Trouble installing WEBMIN

[Andreas Ericsson]

Slade Edmonds wrote:
> Rysstad - Tor Arne wrote:
> 
>> Hei guys!
>>
>> I give up... :-)
>>
>> I am trying to install Nagios 1.2 and Nagmin 2.2.0 on Redhat 8.0.
>>
>> I have edited nagios.cfg and cgi.cfg, and have added some hosts, 
>> groups etc.
>> to webmin.
>> When I try to verify the config, I get the errormessage below.. My
>> HostGroup.cfg follow under the errormessage..
>>
>> Thank you all VERY MUCH for any help/hints that can get me over this 
>> one..
>> :-)
>>
>> Regards from Oslo, Norway,
>> Tor Arne
>>
>> Errormessage:
>>
>> Verify Nagios Configuration
>> Synchronizing logo directories... Creating dynamic Port Scan services...
>> Creating dynamic SNMP Interface services...
>> Creating PING services for interfaces...
>> Creating dynamic Service Group services...
>> Creating Parent Dependencies...
>> /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v -c /usr/local/nagmin/nagios/verify.cfg 
>> Verification Failed!!
>> Nagios 1.2
>> Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
>> Last Modified: 02-02-2004
>> License: GPL
>>
>> Reading configuration data...
>>
>> Error: Could not add object property in file
>> '/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/HostGroup.cfg' on line 9.
>>
>>
>> ***> The name of the main configuration file looks suspicious...
>>
>>     Make sure you are specifying the name of the MAIN configuration 
>> file on
>>     the command line and not the name of the host configuration file.  
>> The
>>     main configuration file is typically 
>> '/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg'
>>
>> ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config
>> files...
>>
>>     Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid
>>     directives and data defintions.  If you are upgrading from a previous
>>     version of Nagios, you should be aware that some 
>> variables/definitions
>>     may have been removed or modified in this version.  Make sure to read
>>     the HTML documentation on the main and host config files, as well as
>> the
>>     'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.
>>
>>
>>
>> HostGroup.cfg:
>>
>> ## NagMIN Configuration File (/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/HostGroup.cfg) for
>> HostGroup
>> ## Generated Wed May 19 21:12:26 2004
>> define hostgroup {
>>    hostgroup_name    skarp_servere_win
>>    alias    skarp_servere_win
>>    contact_groups    admins
>>    members    xp1nt03
>> #   comment    win-serv }
>>    rtt_day    all
>>    rtt_week    all
>>    rtt_month    all
>>    rtt_year    all
>>    sla_day    all
>>    sla_week    all
>>    sla_month    all
>>    sla_year    all
>> }
>>
>>  
>>
> If line 9 in this snip of your config is the same line 9 as the your 
> actual config, then it has a problem with # comment win-serv ).  Errors 
> may follow after that too.  I've never seen any hostgroup config file 
> like that. 

Neither have I, but it seems that's some sort of internal format that 
nagmin saves it in, considering the comments at the top of the file.

> Try something like this:
> 
> # 'some-hosts' host group definition
> define hostgroup{
>        hostgroup_name  some-hosts
>        alias           Some Hosts Described
>        contact_groups  admins
>        members         username
>        }
> 

... except that 'members' ofcourse should be followed by a bunch of 
host_name's instead.
Check out the template-based configuration syntax in the documentation 
att www.nagios.org, fire up your favorite editor and start hacking away 
at it.


> Slade
> 

-- 
Sourcerer / Andreas Ericsson
OP5 AB
+46 (0)733 709032
andreas.ericsson at op5.se


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