Install And Configure Nagios on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by SK http://www.unixmen.com/install-configure-nagios-ubuntu-14-04- lts/ Nagios is an open source software that can be used for network and infrastructure monitoring. Nagios will monitor servers, switches, applications and services. It alerts the System Administrator when something goes wrong and also alerts back when the issues has been rectified. Using Nagios, you can: Monitor your entire IT infrastructure. Identify problems before they occur. Know immediately when problems arise. Share availability data with stakeholders. Detect security breaches. Plan and budget for IT upgrades. Reduce downtime and business losses. Scenario In this tutorial i am going to use two systems as mentioned below. Nagios server: Operating system : Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server IP Address : 192.168.1.250/24 Nagios client: Operating System : Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop IP Address : 192.168.1.100/24 Prerequisites Make sure your server have installed with fully working LAMP stack. If not, follow the below link to install LAMP server On Ubuntu 14.04 and earlier versions.
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Install And Configure Nagios on Ubuntu 14.04 LTSby SKhttp://www.unixmen.com/install-configure-nagios-ubuntu-14-04-lts/
Nagios is an open source software that can be used for network and infrastructure
monitoring. Nagios will monitor servers, switches, applications and services. It alerts the
System Administrator when something goes wrong and also alerts back when the issues
has been rectified.
Using Nagios, you can:
Monitor your entire IT infrastructure.
Identify problems before they occur.
Know immediately when problems arise.
Share availability data with stakeholders.
Detect security breaches.
Plan and budget for IT upgrades.
Reduce downtime and business losses.
ScenarioIn this tutorial i am going to use two systems as mentioned below.
Nagios server:
Operating system : Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server
IP Address : 192.168.1.250/24
Nagios client:
Operating System : Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop
IP Address : 192.168.1.100/24
PrerequisitesMake sure your server have installed with fully working LAMP stack. If not, follow the
below link to install LAMP server On Ubuntu 14.04 and earlier versions.
Install LAMP Server On Ubuntu 14.04
Install Nagios
Install nagios and nagios plugin using the following command:
sudo apt-get install nagios3 nagios-nrpe-plugin
During installation, you’ll have to answer some simple questions. First, you’ll be asked to
configure your mail server to get alerts from your nagios server.