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| + | ====== Install Nagios Plugin and NRPE on Redhat ====== | ||
| + | Prerequisite install | ||
| + | * xinetd | ||
| + | * openssl-devel | ||
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| + | Redhat 3rd party libraries if added to yum can let you install nrpe via yum. However, below is an explanation of now to compile this locally. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Download and Extract files ===== | ||
| + | Download and copy files to /tmp | ||
| + | * nrpe-2.15.tar.gz | ||
| + | * nagios-plugins-1.5.tar.gz | ||
| + | Extract files | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | cd /tmp | ||
| + | tar zxvf nrpe-2.15.tar.gz | ||
| + | tar zxvf nagios-plugins-1.5.tar.gz | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Create nagios Account ===== | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | groupadd nagios | ||
| + | useradd -d /var/log/nagios -g nagios -m -p somepassword nagios | ||
| + | date|md5sum|cut -b "1-10" | passwd --stdin nagios | ||
| + | id nagios | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Install the Nagios Plugins ===== | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | cd nagios-plugins-1.5 | ||
| + | ./configure | ||
| + | make | ||
| + | make install | ||
| + | chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Install the NRPE daemon ===== | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | cd nrpe-2.15 | ||
| + | ./configure | ||
| + | make all | ||
| + | make install-plugin | ||
| + | make install-daemon | ||
| + | make install-daemon-config | ||
| + | make install-xinetd | ||
| + | |||
| + | chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Update nagios server IP address here. Included additional IP separated by spaces. | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | grep only /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Use the following example to replace easily! | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | sed -i 's@only_from = 127.0.0.1@only_from = 127.0.0.1 10.50.60.0/24 204.67.86.0/24@' /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Add the NRPE daemon to services | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | echo "nrpe 5666/tcp # NRPE" >> /etc/services | ||
| + | service xinetd restart | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Test NRPE daemon ===== | ||
| + | Check for Listening port | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | netstat -at | grep nrpe | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | should have output as | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | tcp 0 0 *:nrpe *:* LISTEN | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Run the call to service | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 127.0.0.1 | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | Should return **NRPE v2.15** | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Additional plugins ===== | ||
| + | Copy any additional plugins to ''/usr/local/nagios/libexec/'' such as ''check_linux_stats.pl'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ===== File locations ===== | ||
| + | Nagios Core, Nagios NRPE Deamon and Nagios Plugin Locations | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Compiled Version ==== | ||
| + | === Plugins (executables) === | ||
| + | /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe | ||
| + | |||
| + | === NRPE Deamon config file (settings) === | ||
| + | /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe | ||
| + | |||
| + | === NRPE Config file (commands) === | ||
| + | /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Ubuntu ==== | ||
| + | === Core Nagios Monitoring config directory (settings) === | ||
| + | /etc/nagios3/conf.d/ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Plugin Location (executables) === | ||
| + | /usr/lib/nagios/plugins | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Redhat ==== | ||
| + | === NRPE Config file (commands) === | ||
| + | /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg | ||
| + | === Plugin Location === | ||
| + | /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/ | ||
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| + | |||
| + | ===== Related ===== | ||
| + | Install ''Sys:Statistics:Linux'' via CPAN | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.66/lib/Sys/Statistics/Linux.pm|Sys:Statistics:Linux]] | ||
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