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NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:43 pm
by bradctl
Install log attached.

Linux Distribution and version?

CentOS 6 U2

32 or 64bit?

2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

VMware Image or Manual Install of XI?

Manual install

Are there specials configurations on your system, ie; is Gnome installed? Are you using a proxy? Are you using SSL?

Puppetmaster server. Using SSL.

Running './3-services'...
/etc/services updated
RESULT=0
Running './4-firewall'...
iptables v1.4.7: Invalid rule number `0'
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
RESULT=2

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INSTALLATION ERROR!
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Installation step failed - exiting.
Check for error messages in the install log (install.log).

If you require assistance in resolving the issue, please include install.log
in your communications with Nagios XI technical support.

The script that failed was: './4-firewall'

Re: NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:18 am
by scottwilkerson
This can happen if iptables is off

Run the following

Code: Select all

cd /tmp/linux-nrpe-agent
cat /dev/null > 4-firewall
./fullinstall

Re: NRPE Installation failed on CentOS 6 Host

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:57 pm
by bradctl
That was it. I just turned iptables on, tried again, and it went through fine. Thanks.