Nagios Client Install on Linux CentOS

Packages you will need:
gcc
openssl-devel

1.      Create an install dir:

mkdir /install

2.      Download NRPE:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nrpe-2.12.tar.gz

3.  tar -zxvf nrpe-2.12.tar.gz

4.  cd nrpe-2.12

5.  ./configure

should end with an output like this:

*** Configuration summary for nrpe 2.12 03-10-2008 ***:

 General Options:

 -------------------------

 NRPE port:    5666

 NRPE user:    nagios

 NRPE group:   nagios

 Nagios user:  nagios

 Nagios group: nagios

Review the options above for accuracy.  If they look okay,

type 'make all' to compile the NRPE daemon and client.

6.      Run

make all

7.  useradd nagios

8.  make install

9.      Edit and install nrpe.cfg into /usr/local/nagios/etc

10.  Go back into

cd /install

11.  Download Nagios-Plugisns:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz

12.tar -zxvf nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz

13.cd nagios-plugins-1.4.14

14../configure

15.make all

16.make install

17.  Install nrpe into /etc/init.d

18.chmod a+x nrpe

19.  Run

 chkconfig --add nrpe

20.chkconfig --level 235 nrpe on

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