Read only user to be created for users to access nagios GUI

[maglog1]

Hello,

I have one admin user nagiosadmin to access nagios GUI.

But want another just read only user which is able to access Nagios.

Can someone help me out as to how to create the read-only user for the same.

Regards,
Shreyansh

[jolson]

First, generate a new htaccess file for your read-only user:

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htpasswd -c /root/readuser.txt readuser

This creates a file in /root called readuser.txt:

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cat /root/readuser.txt

readuser:abcdefg.1234567

Cat that file, and append the output to /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users

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cat /root/readuser.txt >> /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users

Now test access with that user on your Nagios web GUI.

Note that the user does not yet have any permissions.

To provide readuser with proper permissions, edit your nagios cgi file:

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vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg

Look for the directives:

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authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin

Add the new user:

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authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,readuser
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,readuser

Now, you need to restart the Nagios daemon.

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service nagios restart

Test to ensure that the user is read-only and you should be good to go.

Best,

Jesse