Installing Nagios XI on Windows 7

[markshaw]

Hi,
I'm trying to install Nagios XI on a Win7 box.

I have downloaded ‘Microsoft virtual machine running CentOS 6.x with Nagios XI 2011’ as per here
http://library.nagios.com/library/produ ... loads/main

However at the bottom of the page it says
‘VMware Image Notes - You'll need VMware Server or VMware Player to run the virtual machine’

So I downloaded and installed Windows Virtual PC.
Then extracted the Nagios install file - nagiosxi-2011r3.2-virtualpc.zip.
This created two files; nagios.vhd & nagiosxi.vmc.
I ran nagiosxi.vmc which opened a Windows Virtual PC window with a Nagios login prompt.
I’ve logged in to Nagios console.

What now?

The docs say to connect , go to http://<xiserver>/
How do I find the ip address of the nagios server?
Did Nagios install to the Windows Virtual PC I just installed?
Is there a document somewhere I can read for a win install? The documentation for a Windows install seem very fragmented and light on detail.

Cheers,
Mark.

[yancy]

Hi marhshaw,

Documentation can be found in the NagiosXI Administration guide:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... lingvmware

here is one on setting up the virtual machine:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... _Notes.pdf

NagiosXI doesn't install on the Windows 7 machine, it comes preloaded on the VM. As long as the VM is running, NagiosXI is available.

From the login prompt, you can login with the following default credentials:

username: root
password: nagiosxi

to find the ip address, type:

Code: Select all

 ifconfig 

Hope that helps!

-Yancy

[markshaw]

Hi,
Thanks
I ran ifconfig. The only IP Address I can see is for 'lo' and is "127.0.0.1"
So as per the pdf you quoted (which dosen't cover windows...)
http://127.0.0.1/nagiosxi
doesn't connect to anything.
I also tried my PC IP address, same result.

There are some Network settings in Windows Virtual PC.
I tried all options in the drop down list, and restarted the Virtual PC after each time, then did a ifconfig, looked for the IP addressand tried to connect via HTTP.

The last network setting in the drop down list worked, and I connected to the NagiosXI installation page.

It's all up and running now.

Windows Virtual PC was recommended on NagiosXI download page, so I'd expect how it configured to be mentioned in Nagios documentation
....2 days to get Nagios installed & working. Should it really be that difficult....

Thanks for you help

[nscott]

markshaw,

I'll have a look at the documentation, and I'm glad you got it figured out. Let us know if you have any other questions.

/Nick