installing and launching nagiosXI web inerface

[skavalackal]

I installed the NagiosXI virtual machine on an ESX server and powered on . Changed the root password, changed the mysql password, assigned and IP addres. After that when I access the web site from another machine, I get the web page to access nagios link on it, but it goes straight to the logon screen. It does not give the install portion so that I can set up admin user and password. Any idea how to login or get the install portion. I am using IE8 from another machine. Also how do I login to the local host from the CentOS machine .Please help.

Senoy

[tonyyarusso]

Notes from phone conversation:

Also tried with Firefox, same result. He's seen the initial configuration screen that he should be getting in documentation & such, but never gets that on his system.

My suspicion is that we may have accidentally posted a VM image that was already initialized - trying to confirm that now.

[tonyyarusso]

Hmm, nope. I just downloaded the 1.3 VM from the Library, and it works as expected. Perhaps you could just try re-downloading and starting over?

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[skavalackal]

Thank you, I re-convert the VM and it works. It showed up the initial setup screen . But I tried to change the mysql password using mysqladmin, it gave me an error saying that "access denied, you need super privilege for this operation' How do I logged in as a super privilege user , I am new to centos environment.

Senoy

[mmestnik]

Currently one can not secure the mysql password. We've had this issue brought up before, since applications need access to mysql they would need to know the password. I don't have a list of all where the mysql password lives, however I do know that it's not something you could hope to keep a secret from anyone with local access.

[mmestnik]

I'm unfamiliar with that error. I'd say it just means you are using the wrong user for mysql. You should be using "mysqladmin -u root -p "...
The default password is "nagiosxi".

[skavalackal]

Thank you that works!

Senoy