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Nagios Plugins README
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* For instructions on installing these plugins for use with Nagios,
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see below. In addition, generic instructions for the GNU toolchain
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can be found in the INSTALL file.
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* For major changes between releases, read the CHANGES file.
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* For information on detailed changes that have been made or plugins
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that have been added, read the Changelog file.
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* Some plugins require that you have additional programs and/or
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libraries installed on your system before they can be used. Plugins
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that are dependent on other programs/libraries that are missing are
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usually not compiled. Read the REQUIREMENTS file for more information.
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* For a list of outstanding bugs for this release, see the BUGS file.
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* Individual plugins are self documenting. All plugins that comply with
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the basic guidelines for development will provide detailed help when
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invoked with the '-h' or '--help' options.
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* The file command.cfg contains example configurations for many of the
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plugins
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* The win32 subdir contains plugins specific to the Win32 platform.
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These are scripts or binaries.
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You can check for the latest plugins at:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagiosplug/
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Send mail to nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net for assistance. Please
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include the OS type and version that you are using. Also, run the plugin with
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the '-vvv' option and provide the resulting version information. Of course,
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there may be additional diagnostic information required as well. Use good
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judgment.
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Send mail to nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net for developer discussions.
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For patch submissions and bug reports, please use the appropriate resources at
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagiosplug/ (navigate to the bug tool and/or
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patch tool from the summary page). Patches should be relative to the current
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CVS head (development), or to the head of the current stable branch. Also,
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please include version information for your OS and the plugin(s) your are
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patching/reporting.
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Nagios Plugins Quick-and-Dirty Installation Instructions
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0) If you are using the CVS tree, you will need m4, gettext, automake, and autoconf.
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To start out, run ./tools/setup
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For more detail, see the developer guidelines at
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http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html.
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1) Run the configure script to initialize variables and create a Makefile, etc.
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./configure --prefix=BASEDIRECTORY --with-nagios-user=SOMEUSER --with-nagios-group=SOMEGROUP --with-cgiurl=SOMEURL
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a) Replace BASEDIRECTORY with the path of the directory under which Nagios
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is installed (default is '/usr/local/nagios')
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b) Replace SOMEUSER with the name of a user on your system that will be
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assigned permissions to the installed plugins (default is 'nagios')
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c) Replace SOMEGRP with the name of a group on your system that will be
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assigned permissions to the installed plugins (default is 'nagios')
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d) Replace CGIURL with the path used to access the Nagios CGIs with
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a web browser (default is '/nagios/cgi-bin')
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2) Compile the plugins with the following command:
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make
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3) Install the compiled plugins and plugin scripts with the following command:
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make install
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The installation procedure will attempt to place the plugins in a
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'libexec/' subdirectory in the base directory you specified with
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the --prefix argument to the configure script.
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4) Verify that your host configuration file (hosts.cfg) for Nagios contains
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the correct paths to the new plugins.
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That's it. If you have any problems or questions, feel free send mail
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to nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net
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--
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Karl DeBisschop (kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net)
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