Nagios2014R1.0RC3 & RHEL6... wants a centos pkg?

[amybrown]

I built a new RHEL6.4 VM to test out Nagios2014R1.0RC3 and in attempting to run the fullinstall it errors out. The install.log shows:

Nagios XI Installation Log
==========================
DATE: Tue May 6 09:54:41 CDT 2014

DISTRO INFO:
RedHatEnterpriseServer
6.4
x86_64

THIS IS A NEW INSTALL!

INSTALLING:
full=2014R1.0RC3
major=2014
minor=R1.0RC2
releasedate=2014-04-29
release=402

Configuring Yum...
package centos-release is not installed
ERROR: Please add the 'Optional' channel to your Red Hat systems subscriptions.
You can do so in the Redhat Network web interface or using the rhn-channel command.
or, install the yum-utils package and use the following command:
yum-config-manager --enable rhel-6-server-optional-rpms

Why is it trying to fine/run a centos package if it knows it's RedHatEnterpriseServer?

[sreinhardt]

That is not erroring for needing centos-release rpm, it is erroring saying that optional channels on your system are not enabled. The note on centos is simply a check we use to ensure that it is not cent and is in fact RHEL. Please enable the optional repos with the instructions provided, and attempt the install again.

ERROR: Please add the 'Optional' channel to your Red Hat systems subscriptions.
You can do so in the Redhat Network web interface or using the rhn-channel command.
or, install the yum-utils package and use the following command:
yum-config-manager --enable rhel-6-server-optional-rpms

[amybrown]

Gotcha.. I think I've got my Satellite server syncing the channel it needs, then I can add it to the box and try it again.

[sreinhardt]

Cool, let us know how it goes.

[amybrown]

Success!

[slansing]

Excellent, thank you for letting us know!