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Nagios Core - Installing Nagios Core From Source
Installing Nagios Core From Source This document describes how to install Nagios Core from source. This guide is broken up into several sections and covers different operating system (OS) distributions. If your OS Distribution is not included in this... Read More
NRPE - How To Install NRPE v4 From Source
Installing NRPE v4 From Source This document describes how to install and configure NRPE from source for use with Nagios Core/XI. The linux-nrpe-agent that ships with Nagios XI is only supported on CentOS, RHEL, OpenSUSE, SLES, Ubuntu, and Debian. ... Read More
NRPE - Upgrading To NRPE v3 From Source
Upgrading To NRPE v3 From Source This document explains what is required to upgrade to NRPE v3. The actual commands required to upgrade do not differ much from the installation steps, hence this KB article is a guide as to what steps need to be foll... Read More
Nagios Network Analyzer - My New Source Won’t Start
Problem Description You added a new source, but it did not automatically start. Now the Source won't start. Resolving The Problem When creating a new Source in Network Analyzer it creates the directory structure - the folders where it will st... Read More
NRPE - How to install NRPE from source without xinetd on CentOS 6.
Overview This guide is intended for administrators who would like to run NRPE without using xinetd. As xinetd does provide some level of security, it is not recommended to do this. Install and Configure NRPE to run without xinetd First, we need to... Read More
Nagios Log Server - Monitoring A New Log Source
Monitoring A New Log Source This document describes how to setup Nagios Log Server to monitor a new log source. Documentation - Monitoring A New Log Source Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at:... Read More
Nagios XI - How To Delete A Data Source From An RRD File
Overview This KB article explains how to remove a data source from an RRD file. This article applies if you are seeing similar entries in the log file /usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata.log after enabling debug logging in /usr/local/nagios/etc/pnp/proce... Read More
Nagios Plugins - Installing Nagios Plugins From Source
Overview This KB article provides instructions on installing Nagios Plugins from source. You will have observed that most of the existing documentation already includes steps on installing the plugins. However there are some plugins that require oth... Read More
NRDP - Installing NRDP From Source
Installing NRDP From Source This document describes how to install Nagios Remote Data Processor (NRDP) from source. NRDP is a simple, PHP-based passive result collector for use with Nagios. It is designed to be a flexible data transport mechanism and... Read More