I’m assuming that you’ve already read the post on installing nagios AND have successfully installed nagios on your LAMP server. I have recently wiped out the 9.04-upgraded-to-10.04.1 server in favor of a fresh install of 10.04.2LTS. I followed my own guide and nagios is installed and running on production equipment.<\/p>\n
I needed to add a new user to be able to access all the same admin functionality of the nagios website.
\nCreate the login for apache:<\/p>\n
htpasswd \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/htpasswd.users USERNAME<\/code>
\nPASSWORD
\nPASSWORD<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAdd the user to the contacts list:<\/p>\n
nano \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/objects\/contacts.cfg<\/code>
\ndefine contact{
\n contact_name USERNAME
\n use generic-contact
\n alias FULL NAME
\n email EMAIL@DOMAIN.TLD
\n }
\nAdd the USERNAME after “nagiosadmin” under the define contactgroup{ area
\nNote, you will need to add a “, ” after nagiosadmin<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRestart Nagios to re-read the configuration:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/nagios restart<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\nI would like to make a parent of an object (switch parent of server, or server hosting virtual machines etc)<\/p>\n
define host{
\n use windows-server
\n host_name HOSTNAME
\n alias LONGNAME
\n address IPADDRESS
\n parents SERVER_OR_SWITCH_NAME – this must have a valid .cfg file already created
\n hostgroups SERVERGROUP1, SERVERGROUP3, ETC<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAdd Icons to Nagios Network Map
\nUpload your png file to \/usr\/local\/nagios\/share\/images\/logos\/
\nInstall the PNG to GD2 application:
\napt-get install libgd-tools<\/code>
\nConvert your PNG to a GD2:
\npngtogd2 PNGFILE.png PNGFILE.gd2 cs 1<\/code><\/p>\nCreate the host image config file:
\nnano \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/objects\/hostimages.cfg<\/code><\/p>\ndefine hostextinfo{
\n host_name HOSTNAME, HOSTNAME2, ETC
\n # notes_url http:\/\/sitefornoteshere
\n icon_image FILENAME.png
\n icon_image_alt 0 ALTNAMEOFDEVICE
\n vrml_image FILENAME.png
\n statusmap_image FILENAME.gd2
\n }<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRestart Nagios:
\n\/etc\/init.d\/nagios restart<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’m assuming that you’ve already read the post on installing nagios AND have successfully installed nagios on your LAMP server. I have recently wiped out the 9.04-upgraded-to-10.04.1 server in favor of a fresh install of 10.04.2LTS. I followed my own guide and nagios is installed and running on production equipment. I needed to add a … Continue reading Configure Nagios on Ubuntu Server<\/span>