Install NagiosXI on RHEL without /home/nagios

[GKWilly]

Here is my predicament:
Our corporate security policy for RHEL does not permit a local server account to have a folder in the home path.
The NagiosXI install stops at 2-usersgroup when it cannot create and chown /home/nagios

The corporate security overlords will allow a directory services account to have a home folder
So we created an AD account called nagios, and it has the home path
2-usergroups fails, but the install log doesn't capture more than it fails

If I hack the install script to not check the user existence, the install finishes, but ends up in a permanent loop at the install.php page.

Aside from moving to the CentOs OVA build from Nagios, does anyone have a suggestion or workaround?

OVA is less preferred than RHEL 7 as it puts all of the support of the platform wholly on the rather small monitoring team and requires regular exception approvals for not using the corporate build.

Thank you very much in advance
-GKWilly

[benjaminsmith]

Hi @GKWilly,

Thanks for trying out Nagios XI. I'd have to circle back with development on this for clarification, but that the nagios user home path must be utilized in another area of the code.

It might be possible to modify the install script settings instead of skipping over that, but this will create issues when you want to upgrade, so this generally not recommended or a supported configuration.

Also, If you prefer to do a manual install on RHEL, just follow the instructions in the following guide.

Installing Nagios XI Manually on Linux

Let us know if you need any assistance.

Benjamin

[GKWilly]

Benjamin, thank you for the reply.

However, that is the process we're attempting to follow

cd /tmp
wget https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... est.tar.gz
tar xzf xi-latest.tar.gz
cd nagiosxi
./fullinstall

Our Unix/Linux support team are advising against using the home/nagios folder, as they have the path mounting to a NAS volume.
Looking at the OVA based CentOS server's we've stood up, the home/nagios path are empty.
Is it possible to bypass the check and chown of this path? Or redirect to another folder?
-GK

[benjaminsmith]

Hi @GKWilly,

I see you have an open ticket for this issue in our ticketing system, so let's close this out and move the conversation there. We prefer to work one forum post or ticket per issue so we can best focus our efforts. Thank you!

Here's the link to your ticket:
https://support.nagios.com/tickets/scp/ ... p?id=10269