Installing Thruk on NetBSD

Thruk is an open-source web interface for monitoring and managing various monitoring systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Thruk on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing Thruk, you will need the following:

• A running instance of NetBSD
• Root access to the system

Step 1: Install required packages

Thruk requires the following packages to be installed on your NetBSD system:

• Perl 5.10 or higher
• Apache 2 or higher
• mod_fcgid
• Nagios 3 or higher (optional)

You can install these packages using the pkg_add command:

$ sudo pkg_add perl apache mod_fcgid nagios

Or you can use the pkgin tool:

$ sudo pkgin in perl apache mod_fcgid nagios

Step 2: Install Thruk

Thruk is available from the pkgsrc repository. You can install it using the pkg_add command:

$ sudo pkg_add thruk

Or you can use the pkgin tool:

$ sudo pkgin in thruk

Step 3: Set up the Apache configuration file

After installing Thruk, you need to modify the Apache configuration file to enable the Thruk web interface. The configuration file is located at /usr/pkg/share/examples/apache/httpd.conf.thruk.

Make a backup of the original configuration file:

$ sudo cp /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.backup

Copy the Thruk configuration file to the Apache configuration directory:

$ sudo cp /usr/pkg/share/examples/apache/httpd.conf.thruk /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Then, edit the /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf file and modify the following lines:

LoadModule fcgid_module     lib/httpd/mod_fcgid.so
Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /usr/pkg/share/thruk/
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/local/libexec/nagios/cgi/
    <Directory "/usr/pkg/share/thruk">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save the changes and exit the editor.

Step 4: Start Apache

To start Apache, run the following command:

$ sudo apachectl start

Step 5: Access Thruk

Now you can access Thruk by opening your web browser and going to http://your-server:8080/thruk/.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Thruk on NetBSD!

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