Naemon is an open-source network monitoring solution that can be installed on various Linux distributions including Arch Linux. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Naemon on Arch Linux.
Before installing Naemon on your Arch Linux system, ensure that you have:
Open your terminal and update your system packages by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This command will update your Arch Linux system packages to the latest version.
Naemon requires various dependencies to work correctly. Run the following command to install all dependencies required to run Naemon:
sudo pacman -S perl net-snmp pkg-config rrdtool httpd
To install Naemon on Arch Linux, we will use the AUR package repository. Open your terminal and install the AUR Helper.
sudo pacman -S git
cd /tmp
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
Now that we have yay installed let's install Naemon from the AUR repository using the command:
yay -S naemon
After executing the command, the system will start downloading Naemon and all its dependencies.
After installation, we need to configure Naemon to monitor the services and hosts. Naemon's default configuration file is located at /etc/naemon/naemon.cfg.
Before you can start Naemon let's create a system user and group to run Naemon under. Run the following commands to accomplish this task.
sudo groupadd naemon
sudo useradd -c "Naemon Monitoring System" -g naemon -d /var/lib/naemon -m -r -s /sbin/nologin naemon
Now we need to set the owner and group of the /var/lib/naemon and /var/log/naemon directories. Use the following commands to accomplish this.
sudo chown -R naemon:naemon /var/lib/naemon
sudo chown -R naemon:naemon /var/log/naemon
After completing the configuration, start the Naemon service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start naemon.service
To easily monitor the service by system logs, check the status of the Naemon service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status naemon.service
You can enable Naemon to start automatically during the boot process by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable naemon.service
Naemon has a web interface that allows you to monitor hosts, services, and more. By default, the web interface for Naemon available at http://localhost/naemon.
Open your web browser and type the following URL to access the Naemon web interface:
http://localhost/naemon
We have successfully installed and configured Naemon on Arch Linux. You can now monitor your hosts and services using Naemon web interface.
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