Novell has bundled Nagios with SLES. You can deploy Nagios by compiling the binaries or using the RPMs provided with SLES. This article will address installation and configuration of Nagios using the current RPMs delivered with SLES 10 SP3 x64.
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MySQL is the favorite database utility for opensource software. Nagios and Nagios XI use MySQL to store data for retrieval by end-users. The retrieval process becomes evident when you install NDOutils and create organizational structure diagrams. However, why MySQL replication?
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Happy New Year! Here is a little tip on how we used the check_http and check_bigip_pool to eliminate our need for WebTrends. The servers being monitored are in the DMZ and the Nagios host is inside our firewall. I have deployed the NRPE daemon to our Solaris 9 servers, so we will also need to modify the nrpe.cfg file. The check_bigip_pool is run against our F5 appliance, which we use for load balancing. The check_bigip_pool command is run from the Nagios host against the F5. The following information is step-by-step on how I set these hosts and services up.
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In this installment of the Meet the Community series we interview Markus Almroth about SysNagios – a unique configuration addon for Nagios.
You can find information on SysNagios by visiting Nagios Exchange at: http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Configuration/SysNagios/details
Here are some helpful tips from Doug regarding the new release of the overhttp plugin for Nagios.
http://somethingdoug.com/thoughts/2009/10/05/nagiospluginoverhttp-0-11/
