Nagios Installation

Installing packages. Apache, PHP, GCC & GD

Installing Apache web server:
#yum -y install httpd*
set hostname in FQDN
#service httpd on
Installing PHP, GCC and GD:
#yum -y install php*
#yum -y install gcc*
#yum -y install gd*
Getting the package:
Get the latest packages from net. Mov it to some directory and untar them.
#wget

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nagios3.2.0.tar.gz
No need to do this
#mv nagios-3.2.0.tar.gz /usr/local/src
start from here again
#tar xvf nagios-3.2.0.tar.gz
#wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/
nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz
No need to do this
#mv nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz/usr/local/src
start from here again
#tar xvf nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz

Adding nagios user and setting password for that user:

#useradd nagios
#passwd nagios
#usermod -a -G nagios apache //To permit the commands through web
interface.
Configuration of Nagios:
#cd /usr/local/src/nagios-3.2.0
or
#cd nagios-3.2.0
#./configure
#make all
#make install
#make install-init
#make install-config
#make install-commandmode
#make install-webconf
Admin account setting for nagios:
#htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
/passwd for web interface
give passwd
#service httpd restart

Nagios Plugin installation:

#install nagios - pluggin
#cd /usr/local/src/nagios-plugins-1.4.14
or
#cd nagios-plugins-1.4.14
#./configure
#make
#make install
Creating entry in /etc/init.d/:
#chkconfig --add nagios
#chkconfig nagios on
Checking the configuration:
#/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
#/etc/init.d/nagios restart
Restore all installed file for selinux
#restorecon -RFv

Configuring remotehost in nagios:

#cp /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg
/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/remotehost.cfg
[comment the hostgroup entries in order to prevent duplicate entries]
[change the localhost entries to the remote machine hostname and IP address.]