Installing Naemon on Clear Linux Latest

Naemon is an open source monitoring system that can be used to monitor various types of systems and services. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Naemon on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing Naemon on Clear Linux Latest, please make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• Clear Linux Latest is installed and running.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges is created on the system.

Step 1: Update packages

Update the system packages using the command below:

sudo swupd update

Step 2: Install required dependencies

Install required dependencies using the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add c-basic devpkg-glib devpkg-sqlite nagios-plugins

Step 3: Install Naemon

1. Download the Naemon source code from the official website as follows:

wget https://github.com/naemon/naemon/archive/stable-1.0.tar.gz

2. Decompress the downloaded file using the command below:

tar -zxvf stable-1.0.tar.gz

3. Move to the extracted directory:

cd naemon-stable-1.0

4. Run the following command to install Naemon:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/naemon --sysconfdir=/usr/local/naemon/etc --with-nagios-user=naemon --with-nagios-group=naemon --enable-command-args --with-init-dir=/etc/init.d --with-lockfile=/var/run/naemon.lock --with-perfdata-dir=/usr/local/naemon/var/perfdata

5. After the configuration process is complete, run the following command to build and install Naemon:

make all && sudo make install

Step 4: Create Naemon user and group

1. Create a new user and group named naemon using the following command:

sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash naemon -U

2. Change ownership to /usr/local/naemon directory:

sudo chown -R naemon:naemon /usr/local/naemon

Step 5: Configure Naemon

1. Create a new configuration file named naemon.cfg in the /usr/local/naemon/etc directory with the following command:

sudo nano /usr/local/naemon/etc/naemon.cfg

2. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

cfg_dir=/usr/local/naemon/etc/conf.d
broker_module=/usr/local/naemon/lib/naemon/brokers/npcdmod.o config_file=/usr/local/naemon/etc/naemon.cfg

3. Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Naemon

1. Start Naemon using the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/naemon start

2. Check the status of the Naemon service using the following command:

sudo systemctl status naemon

You should see output indicating that the service is running.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Naemon on Clear Linux Latest.

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