====== ICINGA 1.8 Installation ======


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===== What You'll End Up With =====


Icinga and the plugins will be installed underneath **/usr/local/icinga** Icinga will be configured to monitor a few aspects of your local system (CPU load, disk usage, etc.)


The Icinga classic web interface will be accessible at ''[[http://localhost/icinga/|http://localhost/icinga/]]'' or   ''[[http://yourdomain.com/icinga|http://yourdomain.com/icinga]]'' 


===== Prerequisites =====


During portions of the installation you'll need to have root access to your machine.


Make sure you've installed the following packages on your system before continuing. [[http://www.apache.org/|Apache]]


    * Apache
    * Mysql server
    * SNMP


At one time or another you may need to use SNMP-based checks so  it is a good idea to install the required packages now. Otherwise     some plugins are not compiled i.e. not available when you need them  and it would require a recompile of the plugins.


===== Install packages =====


You can install these packages by running the following commands (as root or using ''sudo'').


<code>
#> apt-get install apache2 mysql-server build-essential libgd2-xpm-dev  
#> apt-get install libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev libpng12-0 libpng12-dev  
#> apt-get install snmp snmpd snmp-mibs-downloader libsnmp5-dev
</code>


===== Create Account Information =====


Become the root user.


<code>
  $> su -l
</code>


OR


<code>
 $ sudo -i
</code>


Create a new  //icinga//     user account and give it a password:


<code>
#> /usr/sbin/useradd -m icinga   
#> passwd icinga
</code>


On some distributions you'll need to add the group in a single step:


<code>
#> /usr/sbin/groupadd icinga
</code>


For sending commands from the classic web interface to Icinga, you'll need to create a new group icinga-cmd. Add the  webuser and the Icinga user to this group:


<code>
#> /usr/sbin/groupadd icinga-cmd 

#> /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G icinga-cmd icinga 

#> /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G icinga-cmd www-data
</code>


===== Download Icinga and the Plugins =====


Change to your local source directory i.e. /usr/src


<code>
#> cd /usr/src
</code>


Get the current source from the [[http://www.icinga.org/|Icinga Website]].


Don't forget to download the [[http://www.nagiosplugins.org/|Nagios Plugins]].


===== Compile and install Icinga =====


Extract the Icinga source code tarball (or change directory to the GIT snapshot)


<code>
#> cd /usr/src/  
#> tar xvzf icinga-1.8.tar.gz  
#> cd icinga-1.8
</code>


Run the Icinga configure script. You will get help by using the –help flag.


<code>
#> ./configure –with-command-group=icinga-cmd
</code>


Compile the Icinga source code. To see available options, only use "make".


<code>
#> make all
</code>


Install binaries, init script, sample config files, some eventhandlers, and set permissions on the external command directory.


<code>
#> make install
#> make install-init
#> make install-config
#> make install-eventhandlers
#> make install-commandmode
</code>


Don't start Icinga yet - there's still more that needs to be done…


===== Customize Configuration =====


Sample configuration files have been installed by using


<code>
#> make install-config
</code>


into  /usr/local/icinga/etc/. You'll need to make just one change before you proceed…     \\ Edit the  ///usr/local/icinga/etc/objects/contacts.cfg//    config file with your favourite editor and change the     email address associated with the  //icingaadmin//    contact definition to the address you'd like to use for receiving     alerts.


<code>
#> vi /usr/local/icinga/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
</code>


===== Configure the Classic Web Interface =====


 \\ Icinga ships with the Classic Web Interface ("the CGIs") which can be installed via


<code>
#> make cgis #> make install-cgis #> make install-html
</code>


If you are interested in the new Icinga Web, please refer to [[http://10.12.1.150/icinga/docs/en/icinga-web-scratch.html|Install Icinga Web Interface]].    \\ 
Install the Icinga Classic web config file in the Apache conf.d directory.


<code>
#> make install-webconf
</code>


Create an  //icingaadmin//    account for logging into the Icinga classic web interface. If you want to change it     later, use the same command. Remember the password you assign to this account - you'll need it later.


<code>
#> htpasswd -c /usr/local/icinga/etc/htpasswd.users icingaadmin
</code>


If you want to change it later or want to add another user, use the following command:


<code>
#> htpasswd /usr/local/icinga/etc/htpasswd.users <USERNAME>
</code>


Reload/Restart Apache to make the new settings take effect.<nowiki>


<code>
#> service httpd restart
</code>


OR


<code>
#> /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
</code>


Compile and Install the Nagios Plugins


Extract the Nagios plugins source code tarball.


<code>
#> cd /usr/src
#> tar xvzf nagios-plugins-1.4.16.tar.gz
#> cd nagios-plugins-1.4.16
</code>


Compile and install the plugins by changing install directory to /usr/local/icinga


<code>
#> ./configure - -prefix=/usr/local/icinga –with-cgiurl=/icinga/cgi-bin –with-htmurl=/
icinga- -with-nagios-user=icinga –with-nagios-group=icinga

#> make
#> make install
</code>


===== Start Icinga =====


Add Icinga to the list of system services and have it automatically start when the system boots (make sure you have     installed the init script before).


<code>
#> chkconfig –add icinga
#> chkconfig icinga on
#> update-rc.d icinga defaults
</code>


Verify the sample Icinga configuration files.


<code>
#> /usr/local/icinga/bin/icinga -v /usr/local/icinga/etc/icinga.cfg
</code>


Instead of specifying the paths to binary and config file you can issue


<code>
#> /etc/init.d/icinga show-errors
</code>


which   results in an OK message if everything is fine or several lines which show the location of the error(s).


If there are no errors, start Icinga.


<code>
#> service icinga start
</code>


OR


<code>
#> /etc/init.d/icinga start
</code>


===== Login to the Classic Web Interface =====


You should now be able to access the Icinga classic web interface at the URL below. You'll be prompted for the username (   //icingaadmin//    ) and password you specified earlier.     [[http://localhost/icinga/|http://localhost/icinga/]] or ''  [[http://yourdomain.com/icinga/|http://yourdomain.com/icinga/]] Click on the "Service Detail" navbar link to see details of what's being monitored on your local machine. It will take a few     minutes for Icinga to check all the services associated with your machine.


===== Other Modifications =====


Make sure your system's firewall rules are configured to allow access to the web server if you want to access the Icinga     classic interface remotely.


<code>
 #> iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT
</code>


Setting up your mail transfer agent (MTA) like exim, sendmail or postfix to allow Icinga sending notification emails won't     be explained here.


Please refer to the [[http://www.nagioswiki.org/|Nagios-Wiki]] for more resources.


===== You're Done =====


Congratulations! You successfully installed Icinga. Your journey into monitoring has just begun.