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sawozny
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Needed Apache modules for Nagios Core

Post by sawozny »

Greeting Nagios Gurus! :)

Does anyone know what Apache modules (beyond the Core and the appropriate Multi-Processing Module) are needed for Nagios Core to work properly? For example, I can see there’s a lot of CGI from the documentation, but I can’t tell if the CGI is thread safe (which would influence my choice of MPM) or if “classic” CGI (mod_cgi(d)) or Fast CGI is needed. I suppose I could install, look for errors and add / switch modules as needed, but I was hoping someone had been through this before and had a list available.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott
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Re: Needed Apache modules for Nagios Core

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Generally no special modules other than the defaults but this could vary by OS.

All of the prerequisites for many OSs are listed here:
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... ce-96.html
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Re: Needed Apache modules for Nagios Core

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scottwilkerson wrote:Generally no special modules other than the defaults but this could vary by OS.

All of the prerequisites for many OSs are listed here:
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... ce-96.html
Thanks for the reply. Interestingly, the purpose of the question was to see how much LESS than the defaults I could get away with (i.e. RHEL yum Apache httpd comes with a TON of stuff pre-loaded that, unless it's needed by something, could only serve to increase your attack surface and bite you in the butt) but I appreciate the link as a starting point. I'll give this some trial and error, see what I come up with and report back.

Thanks,

Scott
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Re: Needed Apache modules for Nagios Core

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sawozny wrote:I'll give this some trial and error, see what I come up with and report back.
Sounds good. I don't know of any specific testing to the minimal modules
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