NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

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bradctl
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NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Post by bradctl »

Install log attached.

Linux Distribution and version?

CentOS 6 U2

32 or 64bit?

2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

VMware Image or Manual Install of XI?

Manual install

Are there specials configurations on your system, ie; is Gnome installed? Are you using a proxy? Are you using SSL?

Puppetmaster server. Using SSL.

Running './3-services'...
/etc/services updated
RESULT=0
Running './4-firewall'...
iptables v1.4.7: Invalid rule number `0'
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
RESULT=2

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INSTALLATION ERROR!
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Installation step failed - exiting.
Check for error messages in the install log (install.log).

If you require assistance in resolving the issue, please include install.log
in your communications with Nagios XI technical support.

The script that failed was: './4-firewall'
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Re: NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Post by scottwilkerson »

This can happen if iptables is off

Run the following

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cd /tmp/linux-nrpe-agent
cat /dev/null > 4-firewall
./fullinstall
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Re: NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Post by bradctl »

That was it. I just turned iptables on, tried again, and it went through fine. Thanks.
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