This guide describes how to install Nagios Plugins from Source on RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux. In our previous tutorial, we learnt how to install Nagios NRPE Agent on RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux. Well, for NRPE to collect various performance metrics on the system, it requires the Nagios plugins. Step through this guide in order to install Nagios Plugins.
Install Nagios Plugins From Source RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux
Install Required Build Tools
In order to install Nagios Plugins from Source on RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux, you need to install a number of build tools. Run the command below to install these tools;
yum install -y gcc glibc glibc-common make gettext automake autoconf wget openssl-devel net-snmp net-snmp-utils epel-release
yum install -y perl-Net-SNMP
Download Nagios Plugins Source code
Download the latest version of Nagios plugins from here. You can simply run the following command to download the plugins.
wget https://nagios-plugins.org/download/nagios-plugins-2.2.1.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, run the command below to extract the source code.
tar xzf nagios-plugins-2.2.1.tar.gz
Configure the Plugins
Once you have extracted the source code, navigate to the source code directory and run the configure script to initialize variables and create a Makefile, etc as shown below.
NOTE: Before you can proceed with the following steps, ensure that the gcc compilers are installed.
cd nagios-plugins-2.2.1 ./configure
Compile the Plugins
Run the command below to compile Nagios plugins
make
Install the Plugins
Install the compiled plugins and plugin scripts by running following command:
make install
Once the installation is done, all the plugins now reside under /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ directory. You can verify the same by running the command below;
ls /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ check_apt check_flexlm check_mrtg check_ping check_ups check_breeze check_ftp check_mrtgtraf check_pop check_uptime check_by_ssh check_http check_nagios check_procs check_users check_clamd check_icmp check_nntp check_real check_wave check_cluster check_ide_smart check_nrpe check_rpc negate check_dhcp check_ifoperstatus check_nt check_sensors urlize check_dig check_ifstatus check_ntp check_smtp utils.pm check_disk check_imap check_ntp_peer check_ssh utils.sh check_disk_smb check_ircd check_ntp_time check_swap check_dns check_load check_nwstat check_tcp check_dummy check_log check_oracle check_time check_file_age check_mailq check_overcr check_udp
That is all it takes to install Nagio Plugins.
You may want to check our other articles on how configure Nagios Availability Monitoring on AlienVault USM/OSSIM. Thank you for reading.
