How to Install Ndoutils on nagios 3.4.3

How to install ndoutils on centos
How to Install Ndoutils on nagios version 3 above
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Install Ndoutils pre-requists
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# yum -y install mysql mysql-server mysql-client gcc-c++ libdbi-dbd-mysql
# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
# /sbin/chkconfig mysqld on
# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password your_password


Create database for nagios
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# mysql -u root -pyourpassword
mysql> create database ndoutils;
mysql> grant all privileges on ndoutils.* to 'nagios'@'localhost' identified by “nagios” with grant option;
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

Download ndoutils
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# mkdir /opt/downloads
# cd /opt/downloads
# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios/files/ndoutils-1.x/ndoutils-1.4b9/ndoutils-1.4b9.tar.gz/download
# cd /opt/downloads/ndoutils-1.4b9

Installing ndoutils
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nagios/ --enable-mysql --disable-pgsql --with-ndo2db-user=nagios -with-ndo2db-group=nagcmd

make

Manual install ( NO MAKE INSTALL )

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# db/installdb -u nagios -p nagios -h localhost -d nagios

# cp ./src/ndomod-3x.o /usr/local/nagios/bin/ndomod.o
# cp ./src/ndo2db-3x /usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo2db
# cp ./config/ndo2db.cfg-sample /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg
# cp ./config/ndomod.cfg-sample /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndomod.cfg
# chmod 774 /usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo*
# chown nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo*

Install the init script
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# cp ./daemon-init /etc/init.d/ndo2db
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/ndo2db
# chkconfig -add ndo2db


Edit nagios.cfg and verify or add the following lines
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# vim /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

event_broker_options=-1
broker_module=/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndomod.o config_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/ndomod.cfg

Make necessary modifications in ndo2db.cfg file ( My Sample cfg file )
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# vim /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg
db_user=nagios
db_pass=nagios

Start the ndo2db init script and restart the nagios
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# /etc/init.d/ndo2db start
# /etc/init.d/nagios restart

You will get the log report like this

# tail -f /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log
[1296905045] LOG VERSION: 2.0
[1296905045] ndomod: NDOMOD 1.4b9 (10-27-2009) Copyright (c) 2009 Nagios Core Development Team and Community Contributors
[1296905045] ndomod: Successfully connected to data sink. 0 queued items to flush.
[1296905045] Event broker module '/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndomod.o' initialized successfully.
[1296905045] Finished daemonizing... (New PID=7529)

Errors & Solutions:
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if you get error: Could not open data sink
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[1307690851] Nagios 3.2.3 starting… (PID=10660)
[1307690851] Local time is Fri Jun 10 00:27:31 PDT 2011
[1307690851] LOG VERSION: 2.0
[1307690851] ndomod: NDOMOD 1.4b9 (10-27-2009) Copyright (c) 2009 Nagios Core Development Team and Community Contributors
[1307690851] ndomod: Could not open data sink! I’ll keep trying, but some output may get lost…
[1307690851] Event broker module ‘/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndomod.o’ initialized successfully.
[1307690851] Finished daemonizing… (New PID=10661)
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Following these steps:
chmod 666 /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndomod.cfg
chmod 666 /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg
/etc/init.d/ndo2db stop
/etc/init.d/nagios stop
/etc/init.d/ndo2db start
/etc/init.d/nagios start

#Again check

#tail -f /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log