Tripp Lite B092-016 - Central Management and Setting up SDT for Nagios; Set up Central Nagios Server

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Chapter 10: Nagios Integration
10.2 Central management and setting up SDT for Nagios
TheNagiossolutionhasthreeparts:theCentralNagiosserver,DistributedConsoleServersandtheSDTforNagiossoftware.
CentralNagiosserver
• AvanillaNagios2.xor3.xinstallation(typicallyonaLinuxserver)
• Generallyrunningonablade,PC,virtualmachine,etc.atacentrallocation
• RunsawebserverthatdisplaystheNagiosGUI
• ImportscongurationfromdistributedConsoleServers
DistributedConsoleServers
• B096-016/B096-048orB092-016ConsoleServers
• SerialandnetworkhostsareattachedtoeachConsoleServer
• EachrunsNagiosplug-ins,NRPEandNSCAadd-ons,butnotafullNagiosserver
Clients
• TypicallyaclientPC,laptop,etc.runningWindows,LinuxorMacOSX
• RunsTrippLiteSDTConnectorclientsoftware1.5.0orlater
• ConnecttothecentralNagiosserverwebUItoviewstatusofmonitoredhostsandserialdevices
• ThenuseSDTConnectortoconnectthroughthedistributedConsoleServers,tomanagemonitoredhostsandserial
devices
10.2.1 Set up central Nagios server
TheNagiosserversoftwareisavailableformostmajordistributorsofLinuxusingthestandardpackagemanagementtools.
YourdistributorwillhavedocumentationavailableonhowtoinstallNagios.Thisisusuallythequickestandsimplestwaytoget
up and running.
NotethatyouwillneedthecoreNagiosserverpackage,andatleastoneoftheNRPEorNSCAadd-ons.NSCAisrequiredto
utilizethealertingfeaturesofthedistributedhosts;installingbothNRPEandNSCAisrecommended.
YouwillalsorequireawebserversuchasApachetodisplaytheNagioswebUI(andthismaybeinstalledautomaticallyasa
dependencyoftheNagiospackages).
Alternatively,youmaywishtodownloadtheNagiossourcecodedirectlyfromtheNagioswebsite,andbuildandinstallthe
softwarefromscratch.TheNagioswebsite(http://www.nagios.org)hasseveralQuickStartGuidesthatwalkthroughthis
process.
OnceyouareabletobrowsetoyourNagiosserverandseeitswebUIandthelocalservicesitmonitorsbydefault,youare
ready to continue.