Is nagios upgrade dependent to centos ios

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Radhika64
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Is nagios upgrade dependent to centos ios

Post by Radhika64 »

I am using centos 5.11 and need to upgrade the os of nagios from 3.3.1 to 4.4.6 .
Will the upgraded nagios be compatible to the version of centos?
Will it work fine if i go ahead with the nagios upgradation?

Thank you in advance
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mcapra
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Re: Is nagios upgrade dependent to centos ios

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This depends mostly on how Nagios Core and it's various plugins were installed. You'll probably need to rebuild an awful lot of Nagios Core plugins going from CentOS 5 to 7, primarily due to significant differences in the Perl and C dependencies.

Also, migrating from Nagios Core 3.x to 4.x is going to probably require you to make some changes to your Nagios configuration objects -- your services, hosts, contacts, etc.

I don't know of a simple "how to" guide for navigating that transition which applies unilaterally to all Nagios Core installations. This is a potentially large chunk of work. If you're not intimately familiar with the internals of both CentOS 7 and Nagios Core, you might consider seeking third party assistance:
https://www.nagios.com/partners/findapartner/

Or simply purchasing Nagios XI with a support contract, and chatting with a sales rep about the feasibility of migrating your Nagios Core 3.x install to Nagios XI:
https://www.nagios.com/products/nagios-xi/
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