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by mgallowaycac
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:26 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Input on XI migration: Old server to New appliance
Replies: 1
Views: 115

Input on XI migration: Old server to New appliance

Greetings! We have a very old and somewhat busted (upgrades fail) "traditionally installed" version of NagiosXI 5.3.4. We would like to try to migrate our data off that old server to a new 5.8 appliance. Going by the backup/restore documents, it seems the method I would have deploy would b...
by mgallowaycac
Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:08 am
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching
Replies: 4
Views: 13016

Re: Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching

This can be considered resolved. After talking with some company vets, it seems the OS based init script for Postgres was never updated to reflect the correct location of the database nor was it documented as such :|.

So yeah, Full admission to a self inflicted wound.
by mgallowaycac
Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching
Replies: 4
Views: 13016

Re: Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching

So I gave connecting a try. I got the following root@pu-nagios-01:/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log > psql nagiosxi postgres psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres" I su'ed over to the postgres user and was able to get the following list of DB's postgres@pu-nagios-01:~ > psql...
by mgallowaycac
Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:59 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching
Replies: 4
Views: 13016

Nagios DB error page after RHEL6 patching

Howdy friends! We recently patched our RHEL 6 server from 6.9 to 6.10. After said patching (and rebooting of the host) nagios is presenting the following page Databse Error A database connection error has been detected, please follow the repair prompt below. If the issue persists, please contact Nag...
by mgallowaycac
Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: Nagios XI
Topic: New Contact - Notifications Not Sending
Replies: 1
Views: 246

New Contact - Notifications Not Sending

Hello Community! Looking for a wee bit of direction and aid. I have inherited a NagiosXI 5.3.4 install running on RHEL 6.4 (and yes we plan to update all of this in the near future). Recently I went to make a new contact for some new HTTP service checks and all seemed well until I brought the servic...