multiple instances

[Mario Sergio Candian]

Hi Tim,

I thought that i should need many config files, nagios.cfg, and cgi.cfg
for each one. I configured, using one nagios.cfg, cgi.cfg and it work fine
now. Thank you very much for help me!

Thanks for all attention and help of the community.

Mario Sergio

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Tim Palmer wrote:

> Hi Mario,
>
> You're still not getting it. You only need one Nagios, one set of files.
> You don't need all these extra companyA/B things. You just need to
> 1) Read the documenation more throughly, especially the section I pointed
> you to
> 2) setup your contacts and contactgroups to reflect the companies.
>
> One Nagios installation, with one set of config files, does all the
> monitoring. What your users see is determined by the user/password they use
> to log in.
>
> At 04:53 PM 10/7/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Hi Tim,
> >
> >i do what u tell me. I copied the nagios.cfg and cgi.cfg for the directory
> >of the companyA, and companyB. Then, I edited the files, and I put the
> >following form:
> >
> >In /companyA/etc/cgi.cfg:
> >
> >main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nagios.cfg
> >
> >physical_html_path=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share
> >
> >url_html_path=/companyA
> >
> >authorized_for_configuration_information=companyA
> >...
> >
> >In /companyA/etc/nagios.cfg
> >
> >log_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/var/nagios.log
> >
> >...
> >
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg
> >...
> >
> >status_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/var/status.log
> >
> >nagios_user=nagios
> >
> >...
> >
> >the same for the companyB (cgi.cfg and nagios.cfg) modifying only the
> >names.
> >
> >My cgi.cfg and nagios.cfg default is:
> >
> >cgi.cfg:
> >
> >main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
> >
> >physical_html_path=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share
> >
> >url_html_path=/nagios
> >
> >use_authentication=1
> >
> >authorized_for_system_information=admin
> >...
> >
> >And my nagios.cfg is:
> >
> >log_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/var/nagios.log
> >
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
> >cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg
> >
> >...
> >
> >comment_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/var/comment.log
> >
> >...
> >
> >In my httpd.conf:
> >
> >    ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
> >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >      Options ExecCGI
> >      Order allow,deny
> >      Allow from all
> >   </Directory>
> >
> >     ScriptAlias /companyA/cgi-bin/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> >    <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
> >       AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >       Options ExecCGI
> >       Order allow,deny
> >       Allow from all
> >       require user mdbrasil
> >    </Directory>
> >
> >     ScriptAlias /companyB/cgi-bin/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> >    <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
> >       AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >       Options ExecCGI
> >       Order allow,deny
> >       Allow from all
> >       require user twi
> >    </Directory>
> >
> >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> >      Options None
> >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >      Order allow,deny
> >      Allow from all
> >   </Directory>
> >
> >    Alias /companyA/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
> >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> >      Options None
> >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >      Order allow,deny
> >      Allow from all
> >      require user mdbrasil
> >   </Directory>
> >
> >    Alias /companyB/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
> >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> >      Options None
> >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >      Order allow,deny
> >      Allow from all
> >      require user twi
> >   </Directory>
> >
> >Do I need to run the nagios.cfg of the companyA and companyB directory?
> >e.g:
> >./nagios -d /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nagios.cfg
> >and
> >./nagios -d /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyB/etc/nagios.cfg
> >
> >or, only nagios.cfg of the /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc
> >directory?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Mario Sergio
> >
> >On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Tim Palmer wrote:
> >
> > > No, you are making this far more complicated than it needs to be.
> > >
> > > One nagios.cfg, one cgi.cfg, one webspace, one ScriptAlias, one Alias. You
> > > don't need all this extra stuff.
> > >
> > > When a user logs into apache, the account that they use to login will be
> > > matched to a contact in your contacts.cfg. What that person will see is
> > > determined by which hosts/hostgroups/services use the contactgroup that
> > > this contact is a member of.
> > >
> > > In general, don't put any contacts besides maybe a "superuser" in the
> > > cgi.cfg "authorized_for_..." lines.
> > >
> > > Read - very carefully, as many times as necessary - the section in the docs
> > > called "Configuring Authentication for the CGIs". Make sure you understand
> > > the "definitions" section near the top.
> > >
> > > tim
> > >
> > > At 01:59 PM 10/5/2004, Mario Sergio Candian wrote:
> > >
> > > >Oks guys,
> > > >
> > > >i will edit the cgi.cfg, and i will need to define some attributes as
> > > >like:
> > > >
> > > >main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
> > > >main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nagio
> > s.cfg
> > > >main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyB/etc/nagio
> > s.cfg
> > > >
> > > >url_html_path=/nagios
> > > >url_html_path=/companyA
> > > >url_html_path=/companyB
> > > >
> > > >authorized_for_system_information=admin,userA,userB
> > > >
> > > >will i need to copy the etc (with the .cfg files) for other directory
> > > >(/companyA/etc) and (/companyB/etc)? Or will i can edit the .cfg files
> > > >in the /nagios/etc?
> > > >
> > > >then, i will define the hosts, hostgroups, services, and i need to create
> > > >the aliases scripts:
> > > >
> > > >     ScriptAlias /companyA/cgi-bin/
> > > >/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/sbin/
> > > >    <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
> > > >       AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > > >       Options ExecCGI
> > > >       Order allow,deny
> > > >       Allow from all
> > > >    </Directory>
> > > >
> > > >     ScriptAlias /companyB/cgi-bin/
> > > >/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/CompanyB/sbin/
> > > >    <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
> > > >       AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > > >       Options ExecCGI
> > > >       Order allow,deny
> > > >       Allow from all
> > > >    </Directory>
> > > >
> > > >    Alias /companyA/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
> > > >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> > > >      Options None
> > > >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > > >      Order allow,deny
> > > >      Allow from all
> > > >   </Directory>
> > > >
> > > >    Alias /companyB/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
> > > >   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> > > >      Options None
> > > >      AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > > >      Order allow,deny
> > > >      Allow from all
> > > >   </Directory>
> > > >
> > > >Is this correcty?
> > > >
> > > >Mario Sergio
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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