Could someone please help me with how I can install check_mk on FREEBSD. I
try the setup script but it errors everytime. It says the download file
should have the source code in it but I do not see it anywhere
Hey Mike -- I've been hacking on the freeBSD check_mk for some time
now. Here is the short answer:
* get the check_mk_agent from here:
http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=blob_plain;f=agents/check_mk_agent.freebsd;hb=0be71fd4e13d4354b5db9e4687c6e257adc82200
* drop it on your freebsd box (I put it in the home folder of the
"nagios" user I created there)
* setup passwordless ssh from your nagios server to your freebsd box
(putting the private key in the .ssh for whatever user your nagios
/check_mk runs as)
* Edit your /etc/check_mk/main.mk and add the following:
datasource_programs = [
( "ssh -l nagios <IP> ./check_mk_agent", [ 'HOSTNAME' ] ),
]
replace HOSTNAME above with the host or hosts (comma delimited) that
you want to run check_mk_agent over ssh. Note the magical "<IP>"
actually does get replaced by check_mk when it calls this agent, so
leave that verbatim. More details on all that can be found here:
http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_datasource_programs.html
Let me know if you need any more details.
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Mike Wilson <mwi@berkeleycollege.edu> wrote:
Could someone please help me with how I can install check_mk on FREEBSD. I
try the setup script but it errors everytime. It says the download file
should have the source code in it but I do not see it anywhere_______________________________________________
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Thanks Mark but I am looking to run Nagios and check_mk from the freebsd
box
Oh, you want to put the Nagios / Check_MK server on FreeBSD? I don't
think that is supported, and I've never tried. Considering the effort
I've put into the agent to get it working with my FreeBSD 8.2 servers
just as an agent, I doubt the server is going to work well there. I'd
recommend you build a box based on OMDistro.org (same guys that
build/maintain check_mk) and just use agents to monitor your FreeBSD
boxes.
As always, just my $.02
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mike Wilson <mwi@berkeleycollege.edu> wrote:
Thanks Mark but I am looking to run Nagios and check_mk from the freebsd
box
Hi,
last time I looked livestatus was right there in the ports.
FreeBSD was the first to that as far as I know 
Installing that would be the first step.
I would assume you won't have a lot of trouble building Check_MK itself on FreeBSD either. Check out the build instructions and make dist, that should get you going.
Oh, you want to put the Nagios / Check_MK server on FreeBSD? I don't
think that is supported, and I've never tried. Considering the effort
I've put into the agent to get it working with my FreeBSD 8.2 servers
just as an agent, I doubt the server is going to work well there. I'd
recommend you build a box based on OMDistro.org (same guys that
build/maintain check_mk) and just use agents to monitor your FreeBSD
boxes.
Thanks Mark but I am looking to run Nagios and check_mk from the freebsd
box
As some advice, the benefits of using OMD outweigh running a few Linux VMs by many times.
A few months ago I did the last "manual" install of Nagios+Check_MK+Multisite. That was on a CentOS4 box using NetBSD pkgsrc to get reasonably new PHP & Stuff onto this old CentOS.
in the end, it all worked, but I felt like having wasted half a day where I should have just typed
"omd create munich"
I'll admit the install will be a lot less hassle if you already have Nagios and all running, but still...
p.s.: you could always try running OMD in the linuxulator.
Greetings,
Florian
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