FreeBSD & Nagios with statusmap.cgi | How??

[Chris McGee]

Alright, got this problem solved.  Anyone having problems with the
statusmap.cgi on FreeBSD, here is the solution.  In short, this particular
cgi relies on gd and the configure script can't find it if you've
installed the port.  It must be gd 1.6.3 or higher.  Check pkg_info and
see if you have gd installed.  If not, it should be in
/usr/ports/graphics/gd.  Run your configure script with
--with-gd-lib=/usr/local/lib/ --with-gd-inc=/usr/local/include/gd/
as options and it should detect the port version of gd.  Continue with
installation as normal and it should install the statusmap.cgi.  This
worked for me.  If you have any trouble, feel free to contact me.

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Bas van der Veen wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Thanks.
> I too noticed the prefix change.
>
> I'll compile it again from source then.
> I'd really appreciate the info on the statusmap. :)
>
> Bas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris McGee [mailto:chris at xecu.net]
> Sent: donderdag 27 februari 2003 21:24
> To: Bas van der Veen
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] FreeBSD & Nagios with statusmap.cgi | How??
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Bas van der Veen wrote:
>
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > Could you please tell me how you installed Nagios on your FreeBSD machine?
> > I got it working without statusmap.cgi by compiling. I somehow got it all working running the ported version. Which one would you recommend?
> >
> > Bas
>
> Actually, it's funny you ask about this because since I've upgraded to the
> non-beta version, the statusmap stopped working.  I've built mine from
> source and as soon as I figure out why it doesn't install, I'll gladly
> tell you.  I just recently upgraded so I'm still sorting out a few upgrade
> bugs.  I did have it running from teh port on one machine but you'll
> notice everything goes to strange places.  It uses /usr/local as the
> prefix instead of /usr/local/nagios.  I prefer the source.  I'll fill you
> in when I solve the mysterious statusmap problem.
>
> Chris
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris McGee [mailto:chris at xecu.net]
> > Sent: donderdag 27 februari 2003 16:27
> > To: Bas van der Veen
> > Cc: Karl DeBisschop; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] FreeBSD & Nagios with statusmap.cgi | How??
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm one "Nagios on FreeBSD" user.  I agree that it is very hard for the
> > Nagios development team to keep track of all the ports for various OS's.
> > The nice thing is that the OS developers/port developers do it for us.  If
> > you're using freebsd and looking for a port/package for it, the freebsd
> > team has been nice enough to provide us with a page to search through the
> > ported applications
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Bas van der Veen wrote:
> >
> > > You're right.
> > >
> > > I suppose there are too much *NIX and *BSD types around, and the last thing I expect is the Nagios developers being too busy keeping track of all used OSes instead of improving Nagios.
> > >
> > > Let's just say I was surprised I couldn't find (almost) anything about Nagios on FreeBSD. I thought FreeBSD was a commonly used OS, to my surprise there aren't much Nagios fans using it.
> > >
> > > If you'd like me to provide you with some info about the FreeBSD port, let me know... I'll see what I can do (please keep in mind that I have nothing to do with the ported install and that I mostly use RedHat Linux (up till now).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Bas
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Karl DeBisschop [mailto:karl at debisschop.net]
> > > Sent: donderdag 27 februari 2003 13:29
> > > To: Bas van der Veen
> > > Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] FreeBSD & Nagios with statusmap.cgi | How??
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 07:12, Bas van der Veen wrote:
> > > > Karl,
> > > >
> > > > I didn't mean to imply that the developers of Nagios should make the *total* faq for running Nagios on FreeBSD.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Just a little note stating that FreeBSD users can use the ported version (without any warranty about it functioning or not) would have been nice. I had Nagios up and running in 3 hours on a linux box (fully working that is). FreeBSD takes 2 days now and it ain't finished yet :-( (FreeBSD = company policy).
> > >
> > > My point is that I don't know except through you that nagios is in ports
> > > (though apparently some on the list do). I still don't know if the
> > > plugins are in ports. And I don't really know how to find out.
> > >
> > > Then there the other BSD's, sunfreeware, debian, mandrake, gentoo,
> > > caldra, and a variety of other porting/packaging facilites. Would you
> > > have us track all those too?
> > >
> > > IMHO, the maintainers should feel free to come forward and ask for
> > > posting, and try to help keep those FAQ items up to date. As a general
> > > proposition, it is not in our scope, unless we add advocacy to our
> > > scope.
> > >
> > > Do you see my point? Maybe I'm being thick, but I think it's a point
> > > worth at least considering.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Karl
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Karl DeBisschop [mailto:karl at debisschop.net]
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 05:52, Bas van der Veen wrote:
> > > > > Ok, looks like nagios is a ported application for FreeBSD.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am now checking whether this install works :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Would have been nice if I could have found this in the FAQ's or the FM though...
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure I agree. We have nothing to do with the port. It can come
> > > > or go, the version in ports can change, the maintainer could forsake the
> > > > material world and run off the a convent at the north pole and we'd know
> > > > nothing about it. So why shoould we be responsible for making that FAQ.
> > > > Shouldn't the ports maintainer make that information readily available,
> > > > rather than us?
> > > >
> > > > (Not trying to be sarcastic -- nor do I rule the idea out. But it does
> > > > seem like our standing in FreeBSD ports is simply not best placed in our
> > > > FAQ, or if there is a placement, it should be quite general.)
> > > >
> > > > Or the port maintainer should be more communicative about it to us so we
> > > > can know the above things. (Maybe s/he has been and I've missed it, bu
> >
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