basic nagios/linux info needed

[Guy Waugh]

Hi Natalie,

I don't know the answer to Question 1... might be worth googling for.

In answer to Question 2, yum is, to quote from the first result of my google
search for 'man yum', "an interactive, automated update program which can be
used for maintaining systems using rpm". Basically, yum is a system that
allows an administrator to download and install pre-built software packages
from a repository. So, yes, it has installed nagios for you, so you don't
have to compile binaries etc. However, it is nagios 2 rather than nagios 3.

Cheers,
Guy.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Natalie Aloi
<naloi at experisdatacenters.com>wrote:

>  Hello all, I am attempting to install nagios on a new server...I wanted
> to use nag-3.0.6 but there is no rpm for it and I have been frustrated
> trying to use rpmbuild
> to create what I need, so since its a new server (or relatively blank) I
> tried this:
> Based on this info below 1. is it a problem unable to send message
> to package kit?
> 2. What does yum actually do? Does it install nagios so that I don't have
> to compile binaries, etc?
>
> thanks!
>
> [root at dns /]# yum install nagios
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package nagios.i386 0:2.11-3.fc9 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
>
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  nagios                  i386       2.11-3.fc9       fedora            2.1
> M
> Transaction Summary
>
> =============================================================================
> Install      1 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 2.1 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): nagios-2.11-3.fc9.i386.rpm                        | 2.1 MB     00:00
> Running rpm_check_debug
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>   Installing: nagios                       ######################### [1/1]
> Unable to send message to PackageKit
> Installed: nagios.i386 0:2.11-3.fc9
> Complete!
> [root at dns /]# pwd
> /
> [root at dns /]# find . -name nagios* -print
> ./usr/bin/nagiostats
> ./usr/sbin/nagios
> ./usr/lib/nagios
> ./usr/share/nagios
> ./usr/share/nagios/html/images/logos/nagios.gif
> ./usr/share/nagios/html/images/logos/nagiosvrml.png
> ./usr/share/nagios/html/images/logos/nagios.gd2
> ./usr/share/nagios/html/docs/nagiostats.html
> ./usr/share/doc/nagios-2.11
> ./usr/share/selinux/targeted/nagios.pp
> ./var/spool/nagios
> ./var/log/nagios
> ./etc/nagios
> ./etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
> ./etc/rc.d/init.d/nagios
> ./etc/logrotate.d/nagios
> ./etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf
> ./etc/selinux/targeted/modules/active/modules/nagios.pp
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