Nagios XI migration

[angus]

Hello,

I'd like to migrate my NagiosXI software to a new, updated, server. Some of the plugins i want to use require a higher version of python. I have seen an OVA file on the Nagios website. Can i use that to deploy a new NagiosXI system?

Thanks.

[npolovenko]

Hello, @angus. OVA is a precompiled virtual machine image. You can use it if you have VSphere or alternative solution, but if you have an existing Linux server and if you want to install XI on it, then follow this documentation:
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... -Linux.pdf

*Remember to install the same version of XI that you're running on the old server. Otherwise, you won't be able to restore from a backup. It may be easier to upgrade the old XI server to the latest version and then do backup-restore.
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

[angus]

Npolovenko,

I assume by "Remember to install the same version of XI that you're running on the old server" that means the version 5.5.1 is the latest version, correct?

Thanks,

[jomann]

When you do a backup on the old server, and restore it on the new server, you would need to have installed the exact same XI version on the new server as you had on the old. So if you were running 5.4.2 on the old server and wanted to make a new server and follow those migration procedures you'd need to install XI 5.4.2 on a clean server.

If you are running XI 5.5.1 already on your old server, it would not be an issue.

Also, I would also like to point out that CentOS 7 still uses python 2 by default because of yum. What version of python were you considering using? You can install python 3 alongside python 2 on both CentOS 6 and 7.