Eric Mislivec - Getting Started With Nagios Core

Getting Started with Nagios Core
Eric Mislivec
[email protected]
The Plan
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What is Nagios Core?
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Features & Benefits
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Architecture
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Installation & Configuration
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Resources & Support
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Get Involved
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Questions
What is...
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The Standard in Open Source IT Monitoring
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15+ years
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A monitoring and alerting engine
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Why we're here
Comprehensive Monitoring
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A few 'Nagiosable' things
– System metrics
– Service status
– Applications
– Network devices
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???
– “There's a check for that.”
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Network / logical hierarchy
Visibility
Alerting & Awareness
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Multiple methods
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email, SMS, ...
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Customizable
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Targetable
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Escalations for multi-user setups
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Schedule downtime, avoid false alerts
Problem Remediation
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Acknowledge problems online
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Event handlers for automation
Reporting
Extendable Architecture
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List of 'objects' to monitor
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Schedule of things to do
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Run checks, other commands
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Other work as requested
Objects
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Hosts & Host Groups
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Services & Service Groups
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Contacts & Contact Groups
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Commands
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Time Periods
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Notification Escalations
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Notification and Execution Dependencies
Checks
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Active
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Initiated by Nagios process
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Regularly scheduled
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On demand
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Passive
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Initiated externally
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Results sent to Core
Formats & APIs
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Configurable commands
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Plugin / check result format
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Performance data
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External commands
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Query handler
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Check results spool
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CGIs, now with JSON
NEBs
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Nagios Event Broker Modules
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Loaded into Core on startup
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Hook into key steps
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Can override or cancel some
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Examples
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Distribute checks: mod_gearman
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Export data: NDOUtils
That's Nice, but...
...how do I get started?

Installation - 'Soft' Requirements
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UNIX OS: Linux, BSD, OS X, Solaris, AIX, …
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C compiler & development tools
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Web server, PHP, gd (CGIs)
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Network access
Installation - 'Hard' Requirements
General Monitoring
Minimum Recommended
Processor 1 GHz 2 GHz+
Memory 512 MB 1 GB+
Storage 512 MB 2 GB+
...or a Raspberry Pi...

Depends on rate and type of checks
Installation - Before We Begin...
WARNING: Comand Line Follows!

It doesn't last forever
Let's install Core on CentOS 6.5 Minimal

Installation - Prerequisites
# Install dependencies for Core and popular plugins

yum install -y autoconf automake gcc glibc glibc-common make wget \
fping bind-utils net-snmp net-snmp-utils perl-Net-SNMP samba-client \
openssl-devel openssh-devel mysql-devel gettext gd gd-devel httpd php
# Setup users and groups

groupadd nagcmd
useradd nagios -s /sbin/nologin -M -d /usr/local/nagios/ -U -G nagcmd
usermod -a -G nagcmd apache
usermod -a -G nagios apache
Installation - Nagios Plugins
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Official collection of common plugins
– nagios-plugins.org
# Get the Nagios Plugins source code

cd /tmp
wget http://nagios-plugins.org/download/nagios-plugins-2.0.3.tar.gz
tar xzvf nagios-plugins-2.0.3.tar.gz
cd nagios-plugins-2.0.3
# Build and install the plugins
./tools/setup
./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
make && make install
Installation - Nagios Core
# Get the Nagios Core source code
cd /tmp
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nagios-4.0.8.tar.gz
tar xzvf nagios-4.0.8.tar.gz
cd nagios-4.0.8
# Build and Install Nagios Core

./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd --with-nagios-group=nagios
make all
make install install-init
make install-config
make install-commandmode
make install-webconf
# Setup credentials for accessing the web backend.

sudo -u nagios htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
Installation - System Setup
# SELinux is enforcing by default on CentOS. Disable it for this example.
setenforce 0
# Open up ports for HTTP. We use -I to insert the new rules at the head of
# the INPUT chain; -A adds them at the tail, possibly after a REJECT rule.
iptables -I INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
service iptables save
# Now (re)start our services to use the new configuration.

service httpd restart
service nagios start
# Have our services start automatically.

chkconfig nagios on
chkconfig httpd on
Installation - Try It Out
Installation - Try It Out
Anatomy of an Installation
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/usr/local/nagios/
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bin/ - Nagios Core binaries
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etc/ - Configuration files
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libexec/ - Plugins, event handlers, cmds
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sbin/ - CGI binaries
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share/ - Web UI files
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var/ - Runtime files, data, logs
etc/nagios.cfg
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General program settings
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File paths
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NEBs to load
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Loading other configuration
# You can specify individual config files:
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg
# Configuration for multiple hosts:

cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts
Configuration Basics
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Basic format
define someobjecttype {
some_variable Some text
another_variable 1234
}
A Partial Template Example
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Template
define host {
check_command check-host-alive
notification_options d,u,r
max_check_attempts 5
name host_template
register 0
}
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Host
define host {
use host_template
host_name example-host
alias Partial Host Example
host_address 127.0.0.1
}
A Real Host Template
define host {
name generic-host ; Name of this host template
notifications_enabled 1 ; Host notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Host event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Keep status info across restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Keep non-status info across restarts
notification_period 24x7 ; Send host notifications at any time
register 0 ; Don't register, this is a template!
}
More configuration
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Where to from here?
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Sample config: etc/
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Experiment
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Core Manual
nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/4/
en/toc.html
Nagios Exchange
exchange.nagios.org
Nagios Library
library.nagios.com
General Support Forum
support.nagios.com/forum
Professional Support Contracts
www.nagios.com/services/support
Additional Solutions & Services
Preconfigured VMs
www.nagios.org/download/core
Consulting / Implementation Services

[email protected]
Additional Services
Training
go.nagios.org/training
Certification
www.nagios.com/services/certification
Nagios XI
nagios.com/products/nagiosxi
Get Involved
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Learn, share and help on the forums
support.nagios.com/forum
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Share on Exchange
exchange.nagios.org
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We're on GitHub
github.com/NagiosEnterprises
github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore
Summary
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Enables comprehensive monitoring
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Awarness, visibility, resolution, reporting
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Extensible architecture
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Installation
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Introduction to configuration concepts
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Where to find more resources
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How to contribute
Questions?
Thank You
Eric Mislivec
[email protected]

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Getting Started with Nagios Core

...how do I get started?

...or a Raspberry Pi...

WARNING: Comand Line Follows!

Let's install Core on CentOS 6.5 Minimal

# Install dependencies for Core and popular plugins

# Setup users and groups

# Get the Nagios Plugins source code

# Build and Install Nagios Core

# Setup credentials for accessing the web backend.

# Now (re)start our services to use the new configuration.

# Have our services start automatically.

# Configuration for multiple hosts:

Consulting / Implementation Services

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