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Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:14 pm
by Sampath.Basireddy
I am configuring SSL for our Nagios Log Server instances.

I was able to configure on one instance of NLS successfully using https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... Server.pdf.

My question, how does this work on a NLS instance which is clustered with 2 or more instances of NLS?

Thank You,
Sampath

Re: Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:00 am
by scottwilkerson
If you log into the web UI on multiple of the machines in the cluster you would want o do the same on each machine.

If you only view the web UI from one machine this isn't necessary.

Re: Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:48 pm
by Sampath.Basireddy
We don't login to UI of either of the machines. We have a DNS Entry (CNAME) created "logserver.company.com" which points to one of the 2 servers in cluster.

Re: Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:10 pm
by scottwilkerson
Sampath.Basireddy wrote:We don't login to UI of either of the machines. We have a DNS Entry (CNAME) created "logserver.company.com" which points to one of the 2 servers in cluster.
then you would want to copy the certificate to both machines and update the config on both machines

Re: Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:09 pm
by Sampath.Basireddy
You mean configure SSL on both servers separately?

Since we use a CNAME to access NLS, I should be mentioning the CNAME when Certificate is Signed?

Re: Configure SSL/TLS for Nagios Log Server

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:39 pm
by scottwilkerson
Sampath.Basireddy wrote:You mean configure SSL on both servers separately?
Yes, you would set them up both exactly the same using the same certificate.
Sampath.Basireddy wrote:Since we use a CNAME to access NLS, I should be mentioning the CNAME when Certificate is Signed?
Yes. The CNAME is the hostname or Common Name. You will see this on page 3 of the document