Monitorix Install cPanel - Revision history

Smsldoo at 17:37, 17 February 2012

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10.30.6.195: Created page with "==Installing Monitorix on a cPanel box== ===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes=== vim /etc/yum.conf Cent5: yum install yum-priorities Cent4: yum install yu..."

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Created page with "==Installing Monitorix on a cPanel box== ===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes=== vim /etc/yum.conf Cent5: yum install yum-priorities Cent4: yum install yu..."

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==Installing Monitorix on a cPanel box==

===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes===
vim /etc/yum.conf

Cent5: yum install yum-priorities
Cent4: yum install yum-plugin-priorities

===Add priority line===
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.system.repo
priority=1

===Install RPMForge repo===
CentOS 4:
i386 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
x86_64 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.*.rpm

CentOS 5:
i386 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
x86_64 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm

===Add priority line to rpmforge===
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
priority=15

===Add plugins line to yum.conf and renable excludes===
vim /etc/yum.conf
plugins=1

===yum update to ensure priorities are working correctly.===

===Comment out excludes line in yum.conf===
vim /etc/yum.conf

yum install rrdtool rrdtool-perl perl-libwww-perl perl-MailTools perl-MIME-Lite perl-CGI

===Re-enable excludes in yum.conf===
vim /etc/yum.conf

===Download and install Monitorix===
wget http://www.monitorix.org/monitorix-2.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

vim monitorix-2.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

change apache:apache to nobody:nobody otherwise it will die on cPanel

rpm -ivh --nosignature --nodigest monitorix-2.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

===Create users===
/usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache/conf.d/.monitorix <user>

===Add site to http.conf===
vim /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/post_virtualhost_global.conf
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf.d/monitorix.conf"

===Edit monitorix apache config===
vim /usr/local/apache/conf.d/monitorix.conf
Comment out:
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1

Uncomment:
Options
AllowOverride
AuthUserFile
AuthName
AuthType
Require User

Change:
AllowOverride AuthConfig
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf.d/.monitorix
Require valid-user

service httpd restart

===Include perl path for RRD===

vim /usr/share/monitorix/cgi-bin/monitorix.cgi
vim /usr/bin/monitorix
x64
BEGIN {
unshift(@INC, '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux/');
}
x32
BEGIN {
unshift(@INC, '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/perl/5.8.8/i686-linux/');
}

===Start Monitorix===
service monitorix start

===Test===
Login to http://server/monitorix ensure that you can actually view graphs

==Additional Stuff==
===Multi server mode===
The central server will need to have its config changed

vim /etc/monitorix.conf

search for Multihost and change:

our $MULTIHOST = "Y";
our @REMOTEHOST_LIST =

This list contains the remote servers that it can call up.
If it is a cPanel server with suexec you should use the full host name

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:37, 17 February 2012
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		+	[[Category:Knowledge]]
		+
	==Set up RPMForge and Yum Priories==		==Set up RPMForge and Yum Priories==

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 Cent5:
-<pre>yum install yum-priorities/<pre>
+<pre>yum install yum-priorities</pre>
 Cent4:

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:34, 10 March 2011
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	===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes===		===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes===
		+	vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.system.repos
		+
	vim /etc/yum.conf		vim /etc/yum.conf

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 ===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes===
-vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.system.repo
+<pre>vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.system.repo</pre>
-vim /etc/yum.conf
+<pre>vim /etc/yum.conf</pre>
-Cent5: yum install yum-priorities
+Cent5:
-Cent4: yum install yum-plugin-priorities
+<pre>yum install yum-priorities/<pre>
 ===Add priority line===

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-==Installing Monitorix on a cPanel box==
+==Set up RPMForge and Yum Priories==
 ===Enable extras if it is diabled and comment out excludes===
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 ===yum update to ensure priorities are working correctly. (DO NOT UPDATE)===
 If APF shows up then ensure that it is added in the excludes line
 ===Comment out excludes line in yum.conf===
@@ Line 58: / Line 60: @@
 vim /etc/yum.conf
-===Download and install Monitorix===
+==Install Monitorix==
 wget http://www.monitorix.org/monitorix-2.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
@@ Line 65: / Line 68: @@
 change apache:apache to nobody:nobody otherwise it will die on cPanel
 rpm -ivh --nosignature --nodigest monitorix-2.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
 ===Add site to http.conf===
@@ Line 74: / Line 79: @@
 Include "/usr/local/apache/conf.d/monitorix.conf"
 ===Edit monitorix apache config===
@@ Line 91: / Line 99: @@
 Options
-AllowOverride
+AllowOverride (if creating users)
-AuthUserFile
+AuthUserFile (if creating users)
-AuthName
+AuthName (if creating users)
-AuthType
+AuthType (if creating users)
-Require User
+Require User (if creating users)
@@ Line 111: / Line 119: @@
 service httpd restart
 ===Include perl path for RRD===
 vim /usr/share/monitorix/cgi-bin/monitorix.cgi
@@ Line 143: / Line 157: @@
 ===If you get a directory listing===
-You need to copy the index.html file from another server. Not sure why this is happening
+This is usually caused be a permissions error with the monitorix daemon.
 ==Additional Stuff==
@@ Line 160: / Line 180: @@
 If it is a cPanel server with suexec you should use the full host name

@@ Line 141: / Line 141: @@
 ===Test===
 Login to http://server/monitorix ensure that you can actually view graphs
 ==Additional Stuff==

@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 plugins=1
-===yum update to ensure priorities are working correctly.===
+===yum update to ensure priorities are working correctly. (DO NOT UPDATE)===
 ===Comment out excludes line in yum.conf===

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 Cent5: yum install yum-priorities
 Cent4: yum install yum-plugin-priorities
 ===Add priority line===
 vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.system.repo
 priority=1
 ===Install RPMForge repo===
 CentOS 4:
 i386 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
 x86_64 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
 rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
 rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.*.rpm
 CentOS 5:
 i386 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
 x86_64 http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
 rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
 rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm
 ===Add priority line to rpmforge===
 vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
 priority=15
 ===Add plugins line to yum.conf and renable excludes===
 vim /etc/yum.conf
 plugins=1
@@ Line 36: / Line 49: @@
 ===Comment out excludes line in yum.conf===
 vim /etc/yum.conf
 yum install rrdtool rrdtool-perl perl-libwww-perl perl-MailTools perl-MIME-Lite perl-CGI
@@ Line 57: / Line 69: @@
 ===Add site to http.conf===
 vim /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/post_virtualhost_global.conf
 Include "/usr/local/apache/conf.d/monitorix.conf"
 ===Edit monitorix apache config===
 vim /usr/local/apache/conf.d/monitorix.conf
 Comment out:
 order deny,allow
 deny from all
 allow from 127.0.0.1
 Uncomment:
 Options
 AllowOverride
 AuthUserFile
 AuthName
 AuthType
 Require User
 Change:
 AllowOverride AuthConfig
 AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf.d/.monitorix
 Require valid-user
 service httpd restart
@@ Line 84: / Line 113: @@
 vim /usr/share/monitorix/cgi-bin/monitorix.cgi
 vim /usr/bin/monitorix
 x64
 BEGIN {
          unshift(@INC, '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux/');
+}
 x32
 BEGIN {
          unshift(@INC, '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/perl/5.8.8/i686-linux/');
+}
 ===Start Monitorix===
@@ Line 109: / Line 148: @@
 our $MULTIHOST = "Y";
 our @REMOTEHOST_LIST =
 This list contains the remote servers that it can call up.
 If it is a cPanel server with suexec you should use the full host name