Dear experts, ive been trying to install nrpe agent for one of our solaris 9 box but it turned out to that the nagios agent is not supported for this version of solaris. Now i have nrpe listening on my solaris 8 server happily accepting commands from nagios server for status monitoring. Nrpe can also communicate with some of the windows agent addons, so you can execute scripts and check metrics on remote windows machines as well. Lets show an example, run from a solaris host with zfs. Nov 01, 2015 install nrpe agent and nagios plugins on oracle solaris 10 and 11 internet connection is needed to grab packages from public repositories. Heres a step by step installation of the nagios plugin nrpe for solaris 10 x86 as the remote host. This allows you to monitor remote machine metrics disk usage, cpu load, etc. Introduction a purpose the nrpe addon is designed to allow you to execute nagios plugins on remote linuxunix machines. I cant find where download package for my s10 sparc. Installing the agent log onto the solaris server you wish to monitor as root and download the solaris nrpe agent to the tmp directory by executing the following commands. How to install nagios client and plugins in solaris 10 unix. Nrpe allows nagios server to remotely execute pluginscommands on linuxunix machines and get the result back of the executed command. How to create an oracle solaris 11 ipspkg nagios plugins package.
Sun solaris 9 operating environment sparc platform edition by sun microsystems, inc. In our recent article we have shown how to install nagios core on debian 9 to monitor some remote hostss services. Im hesitant to just install an older version of libssl for fear that it will break other things that have a dependency on that library. Log management software nagios log server download. Nov 10, 2017 nrpe is nagios remote plugin executor. Ive installed the gcc compiler as well as openssl and openssh. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and configure nrpe from source for. Ive been trying to install nrpe agent for one of our solaris 9 box but it turned out to that the nagios agent is not supported for this version of solaris. Solaris 10 ships openssl as part of the os distribution, in usrsfw. Some of the commands im issuing to monitor the status can be seen in the excerpt of my g file below. In order for the nagios core server to access nrpe on a remote machine, the remote machines xinetd and nrpe configurations must be updated with the ip address of the nagios core server.
That config file resides on the remote hosts along with the nrpe daemon. Hi, i want a clear a detailed manual or installation guide pls for nagios. It appears that they have removed some of the ciphers in order to be compliant with export restrictions. Nagios snmp monitoring for solaris 9 solutions experts exchange. How to install nagios nrpe agent on rhelcentosoracle. Log onto the solaris server you wish to monitor as root and download the solaris nrpe. If you use a proxy to get to the internet run the following command first from a terminal. If you want to persevere with compiling nrpe, are there ssl libraries in usrsfwlib. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Reverse dependencies 0 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on nrpe.
If ran on a supported os solaris with kstat, or linux, you can use the c command line option which counts the cache memory as free memory when comparing it to the warning and critital thresholds. Download the latest nagios core plugins package 50 plugins. I am sure it would have helped a lot of newbies like me. Rules for group states can be determined by the user, and parentchild relationships are easily identified when you need to drill down on a problem. Monitor your entire it infrastructure quickly with the most powerful monitoring solution on the market. Go to the nagios download directory and download the latest nrpe plugin with wget command. Nagios snmp monitoring for solaris 9 solutions experts.
So, you managed to compile nrpe on the solaris 9 host. Nagios plugins are a collection of open source utilities that allows you to monitor hardware and software resources with nagios. Nagios bpi provides an interface to effectively view the real state of the network. Jun 10, 2014 nagios plugins are a collection of open source utilities that allows you to monitor hardware and software resources with nagios. First off i installed the nagios plugins on the solaris server so all of the commands i would need to monitor the. Add nagios user as usrlocalnagios as home directory. The main reason for doing this is to allow nagios to monitor local resources like cpu load, memory usage. Nagios business process intelligence bpi is an advanced grouping tool that allows you to set more complex dependencies to determine groups states. The solaris enterprise authentication mechanism server and client is included in the solaris 9 os to provide single signon capabilities for servers and applications. Installing the solaris agent for nagios xi nagios enterprises. Nagios network monitoring software is enterprise server monitoring. How to add linux host to nagios monitoring server using. The linux nrpe agent that ships with nagios xi is only supported on centos, rhel, opensuse, sles, ubuntu, and debian.
Some of the commands im issuing to monitor the status can be seen in the excerpt of my nrpe. Reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on nrpe. First well start with nagiosplugins, we need to download it and compile it from source. How to add linux host to nagios monitoring server using nrpe. Reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on wget. Download the core monitoring engine and a basic web interface. Thank you this wonderfull article and it really helped me configure nrpe on solaris 10. Unfortunately, that throws a wrench in things when you want your solaris nagios server to use the nagios remote plugin executor nrpe to securely talk to other hosts. Nrpe nagios remote plugin executor nagios exchange. Both plugins and nrpe packages operate as standalone applications, but are generally designed to work jointly with nagios core. Sun solaris 9 operating environment sparc platform edition.
This is the sun solaris 9 installation media for sparc systems. Nagios remote plugin executor nrpe is used to remotely execute nagios plugins on linuxunix machines. How to install nagios client and plugins in solaris 10. Kerberosenabled versions of telnet, r commands, and more are available as a free download from the sun download center. Hi have a solaris 9 box and im trying to install nagios on it. Get started download packages packages see full software list search packages content bug. This article will take you through the steps of building nagios 4.
Try a free, fully functional 60 day trial of nagios xi now. In this article, we describes you how to install nrpe nagios client on linux. Included is a scan of the dvd, and the dump in mdfmds format. Mar 14, 2008 thank you this wonderfull article and it really helped me configure nrpe on solaris 10. Installing nrpe agent on oracle solaris 10 and 11 atlantix. Target audience this document is intended for use by nagios administrators who wish to monitor solaris servers with nagios xi. To do that you will need to install nagios nrpe daemon and plugins on the remote hosts. Consider reading the getting started documentation before proceeding. The package creates the nagios usergroup, installs files to usrlocalnagios, creates the solaris. Installing nagios remote plugin executor in solaris 11. I tried many time to use the original manual but the commands is related to linux i think, i am using solaris 9. See additional projects that extend nagios core functionality.
The package creates the nagios usergroup, installs files to usrlocalnagios, creates the solaris service, registers the existing ssl. Most monitored environments consist of many different distributions, therefore may need to compile nrpe and its associated plugins. Reverse dependencies 3 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on wget. Create nagios host and add service definitions for monitoring the remote linux host. Find more operating systems at the community respositories. Guys i solved above issue but now i am facing ssl handshake issue i have successfuly installed nrpe in solaris 9 box but i am getting ssl hand shake issue ob both monitoring server as well as clinet machine also any one can help me on this issue do i need to add any thing in nf file or how to start nrpe daemon in solaris 9 thanks in advance. Unfortunately, my nagios server runs on solaris 9 still so i havent gone through that. Your team regularly deploys new code, but with every release, theres the risk of unintended effects on your database and queries not performing as intended. Check out our official repositories and those maintained by our lovely community. Nrpe is also available with some windows addons to monitor windows servers. This article will help you to install nrpe on your centosrhel 76 systems, which needs. It says in the nagios install that it needs version 0. However, popular packages are updated frequently and by subscriber request, more up to date packages may be also be present for other versions of solaris.
We have tons of integrations for many popular software. This document describes how to install and configure nrpe from source for use with nagios corexi. Implementing effective solaris monitoring with nagios offers increased server, services, and application availability as well as fast detection of network outages and protocol failures. If you dont find your system or local area in here, please help us bringing icinga to your platform. It is a package that will be installed on all the remote hosts which need to be monitored. I tried many time to use the original manual but the commands is related to linux i think, i am using solaris 9 regards adel 2 replies. Our official icinga repositories provide the most recent packages for all leading operating systems.
Edit the xinetd configuration with the nagios servers ip address. Install nrpe agent and nagios plugins on oracle solaris 10 and 11 internet connection is needed to grab packages from public repositories. How to install nagios client in solaris 10 and nrpe plugings 1. The nrpe daemon runs the appropriate nagios plugin to check the service or resource. Jul 12, 2016 can configure, compile, install, and run on many more systems, including most linux distributions, bsd, os x, aix, hpux and solaris ability to use t. Package names that are nonbold andor with no version number, are not currently available for this version of solaris. However, i would like to install nrpe on solaris 8 and 9 as well. As i am still new in this nagios and unix environment, just wondering if anyone can guide me over on how can i configure snmp on solaris 9. See a variety of open source frontends by the community. Rules for group states can be determined by the user, and parentchild relationships are easily identified when you need to drill down on a. Generally speaking, plugins take care of performing specific checks on the host being monitored and. Nagios provides complete monitoring of solaris including operating system metrics and service state. Download the nagios client installer you can download the nagios cli. In the previous article, we have discussed about the installation of nagios server on linux in the last article, click here to see how to configure and install the nagios on linux servers.
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