Naemon is an open-source monitoring tool that can be used to monitor the health and performance of various IT systems in your organization. It is a fork of the well-known Nagios Core monitoring tool and has several new features and improvements.
In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Naemon on the latest version of Ubuntu Server.
To install Naemon on Ubuntu Server, you will need:
Before installing any new software, it's good practice to ensure your system is up to date. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
This will update the package list and upgrade any outdated packages.
Naemon requires several dependencies to be installed on your Ubuntu Server. The first step is to install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libperl-dev libltdl-dev libdbi-dev libdbd-mysql-perl libsnmp-dev
This command will install all the dependencies required for Naemon to run.
Naemon can be downloaded from their website or GitHub page. In this tutorial, we will download Naemon from their website. You can use the following command to download Naemon:
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/naemon/files/latest/download -O naemon.tar.gz
This will download Naemon to your server and save it as naemon.tar.gz in your current working directory.
Next, we need to extract the Naemon archive and run the installation script. Use the following commands to extract and install Naemon:
tar -xvf naemon.tar.gz
cd naemon-*
sudo ./fullinstall
The fullinstall script will install all the necessary files and configurations for Naemon to run on your system.
To start Naemon, you can use the following command:
sudo systemctl start naemon
You can now access the Naemon web interface by going to http://your-server-ip/naemon/ in your web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Naemon on Ubuntu Server. Naemon is a powerful monitoring tool that can help you keep an eye on the health and performance of your IT systems. You can now configure and customize Naemon to meet your monitoring needs.
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