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diff --git a/network/nagios/README b/network/nagios/README index 517c0c99c6..018de46cfa 100644 --- a/network/nagios/README +++ b/network/nagios/README @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify -and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business -processes. +Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to +identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical +business processes. -Nagios requires a "nagios" user and group; create these before running the +Nagios requires a "nagios" user and group; create these before running the SlackBuild script. Examples: # groupadd -g 213 nagios # useradd -u 213 -d /dev/null -s /bin/false -g nagios nagios -For some scripts to work, it is necessary to include the 'apache' user in +For some scripts to work, it is necessary to include the 'apache' user in the nagios group. -For some functions (most notably the "map" function), you need to have X -installed on your server. You do not have to start X though, nagios just +For some functions (most notably the "map" function), you need to have X +installed on your server. You do not have to start X though, nagios just needs some of the libraries and fonts. This SlackBuild installs the basic nagios system in /var/www/htdocs/ @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ To change the location, set the DOCROOT variable: For a useful setup, you will want to have nagios-plugins installed. -To configure nagios, some knowledge of httpd is required. Check the included -'README.SLACKWARE' file for some basic setup instructions. The include file -for httpd is installed as /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf +To configure nagios, some knowledge of httpd is required. Check the +included 'README.SLACKWARE' file for some basic setup instructions. The +include file for httpd is installed as /etc/httpd/extra/nagios.conf -Lots of information is available in the included documentation, and even more -can be found on the nagios site and wiki <http://wiki.nagios.org>. +Lots of information is available in the included documentation, and even +more can be found on the nagios site and wiki <http://wiki.nagios.org>. |