See Also: Quickstart Installation Guides, Security Considerations
This guide is intended to provide you with simple instructions on how to install Naemon from packages on Ubuntu and have it monitoring your local machine within 10 minutes. No advanced installation options are discussed here - just the basics that will work for 95% of users who want to get started.
These instructions were written for:
If you follow these instructions, here’s what you’ll end up with:
Add Consol Labs Repository
Install dirmngr if you do not already have it:
apt-get install dirmngr
Install GPG Key
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys F8C1CA08A57B9ED7
gpg --armor --export F8C1CA08A57B9ED7 | apt-key add -
Add the apt Repository
echo "deb http://labs.consol.de/repo/stable/debian $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/labs-consol-stable.list
Install Naemon
apt-get update
apt-get install naemon
Install dependencies
apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-fcgid libfontconfig1 libgd3 libjpeg8 libmysqlclient18 libpng12-0 libxpm4 xvfb
Download Naemon
cd ~/
mkdir naemon
cd naemon/
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-core-dbg_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-core_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-dev_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-livestatus_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-thruk-libs_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-thruk-reporting_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon-thruk_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian8/amd64/naemon_1.4.2_debian8_amd64.deb
Install Naemon
dpkg -i naemon*.deb
Install Nagios plugins
apt-get install nagios-plugins
Change path to Nagios plugins
vi /etc/naemon/resource.cfg
find $USER1$=/usr/lib/naemon/plugins
replace with $USER1$=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
Restart services
service naemon restart
service apache2 restart
Install dependencies
apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid libfontconfig1 libgd2-xpm libjpeg8 libmysqlclient18 libpng12-0 libxpm4 xvfb
Download Naemon
cd ~/
mkdir naemon
cd naemon/
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-core-dbg_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-core_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-dev_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-livestatus_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-thruk-libs_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-thruk-reporting_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon-thruk_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian7/amd64/naemon_1.4.2_debian7_amd64.deb
Install Naemon
dpkg -i naemon*.deb
Install Nagios plugins
apt-get install nagios-plugins
Change path to Nagios plugins
vi /etc/naemon/resource.cfg
find $USER1$=/usr/lib/naemon/plugins
replace with $USER1$=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
Restart services
service naemon restart
service apache2 restart
Install dependencies
apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid libfontconfig1 libgd2-xpm libjpeg8 libmysqlclient16 libpng12-0 libxpm4 xvfb
Download Naemon
cd ~/
mkdir naemon
cd naemon/
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-core-dbg_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-core_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-dev_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-livestatus_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-thruk-libs_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-thruk-reporting_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon-thruk_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
wget http://labs.consol.de/naemon/release/v1.4.2/debian6/amd64/naemon_1.4.2_debian6_amd64.deb
Install Naemon
dpkg -i naemon*.deb
Install Nagios plugins
apt-get install nagios-plugins
Change path to Nagios plugins
vi /etc/naemon/resource.cfg
find $USER1$=/usr/lib/naemon/plugins
replace with $USER1$=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
Restart services
service naemon restart
service apache2 restart
It’s most important to change your password to protect your site for unauthorized access
htpasswd /etc/thruk/htpasswd thrukadmin
You should now be able to access the Naemon web interface at the URL below. You’ll be prompted for the username admin and password you specified earlier or admin if you did not change your password.
http://localhost/naemon/