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Hello,

I'm rebuilding our primary Nagios server from scratch.

The platform is Debian-9.11 (when will 10.x be supported?), and I've installed the base OS and the current version of Nagios XI (5.6.8).

Everything is working fine except I cannot use plugins from Nagios Exchange. I've downloaded them using the documented procedure - Admin->Manage Plugins->Nagios exchange. After installing the plugins I can see them in /usr/local/nagios/libexec, and on the Admin-Manage Plugins page after installing, but when I attempt to configure a service using the new plugins they are not on the pull-down list.

This is working on my current production server, which is running 5.5.9, so I'm probably forgetting something simple.

The plugins I'm trying to install now are simple perl scripts - check_bgp.pl and check_bgp.0.4.pl - and the ownership/permissions seem correct - www-data:nagios and mode 755.

I've reloaded the config many times since installing the new plugins, and have even rebooted the machine once since then.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

sgd wrote:when will 10.x be supported?

Not until at least the 5.7.0 release

sgd wrote:Everything is working fine except I cannot use plugins from Nagios Exchange. I've downloaded them using the documented procedure - Admin->Manage Plugins->Nagios exchange. After installing the plugins I can see them in /usr/local/nagios/libexec, and on the Admin-Manage Plugins page after installing, but when I attempt to configure a service using the new plugins they are not on the pull-down list.

You've missed the step where you define the command for the plugin outlined on page 4 here
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

Thank you.

I figured it was something really simple. It's been years since I've added new plugins, and I obviously forgot that part.

I really appreciate your prompt response.

sgd wrote:Thank you.

I figured it was something really simple. It's been years since I've added new plugins, and I obviously forgot that part.

I really appreciate your prompt response.

Glad to help.

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