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As per the above message I changed user/group permission for /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/* path after stopping mentioned services.
Also providing nagios.servie details below. Please check and let me know.
[root@bhusprv024 ~]#
[root@bhusprv024 ~]# cat /etc/systemd/system/nagios.service
[Unit]
Description=Nagios
BindTo=network.target

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Service]
User=nagios
Group=nagios
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
[root@bhusprv024 ~]#

The command to start the nagios service is missing the daemon that starts nagios as a daemon.

-d, --daemon Starts Nagios in daemon mode, instead of as a foreground process

To add this, edit this file Change this line from to Save the file and restart the service.

Then see if the nagios daemon creates the status file.

Normally the nagios daemon is started by the init.d script, and that script creates the required files is uses to create / gather the status files. etc...

Thanks for the info. We are able to start Nagios service after changing adding that line but it will stop after few minutes. Please check and let me know.
[root@bhusprv024 var]# /etc/init.d/nagios stop
Stopping nagios (via systemctl): [ OK ]
[root@bhusprv024 var]# /etc/init.d/nagios start
Starting nagios (via systemctl): [ OK ]
[root@bhusprv024 var]# /etc/init.d/nagios status
nagios (pid 24234) is running...
[root@bhusprv024 var]# /etc/init.d/nagios status
nagios (pid 24234) is running...
[root@bhusprv024 var]# /etc/init.d/nagios status
nagios is not running

Do you see any errors in the following log files? If so, can you post them so we can determine why the daemon is stopping?

now it is working after Executing below command separately. Thanks for your great help and really appreciate your support.
ExecStart=/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -d /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

That is good to hear that it is working.
Shall I mark the post as solved and lock it up for you?

Sure you can close but I need one more help on nagios tool.
Our colleague created dashboard under home page from his login id but I am not able to see those details in my login id.
Want to know how to share those dashboard to others. You can find the screen short below.

Dashboards are created on a per user basis so one user cannot see another users dashboard.
If the Enterprise feature is enabled on the server, the other user can deploy their dashboard to another account by clicking on the Deploy Dashboards link in the menu, select the Dashboard, the users and deploy it that way.
For more details on dashboards, take a look at this document.
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... boards.pdf

Thanks for the update.
Also want to know some information about Selenium tool.
We are using Selenium tool and want to see if this would be a comparable replacement for Nagios. Selenium is a Firefox plug-in and a testing tool, so its not the same as Nagios.
and want to know what capabilities it has and if it would be a possible replacement for Nagios?

Selenium is a tool for web browser based testing and automation.
Integrating Selenium with Nagios XI allows users to create service checks which automatically test your website and trigger status changes within Nagios XI if issues occur.
For more details on Selenium and it's capabilities, take a look as the following links.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefo ... enium-ide/
http://www.seleniumhq.org/