Comments on: Installing Nagios with MacPorts http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike (owner) http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-20600 Mike (owner) Tue, 24 May 2011 22:28:56 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-20600 Thanks, I've updated to fix the errors you pointed out. Thanks, I’ve updated to fix the errors you pointed out.

]]> By: Steven Stromer http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-15951 Steven Stromer Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:04:43 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-15951 Awesome post. Thanks! A few minor comments... 1. In step 6, -P must be lowercase: sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/nagios/spool/checkresults 2. In step 5, sudo is repeated twice, and for those using the default apache install, htpasswd binary is located in the default path: sudo sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd -c /opt/local/etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin would then be: sudo htpasswd -c /opt/local/etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin Awesome post. Thanks! A few minor comments…

1. In step 6, -P must be lowercase:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/nagios/spool/checkresults

2. In step 5, sudo is repeated twice, and for those using the default apache install, htpasswd binary is located in the default path:
sudo sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd -c /opt/local/etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin

would then be:
sudo htpasswd -c /opt/local/etc/nagios/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin

]]> By: Mike (owner) http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Mike (owner) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:23:12 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-2100 I've fixed the mistake in step 4, thanks for that. I didn't get very far with this, Nagios seems more painful to configure than any piece of software should ever be. For a network that's constantly adding and updating devices, it's not very useful. I can say I got the thing running successfully with these steps, but that's about as far as I got with it. I’ve fixed the mistake in step 4, thanks for that. I didn’t get very far with this, Nagios seems more painful to configure than any piece of software should ever be. For a network that’s constantly adding and updating devices, it’s not very useful.
I can say I got the thing running successfully with these steps, but that’s about as far as I got with it.

]]> By: Mortimer Plantagenate http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Mortimer Plantagenate Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:03:54 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-2091 I'm very appreciative someone is assuming the entire groundwork is laid by MacPorts to get this going, thanks a lot for this. Not to be anal or anything, I still don't have this working yet in Snow Leopard or Leo(second fresh setup with 403 access denied errors) but it's only been a short while I've been trying. For the sake of completeness, it seems a bit out of order that the nagios-specific ScriptAlias comes before the Alias additions to the file, is that required? It is obvious that a MacPorts-installed Apache2 is being installed as well, but that's not mentioned. Also, step 4 assumes the working directory is /opt/local/etc/nagios, so you may want to throw in a "cd .." at the beginning of that step. Please understand I just want to verify I'm doing the steps correctly before I tinker with users and chown(wasn't there supposed to be a nagioscmd group as well?) I’m very appreciative someone is assuming the entire groundwork is laid by MacPorts to get this going, thanks a lot for this.
Not to be anal or anything, I still don’t have this working yet in Snow Leopard or Leo(second fresh setup with 403 access denied errors) but it’s only been a short while I’ve been trying.
For the sake of completeness, it seems a bit out of order that the nagios-specific ScriptAlias comes before the Alias additions to the file, is that required?
It is obvious that a MacPorts-installed Apache2 is being installed as well, but that’s not mentioned.
Also, step 4 assumes the working directory is /opt/local/etc/nagios, so you may want to throw in a “cd ..” at the beginning of that step.
Please understand I just want to verify I’m doing the steps correctly before I tinker with users and chown(wasn’t there supposed to be a nagioscmd group as well?)

]]> By: Clinton Blackmore http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Clinton Blackmore Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:24:06 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-2030 Fair enough. Thanks. Fair enough. Thanks.

]]> By: Mike (owner) http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Mike (owner) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:32:29 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-2023 Pretty much anything I'd guess. It's not a terribly complicated piece of software! "sudo port install nagios" is the easiest way to find out. Pretty much anything I’d guess. It’s not a terribly complicated piece of software! “sudo port install nagios” is the easiest way to find out.

]]> By: Clinton Blackmore http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Clinton Blackmore Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://mike.eire.ca/2009/08/17/installing-nagios-with-macports/#comment-1999 I'm glad to stumble upon this. Any ideas which variants of OS X this'll build and run on properly (Tiger Server, Leopard Client, ... ?) I’m glad to stumble upon this. Any ideas which variants of OS X this’ll build and run on properly (Tiger Server, Leopard Client, … ?)

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