{"id":215,"date":"2011-06-25T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:00:35","slug":"nagios-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/nagios-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install NAGIOS in linux or windows server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagios is a powerful monitoring tool used to track the health, performance, and availability of servers, network devices, applications, and services. It helps system administrators detect and resolve issues before they impact users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagios works by continuously monitoring hosts and services, sending alerts when issues are detected, and providing a web-based interface for real-time status visibility. It is widely used in enterprise environments for proactive infrastructure monitoring and alerting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-requisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before installing Nagios, ensure the following requirements are met:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linux or Windows Server with administrative\/root access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apache or compatible web server (for web interface)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Required libraries (GD library, OpenSSL, Perl, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sufficient disk space and memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IMPLEMENTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Download the latest version of nagios from the following link<br \/>http:\/\/www.nagios.org\/download\/<br \/>Then, unpack the Nagios distribution, use the following command<br \/>#tar xzf nagios-2.6.tar.gz<br \/>Navigate\u00c2\u00a0 to the newly created directory<br \/>#cd nagios-version (nagios-2.6)<br \/>Run the configure script<br \/># .\/configure &#8211;prefix=\/usr\/local\/nagios &#8211;with-cgiurl=\/nagios\/cgi-bin &#8212;<br \/>with-htmurl=\/nagios\/ &#8211;with-nagios-user=nagios &#8211;with-nagios-<br \/>group=nagios &#8211;with-command-group=nagios<\/p>\n<p>where<br \/>&#8211;prefix=\/usr\/local\/nagios is the Nagios root folder<br \/>&#8211;with-cgiurl=\/nagios\/cgi-bin is the Nagios CGI folder<br \/>&#8211;with-htmurl=\/nagios\/ is the Nagios HTML\/Website folder<br \/>&#8211;with-nagios-user=nagios is the Nagios user<br \/>&#8211;with-nagios-group=nagios is the Nagios group<br \/>&#8211;with-command-group=nagios is the Nagios command group which has <br \/>webserver user (Apache) and the nagios user as members.<br \/>If we want more options just type the following command<br \/>#.\/configure &#8211;help<\/p>\n<p>#make all<br \/>this will Compile Nagios and the CGIs<br \/>#make install<br \/>This will Install the binaries and HTML files (documentation and main <br \/>web page)<br \/>#make install-init<br \/>This will install the Startup scripts(to \/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/nagios)<br \/># make install-commandmode<br \/>This will Create the required directory for command file and assign <br \/>appropriate permissions to it for the external commands.<br \/># make install-config<\/p>\n<p>This installs SAMPLE config files in \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc .We&#8217; &#8216;ll have to <br \/>modify these sample files before we can use Nagios.<br \/>This will complete the installation Now we need to know the Directory <br \/>Structure and File locations. After navigating to\u00c2\u00a0 \/usr\/local\/nagios , we <br \/>would see 5 sub-directories:<br \/>* bin\/ Nagios core program<br \/>* etc\/ Main, resource, object, and CGI configuration files should be put <br \/>here<br \/>* sbin\/ CGIs<br \/>* share\/ HTML files (for web interface and online documentation)<br \/>* var\/ Empty directory for the log file, status file, retention file,etc.<\/p>\n<p>Next thing we need to concentrate is \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc directory <br \/>where all the sample configuration files like nagios.cfg-sample,cgi.cfg-<br \/>sample stores.<br \/>So, we need to rename these sample configuration files to .cfg files.<br \/>Hence, the basic installation of nagios is completed.<\/p>\n<p>INSTALL NAGIOS PLUGINS:<\/p>\n<p>Plugins are usually installed in the libexec\/ directory of your Nagios <br \/>installation (i.e. \/usr\/local\/nagios\/libexec).<br \/>a) Download Nagios Plugins<br \/>b) Untar the downloaded file and navigate to nagios plugin dir.<br \/>c) .\/configure and make &amp;&amp; make install<br \/>This should install the plugins in the \/usr\/local\/nagios\/libexec directory.<\/p>\n<p>SETTING UP THE WEB INTERFACE FOR NAGIOS:<\/p>\n<p>1) Create configuration entries for nagios in httpd.conf<br \/>2) Restart Apache<br \/>3) Setup User Authentication:\u00c2\u00a0 This can be done by,<br \/># htpasswd -c \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin<\/p>\n<p>Enter the required password when prompted. This will setup htaccess <br \/>on the site by creating a new file named htpasswd.users under <br \/>\/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/ with the first user nagios admin. <br \/>You can add as many user you wish by<br \/># htpasswd \/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/htpasswd.users (username)<\/p>\n<p>For the CGIs to use Authentication on Nagios, edit the file <br \/>\/usr\/local\/nagios\/etc\/cgi.cfg and set\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153use_authentication=1\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>You can now access the web interface at http:\/\/HOSTNAME&gt;\/nagios\/<\/p>\n<p>NAGIOS CONFIGURATION:<\/p>\n<p>Main Configuration file:\u00c2\u00a0 nagios.cfg<br \/>Resource File: resource.cfg<br \/>Commands Config File: commands.cfg<\/p>\n<p>Other Object Configuration files are:<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0hosts.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0hostgroup.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0services.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0servicegroup.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0contacts.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0contactsgroup.cfg<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0timeperiod.cfg<\/p>\n<p>Syntax Check and Nagios Reload:<br \/>\/usr\/local\/\/nagios\/bin\/nagios -v \/usr\/local\/\/nagios\/etc\/nagios.cfg<br \/>\/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/nagios reload<\/p>\n<p>HOSTS.CFG<\/p>\n<p>define host{<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 host_name\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 my-host<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 alias\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 my-host.domain.ac.uk<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 address\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 168.192.0.1<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 check_command\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 check-host-alive<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 max_check_attempts\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 10<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 check_period\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 24&#215;7<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 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}<\/p>\n<p>SERVICES.CFG<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 define service{<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 name\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 ping-service<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 service_description\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 PING<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 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\/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 retry_check_interval\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 contact_groups\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 unix-admins<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 notification_options\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 w,u,c,r<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 notification_interval\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 960<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 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register\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1<br \/>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p>HOSTGROUPS.CFG<\/p>\n<p># &#8216;hong-kong&#8217; host group definition<br \/>define hostgroup{<br \/>hostgroup_name hong-kong<br \/>alias Hong Kong Group<br \/>contact_groups hk-admins*<br \/>members HK1,HK2<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p># &#8216;new-york&#8217; host group definition<br \/>define hostgroup{<br \/>hostgroup_name new-york<br \/>alias New York Group<br \/>contact_groups ny-admins*<br \/>members NY1,NY2<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p>NAGIOS LOG FILES<\/p>\n<p>Nagios.log <br \/>Status Log:\u00c2\u00a0 nagios\/var\/status.log<br \/>Downtime Log File:\u00c2\u00a0 nagios\/var\/downtime.log<br \/>Comment log File: nagios\/var\/comment.log<br \/>Nagios Lock File: nagios.lock =&gt; Nagios creates this file when it runs as <br \/>a daemon. 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