[Nagiosplug-help] Installation of a Single Plugin

[Ian Rarity]

Hi James,

For a plugin that just consists of a bash/perl script, the basic process is:


-          Drop the plugin into your Nagios plugins directory (/usr/local/nagios/libexec by default), and make sure it can be executed by whatever user your Nagios instance runs as.

-          Add a command to commands.cfg (located in /usr/local/nagios/etc by default) to call the plugin and pass it any parameters it needs.

-          Add a service definition to services.cfg (same dir as above) that uses the command to check a service on a host.

-          Profit.

If you look at existing service/command definitions that are already in those files, you should get the idea; "install" is an awfully strong word for it if you come from a Windows background.

Ta,
IR.

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From: Pietan, James J (HSS) [mailto:james.pietan at alaska.gov]
Sent: 09 February 2012 19:29
To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] Installation of a Single Plugin


Recently, Nagios was added to my plate to maintain and update/upgrade as and when needed.

Having limited exposure to Nagios and Linux, I need a little help.

There are several plugins that I would like to install from the different Nagios web sites.

However, I lack some basic information -

How do I install a single plugin, whether it is a .pl or .sh

When all that is given is the command.... ?

Any help you would give is greatly appreciated.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

James Pietan

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