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diff --git a/network/nagios/README b/network/nagios/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7a448ce3a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/nagios/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +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 nagios-plugins installed. + +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 + +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>. |