Install Naigos NPRE and Nagios Plugin on AIX 6.1

Failed on compiling from source code and ran out of time to troubleshoot the source code. Then went to pre-compiled solution.

The following procedure has been tested and it working on my box at least.


Install Naigos NPRE and Nagios Plugin on AIX 6.1

                    Written  on 12/3/2010


1. Download nagios plugin and NREP precompiled binary from http://www.guntram.de/nagios/.

2. install them into /usr/loacl/nagios folder.

3. Configure NRPE running with /etc/rc.local


edit nrpe.cfg file to put your customization there.


# mkitab -i rcnfs "rclocal:2:wait:/etc/rc.local >/dev/console 2>&1"
# touch /etc/rc.local
# chmod 700 /etc/rc.local

Then put the command lines to start the daemons in /etc/rc.local.

nohup /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg -d




Reference:

http://linuxdocument.blogspot.com/2010/03/installing-nrpe-212-on-aix.html
http://www.guntram.de/nagios/
http://saifulaziz.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/how-do-i-start-local-daemons-at-aix-system-startup/