Nagios

Nagios is an open source software that can be used for network and infrastructure monitoring.
Nagios will monitor servers, switches, applications and services.
It alerts the System Administrator when something went wrong and also alerts back when the issues have been
rectified.

Features
 Monitor your entire IT infrastructure.
 Identify problems before they occur.
 Know immediately when problems arise.
 Share availability data with stakeholders.
 Detect security breaches.
 Reduce downtime and business losses.

Server Side: Pre requisites for Nagios Server Configuration

yum install –y httpd php wget gcc glibc glibc-common gd gd-devel make net-snmp openssl-devel xinetd unzip

Start Webserver

systemctl enable httpd

systemctl start httpd

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User and Group Creation for Nagios

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useradd nagios

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passwd nagios

groupadd nagcmd (nagcmd group for allowing external commands to be submitted through the web interface.)

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usermod -a -G nagcmd nagios

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usermod -a -G nagcmd apache

Download Nagios Package and Plugins:

mkdir /nagios
cd /nagios/
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curl -L -O https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/releases/nagios-4.1.1.tar.gz
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tar xvf nagios-*.tar.gz

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cd nagios-*
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./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd
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make all
make install
make install-commandmode
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make install-init
make install-config
make install-webconf
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curl -L -O http://nagios-plugins.org/download/nagios-plugins-2.1.1.tar.gz

tar xvf nagios-plugins-*.tar.gz

cd nagios-plugins-*
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./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-openssl

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make
make install
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curl -L -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nagios/nrpe-2.x/nrpe-2.15/nrpe-2.15.tar.gz
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tar xvf nrpe-*.tar.gz

cd nrpe-*
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./configure --enable-command-args --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios --with-

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ssl=/usr/bin/openssl --with-ssl-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

make all
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make install
make install-xinetd
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make install-daemon-config
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vi /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe

only_from = 127.0.0.1 <Add your Nagios Server IP>

systemctl enable xinetd

systemctl start xinetd

vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

Uncomment the below line

#cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers

mkdir /usr/local/nagios/etc/servers

vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg

email nagios@<localhost or ur domain> ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

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 Configure check_nrpe Command

vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
Add this at the end of the file

define command{
command_name check_nrpe
command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$
}

Configure Apache
Use htpasswd to create an admin user, called "nagiosadmin", that can access the Nagios web interface:

htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin

systemctl start nagios.service

chkconfig nagios on

systemctl restart httpd.service

systemctl enable httpd.service

systemctl status nagios

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http://nagios_server_ip/nagios

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To Monitor a Host with NRPE

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Note: Repeat this section for each server you wish to monitor

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On a host that you want to monitor, install the EPEL repository:

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yum install epel-release
yum install nrpe nagios-plugins-all

vi /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1,<Private / pub IP of your Nagios Server>
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systemctl enable nrpe.service
systemctl start nrpe.service
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Once you are done installing and configuring NRPE on the hosts that you want to monitor, you will have to add these
hosts to your Nagios server configuration before it will start monitoring them.
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On your Nagios server

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vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/servers/yourhost.cfg
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define host {
use linux-server
host_name Remote host Name to be monitored
alias My first Apache server
address <IP Address of Remote host to be monitored>
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max_check_attempts 5
check_period 24x7
notification_interval 30
notification_period 24x7
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}
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If you want to monitor particular Service (If you're not sure what use generic-service means, it is simply inheriting the values of a service
template called "generic-service" that is defined by default.)
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define service {
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use generic-service
host_name Remote host Name to be monitored
service_description PING
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check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
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define service {
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use generic-service
host_name Remote host Name to be monitored
service_description SSH
check_command check_ssh
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notifications_enabled 0
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systemctl reload nagios.service

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