndex index.html      DirectoryIndex index.html
      </IfModule>      </IfModule>
-      +TO:
-     TO:+
      <IfModule dir_module>      <IfModule dir_module>
      DirectoryIndex index.html index.php      DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
      </IfModule>      </IfModule>
- +CHANGE:
-     CHANGE:+
      # Uncomment the following line to enable PHP:      # Uncomment the following line to enable PHP:
      #      #
      # Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf      # Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
-      +TO:
-     TO:+
      # Uncomment the following line to enable PHP:      # Uncomment the following line to enable PHP:
      #      #
      Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf      Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
- +ADD:
-     ADD:+
      Include /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf      Include /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf
 +</code>
 +  - Make sure apache starts at boot and start/restart apache: <code>
 +# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd
 +# /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
 +</code>
 +  - Set the password for //nagiosadmin// : <code>
 +# htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
 +</code>
 +  - (Not sure if this is necessary but, leaving it in until I can test) \\ Make sure nagios starts at boot and start/restart nagios:
 +    - Edit ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' and add: <code>
 +# Start nagios:
 +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios ]; then
 +  echo "Starting nagios..."
 +  /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios start
 +fi
 +</code>
 +    - Edit ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown'' (you may have to create this file if it does not exist, and make it executable) and add: <code>
 +# Stop nagios:
 +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios ]; then
 +  echo "Stopping nagios..."
 +  /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios stop
 +fi
 +</code>
 +  - Make rc.nagios executable: <code>
 +# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios
 +</code>
 +  - Start nagios: <code>
 +# /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios restart
 +</code>
  
-6) Make sure apache starts at boot and start/restart apache- +====== Check That Nagios Is Running ======
-     chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd +
-     /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart+
  
-7) Set the password for //nagiosadmin//- +Goto **http://YOUR_MACHINE/nagios/** and you should see Nagios working.
-     htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin+
  
-8) (Not sure if this is necessary but, leaving it in until I can test) Make sure nagios starts at boot and start/restart nagios- +====== Add Users ======
-     edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add: +
-          # Start nagios: +
-          if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios ]; then +
-               echo "Starting nagios..." +
-               /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios start +
-          fi +
-          # Stop nagios: +
-          if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios ]; then +
-               echo "Stopping nagios..." +
-               /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios stop +
-          fi+
  
-     make rc.nagios executable: +  - Run the ''htpasswd'' command for each user: <code> 
-          chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios+# htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users bob 
 +# htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users sue 
 +</code> 
 +  - Edit ''/etc/nagios/cgi.cfg'' and add the user(s) too: <code> 
 +authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,bob,sue 
 +authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,bob,sue 
 +</code> (or add "''*''" to allow all authenticated users)
  
-     Start nagios: 
-          /etc/rc.d/rc.nagios restart 
  
-====== Check That Nagios Is Running ====== +====== Sources ======
-Goto **http://YOUR_MACHINE/nagios/** and it should work.+
  
-== Add Users == 
-1) Run the htpasswd command for each user- 
-     htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users bob 
-      
-     htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users sue 
- 
-2) Edit /etc/nagios/cgi.cfg and add the user to: 
-     authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,bob,sue 
-     authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,bob,sue 
-      
-     (or * for all authenticated users) 
- 
- 
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