IP address Nagiosxi VMWare

[pesteiner]

Hello,
I have downloaded the newest Nagiosxi VMWare. When I login as ´root´ I
do not get any ip address by using the command ifconfig. Please tell me
what to do .....
In the tutorial video the ip address is supposed to be 192.168.1.14.

Output of "ifconfig eth0" is:
Linkencap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:8D:F=:74
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets: 140 errors, ......
TX packets: 53 errors
.......

Thanks!
Peter

[perius]

Try

ifconfig eth0 up

to set the interface in active

then /etc/init.d/network restart if necesary

[pesteiner]

Thanks perius, now it looks different but I still have problems, please see attachment ....

[perius]

Have set a static IP? Nagios xi trial is set to get its Ip from DHCP. How does it look in /etc/network/interfaces ?

[pesteiner]

Hi perius,
I managed it now. In the VMWare settings I had to set Network Adapter to "NAT: Used to share the host's IP address" and now it is working.
Thanks for your thought-provoking impulses.

[tonyyarusso]

In the tutorial video the ip address is supposed to be 192.168.1.14.

That's just what the IP address of the machine being used for the example was - nothing's "supposed" to be anything here. As perius mentioned it's set up to use DHCP, so it will be whatever fits your network. This of course means that for anyone not using DHCP on their network you will need to set it manually, which in CentOS can be done by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
(not /etc/network/interfaces as in Debian/Ubuntu). Additionally, for those not familiar with the Linux command line, if your machine fails to get a DHCP lease initially for some reason but you then fix the root problem, you can re-request a lease with

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dhclient eth0

.

Glad you got it working with the VMware settings.