Installace Nagiosu:

apt-get install nagios

Operace s procesem:

  /etc/init.d/nagios3(nrpe/nagios/...) restart(reload/start/stop)

OR

service nagios3(nagios-nrpe-server/...) restart(reload/start/stop)

Definice hostu, servicu, hostgroup apod se obvykle provadi v direktorii:

/etc/nagios3/conf.d

Konfiguracni soubory pluginu:

/etc/nagios-plugins/config

Pluginy:

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins

Priklady definic:

HOST

define host{
        use                     generic-host
        host_name               master
        alias                   master
        address                 master.starlab.cz
        hostgroups              debian-servers,http-servers,ssh-servers,ping-servers,disk-servers,raid-servers,load-servers,smart-servers       
        }

SERVICE

define service{
        hostgroup_name                  load-servers
        use                             generic-service
        service_description             check_load
        check_command                   check_nrpe_1arg!check_load

}