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diff --git a/network/nagios/README b/network/nagios/README index 948f273e08..f08b8b64c3 100644 --- a/network/nagios/README +++ b/network/nagios/README @@ -2,28 +2,14 @@ Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes. -Nagios requires a "nagios" user and group; create these before running the -SlackBuild script. Examples: - - # groupadd -g 213 nagios - # useradd -u 213 -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -g nagios nagios - -For some scripts to work, it is necessary to include the 'apache' user in -the nagios group. - For some functions (most notably the "map" function), you need to have X installed on your server. You do not have to start X though, nagios just needs some of the libraries and fonts. -This SlackBuild installs the basic nagios system in /var/www/htdocs/ -To change the location, set the DOCROOT variable: - # DOCROOT=/your/docroot/dir ./nagios.SlackBuild - -For a useful setup, you will want to have monitoring-plugins installed. +For a useful setup, you will want to have monitoring-plugins installed +(nagios-plugins is also an option, but make sure to edit resource.cfg). -To configure nagios, some knowledge of httpd is required. Check the included -'README.SLACKWARE' file for some basic setup instructions. The include file -for httpd is installed as /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf +Check the included 'README.SLACKWARE' file for additional setup instructions. Lots of information is available in the included documentation, and even more can be found on the nagios site and wiki <http://wiki.nagios.org>. |