The server installation describes howto install a centralized monitor server based on Nagios2 and Centreon. The systems you want to monitor are called clients. The client documentation is available at client_installation.

Start to install the Debian (Etch) packages for Mysql and Nagios2:

apt-get install  mysql-server-5.0 apache2 nagios2 nagios-plugins nagios-images \
                 nagios-nrpe-plugin nagios2-doc

Install these packages to setup the required PHP environment:

apt-get install  php5 php-db php-date php5-gd php5-mysql php5-snmp php5-ldap php-mail php-mail-mime php-net-smtp \
                 php-net-socket php5-cli php-pear php5-xmlrpc

Rrdtool, snmp and some Perl packages are also required:

apt-get install  rrdtool librrds-perl snmp snmpd libnet-snmp-perl libgd-gd2-perl libconfig-inifiles-perl

In /etc/php5/cli/php.ini set:

...
memory_limit = 40M
...

Modify /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf to:

com2sec readonly  default         public

Restart snmpd

/etc/init.d/snmpd restart

Check the snmpd with the command:

snmpwalk -v1 -c public localhost

Set a root password on the Mysql-server to satisfy the Centreon installation script. As we usually install a separate MySQL-server on the monitor-server itself you might want to read the Hannibal documentation on the Mysql-server for additional information.

Upgrade the pear software (to PEAR-1.7.1.tgz or higher):

pear upgrade pear

pear install -o -f --alldeps DB_DataObject DB_DataObject_FormBuilder MDB2 Numbers_Roman \
             Numbers_Words HTML_Common HTML_QuickForm HTML_QuickForm_advmultiselect  \
             HTML_Table Auth_SASL HTTP Image_Canvas Image_Color Image_Graph Image_GraphViz \
             Net_Traceroute Net_Ping Validate XML_RPC

Get the latest tarball from http://download.centreon.com/centreon Unpack the software and create a symbolic link for easy versioning.

cd /opt
wget http://download.centreon.com/centreon/centreon-1.4.2.6.tar.gz
tar xvf centreon-1.4.2.6.tar.gz
ln -s  centreon-1.4.2.6  centreon

Create this symbolic link to satisfy the Centreon installation script:

cd /usr/sbin
ln -s nagios2 nagios

Run the Centreon installation script:

cd /opt/centreon
./install.sh 

Where is installed Nagios ?
default to [/usr/local/nagios]:/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2

Where is your nagios etc directory ?
default to [/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2/etc]:/etc/nagios2
Path /etc/nagios2                                          OK

Where is your nagios var directory ?
default to [/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2/var]:/var/lib/nagios2
Path /var/lib/nagios2                                      OK

Where is your nagios plugins (libexec) directory ?
default to [/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2/libexec]:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
Path /usr/lib/nagios/plugins                               OK

Where is your nagios bin directory?
default to [/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2/bin]:/usr/sbin
Path /usr/sbin                                             OK

Where is your nagios image directory ?
default to [/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios2/share/images]:/usr/share/nagios/htdocs/images/logos
Path /usr/share/nagios/htdocs/images/logos                 OK

Where do I install centreon ?
default to [/usr/local/centreon]:/opt/centreon
Path /opt/centreon                                         OK

Where is sudo configuration file?
default to [/etc/sudoers]:
File /etc/sudoers                                          OK

Where is installed RRD perl modules [RRDs.pm] ?
Just put directory, not full path.
default to [/usr/local/rrdtool/lib/perl]:/usr/lib/perl5
File /usr/lib/perl5                                        OK

Where is rrdtool binary ?
default to [/usr/bin/rrdtool]:
/usr/bin/rrdtool                                           OK

Where is mail binary ?
default to [/usr/bin/mail]:
/usr/bin/mail                                              OK

Where is PEAR Path ?
default to [/usr/share/pear]:/usr/share/php
PEAR Path /usr/share/php                                   OK

...
Finding Centreon Plugins configuration file 'centreon.conf'OK
You already seem to have installed the plugins Centreon.
Do you want overwrite this file ? You must regenerate this one from Centreon interface.
[y/n], default to [n]:y

...

Afterwards browse to http://centreon-server/centreon/install/setup.php and follow the instructions to finish the installation.

You probably will have to apply these corrections:

chmod -R g+w /usr/lib/nagios/plugins
pear install -o -f --alldeps SOAP

Choose not to use LDAP-authentication in de centreon-setup GUI. This will be done later on.

Check if you have a directory /opt/centreon/OreonDataStorage/backup. Otherwise create it and set proper permissions:

mkdir -p /opt/centreon/OreonDataStorage/backup
chown -R www-data:nagios /opt/centreon/OreonDataStorage
chmod 775 /opt/centreon/OreonDataStorage

Apply these last fixes:

chown nagios:www-data /var/lib/nagios2/rw/
chmod g+rx /var/lib/nagios2/rw/

Apply these corrections directly to the Centreon database by issuing SQL statements:

mysql -u root -p

USE centreon1
 
UPDATE general_opt SET nagios_path_img = '/usr/share/nagios/htdocs/images/logos/';
UPDATE general_opt SET nagios_path_bin = '/usr/sbin/nagios2';
 
UPDATE cfg_cgi SET main_config_file = '/etc/nagios2/nagios.cfg';
UPDATE cfg_cgi SET physical_html_path = '/usr/share/nagios2/htdocs';
UPDATE cfg_cgi SET url_html_path = '/nagios2';
UPDATE cfg_cgi SET nagios_check_command = 
  'nagios_check_command=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nagios /var/cache/nagios2/ status.dat 5 '/usr/sbin/nagios2'';
 
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET log_file = '/var/log/nagios2/nagios.log';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET cfg_dir = '/etc/nagios2/';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET temp_file = '/var/tmp/nagios.tmp';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET status_file = '/var/cache/nagios2/status.dat';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET p1_file = '/usr/lib/nagios2/p1.pl';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET log_archive_path = '/var/log/nagios2/archives/';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET command_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/rw/nagios.cmd';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET downtime_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/downtime.dat';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET comment_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/comments.dat';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET lock_file = '/var/run/nagios2/nagios2.pid';
UPDATE cfg_nagios SET state_retention_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/retention.dat';

Apply these corrections to the ODS database:

USE centreondata1
 
UPDATE config SET RRDdatabase_path = '/opt/centreon/OreonDataStorage/';
UPDATE config SET drop_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/service-perfdata.tmp';
UPDATE config SET perfdata_file = '/var/lib/nagios2/service-perfdata';
UPDATE config SET nagios_log_file = '/var/log/nagios2/nagios.log';

Login the Centreon webinterface and browse to: Options→General Options→LDAP. Enter your LDAP-settings conform this example.

Now we have to import some LDAP-users into Centreon. This is only for Nagios/Centreon specific properties. Authentification will be done live against LDAP.

Browse to Configuration→Users→LDAP import and apply the search filter.

We usually access our monitor via a HTTPS enabled virtual host.

Enable mod_ssl and mod_rewite in Apache and create a virtual host for Centreon. You might want to check the Hannibal documentation on the Apache webserver.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/centreon

# Centreon stuff


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
      RewriteEngine on
      RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !^on$ [NC]
      RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}  [L]
  </IfModule>
</IfModule>


<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
 AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .crt
 AddType application/x-pkcs7-crl    .crl
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
 SSLPassPhraseDialog  builtin
 SSLSessionCache dbm:/var/run/ssl_scache
 SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
 SSLMutex file:/var/run/ssl_mutexSSLMutex
 SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
 SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>


AddType application/x-java-jnlp-file .jnlp


# Centreon https virtual host declaration

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.27:443>
  DocumentRoot /usr/local/centreon/www
  ServerName monitor.intra.example.com
  ServerAlias centreon.intra.example.com
  ServerAdmin centreon@intra.example.com
  Alias /oreon/ /usr/local/centreon/www/
  Alias /centreon/ /usr/local/centreon/www/
  <Directory "/usr/local/centreon/www">
      Options None
      AllowOverride AuthConfig Options
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  </Directory>
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
  SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
           nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
           downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</VirtualHost>

On the systems you want to monitor install the nagios-nrpe-server and basic plugins software:

apt-get install nagios-nrpe-server nagios-plugins-basic

Edit /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg to your needs. As the Debian Etch package nagios-nrpe-server seems to contain a bug on the PID-file permissions at least modify this entry:

...
pid_file=/var/run/nagios/nrpe.pid
...

Create the directory for the PID-file and set proper permissions:

mkdir /var/run/nagios
chown -R nagios.nagios /var/run/nagios

• http://wiki.oreon-project.org/index.php/InstallOreon1.4-DebianEtch
• http://linuxfellaz.net/doku.php?id=debian_centreon