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Hey All,

Our AIX admins attempted to do a AIX NRPE install per the instructions here: http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... _Agent.pdf but ran into problems. Output is below, any ideas of what we may be overlooking here?

root@hqetldev03:[/tmp/aix-nrpe-agent] # ./fullinstall

=============================
Nagios XI AIX Agent Installer
=============================

This script will do a complete install of the Nagios XI
AIX agent by executing all necessary sub-scripts.

IMPORTANT: This script should only be used on a AIX
system. Do NOT use this on a system running
any other operating system.



Do you want to continue? [Y/n]y
Proceeding with installation...
Current step is 0-prereqs
0-prereqs appears to have already completed successfully. Moving on to the next step.
Current step is 1-usersgroups
1-usersgroups appears to have already completed successfully. Moving on to the next step.
Current step is 2-plugins
error: failed dependencies:
fping is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
gawk is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp-perl is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp-utils is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
openldap is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
openssl is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
python is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.1.0.0) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libldap.a(libldap-2.4.so.2) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libssl.a(libssl.so.1.0.0) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
2-plugins appears to have already completed successfully. Moving on to the next step.
Current step is 3-nrpe
error: failed dependencies:
nagios-plugins is needed by nrpe-2.13-1
libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.1.0.0) is needed by nrpe-2.13-1
libssl.a(libssl.so.1.0.0) is needed by nrpe-2.13-1
mkdir: 0653-357 Cannot access directory /etc/nagios.
/etc/nagios: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: 0653-437 /etc/nagios is not a directory.
chown: /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /etc/nagios/nrpe/: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
grep: 0652-033 Cannot open /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg.


################################################################################
### ###
### NRPE is currently set to allow connections only from these IP addresses: ###
### ###
### ###
### ###
### If you would like to change this list, enter all IP addresses to allow, ###
### separated by commas only, and then press Enter. ###
### (Put the address(es) of your Nagios XI servers(s) here.) ###
### ###
################################################################################

Allow from: [YAYNAGIOSSERVERYAY]
mv: 0653-401 Cannot rename /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg to /var/tmp/nrpe.cfg:
A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
./3-nrpe[50]: /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg: 0403-005 Cannot create the specified file.
rm: /var/tmp/nrpe.cfg: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

The nrpe service is not installed. Aborting.
3-nrpe appears to have already completed successfully. Moving on to the next step.
Current step is A-subcomponents
SUB
INSTALLING EXTRA PLUGINS...
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_asterisk.pl: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_asterisk_sip_peers.sh: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_cpu_stats.sh: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_init_service: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_netstat.pl: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_open_files.pl: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_sip: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/check_swap.pl: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/count_open_files: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/custom_check_mem: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/custom_check_procs: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/src: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
cp: /opt/nagios/libexec: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/nagisk.pl: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chown: /opt/nagios/libexec/count_open_files: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: /opt/nagios/libexec/count_open_files: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

real 0m0.11s
user 0m0.03s
sys 0m0.06s
A-subcomponents appears to have already completed successfully. Moving on to the next step.


############################################################################
### ###
### Nagios XI AIX Agent Installation Complete! ###
### ###
############################################################################

I am going to have to check with our AIX developer as to why this installer continued, but it looks like some required prerequisites are missing

gwakem wrote:fping is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
gawk is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp-perl is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
net-snmp-utils is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
openldap is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
openssl is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
python is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.1.0.0) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libldap.a(libldap-2.4.so.2) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1
libssl.a(libssl.so.1.0.0) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4.15-1

ok, thank you. Just as a frame of reference, we are using AIX v6100-06-05-1115.

Thanks for the additional info.

Any word back on this? Am I correct in assuming that the installer will pull in the pre-reqs, or will those have to be installed by the AIX admin?

Yes, the wrapper script "should" install all prerequisite packages if they were not installed previously.

Our AIX programmer has been out but I sent him a query on the subject.

My guess is that it is supposed to install the prereqs but a look at the installer, makes me think something got looked over.

It appears the needed packages are

Our AIX Admins have replied back regarding the problems they had with the nrpe for AIX instructions and update you provided:

The dependencies are the problem: IBM has let much of their open-source packages
stagnate, and is making very limited efforts to create rpm-packages
which are compatible with AIX 6 and 7 libraries.
We were requesting that Nagios supply a statically-linked (single) binary
for AIX 6 (and 7) with all packages included,
(since this should be "create-able" from the test environment they used to
establish that it would actually run).

I don't know if your AIX guy has had a chance to check the install script yet, but if so, can we get a link to it? Or is what our Admins are asking for something that could be done?

Any word back? I am trying to hold off the AIX Admins from requesting that we create custom scripts for everything we want to do and executing them via SSH...

Our AIX programmer is in tomorrow and I am going to pick his brain on this so we can help find a solution.

**Edit: He is working remotely today, sent him an email query.**