Installation Problem in Nagios 2.0b1

[Stephan Janosch]

Kaushal Patel wrote:
> Dear All,
> I am trying to install Nagios 2.0b1 as per the instructions given on
> http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/2688.  But faced a problem in the last
> step.
> 
> The problem is as follows. As said, I was trying to install Nagios from the
> steps given on the above website. Everything went fine but the last
> step.
> 
> ---------
> In order to be able to use Nagios, we need a couple of configuration
> files. These files go into the etc directory, which will be created
> when you run the following:
> 
> root at ducati:~/tmp/nagios/nagios-1.0b5# make install-config
> ---------
> 
> Now, when I type this command it gives me the following error message.
> 
> ---------
> [root at localhost nagios-2.0b1]# make install-config
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 775 -o nagios -g nagios -d /usr/local/n
> agios/etc
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 664 -o nagios -g nagios sample-config/n
> agios.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg-sample
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 664 -o nagios -g nagios sample-config/c
> gi.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg-sample
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 660 -o nagios -g nagios sample-config/r
> esource.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg-sample
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 664 -o nagios -g nagios sample-config/t
> 
> emplate-object/checkcommands.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/checkco
>                                                     mmands.cfg-sample
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 664 -o nagios -g nagios sample-config/t
> 
> emplate-object/contactgroups.cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/contact
>                                                     groups.cfg-sample
> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `sample-config/template-object/c
> 
> ontactgroups.cfg': No such file or directory
> make: *** [install-config] Error 1                       ////ERROR LINE
> [root at localhost nagios-2.0b1]#
> ----------
> 
> And, it does not finish the last step and thus installation. So, after
> this I did not try to install the plug-ins also, as this did not
> finish properly.
> 
> If anyone has the solution or some other link then please reply.
> 
> Let me tell you that I use Red Hat Linux 9 equivalent on KDE
> environment It is provided by our university and they call it UB Linux
> 3. I logged in as root while installing. 
> System Info:
> Celeron 800 MHz, 256 MB RAM, Separate 10 GB partition for Linux with
> Windows XP on 30 GB partition
> 

As far as i could see, the Makefile has some old entries. You can copy 
the config manually to your ../etc directory. The config files are in 
located in the sample-config/template.... dirs.



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