Biggest Problem with Nagios: Poor Setup/Installation

[Cook, Garry]

Atwal, Steve wrote:
> :-) I did read all the docs. So did another Linux admin.
> Also, a few articles on Nagios written by IBM. Nagios is a
> very impressive product, don't get me wrong. But, I disagree
> that the docs explain everything properly. It wasn't the last
> month that we
> tried to set it up - it was earlier this year. I was hoping
> that with a little prodding we can get a simple 5-page setup
> guide, in very basic point form.
> 
> Steve

Fair enough.
Did you see the pdf Installation guide that I mentioned below? If not,
take a look and see if maybe this is what you are looking for. It's
about 100 pages, not 5, but I still think it is 'simple' enough to get
you going.

If you still want to try to get Nagios running, follow the guide and
post specific questions to the list if/when you run into trouble. Like I
said, the list is a very valuable resource, and most of the folks that
subscribe are eager to help out new users, provided said users don't
insult their favorite network monitoring app. ;)

Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Infrastructure Manager
MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cook, Garry [mailto:GWCOOK at mactec.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:09 PM
> To: Atwal, Steve; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Biggest Problem with Nagios: Poor
> Setup/Installation 
> 
> Atwal, Steve wrote:
>> I'd like to use Nagios, but after wasting over a month, finally gave
>> up. Setup instructions are very poor, and we ended up using Big
>> Brother instead. I'd still like to use Nagios, but the following
>> problems will stop people in their tracks when it comes to using it:
> 
> From what I've seen over the past few years, there aren't too
> many people with a complaint such as this. Did you read all
> of the docs included with the distribution? They can also be
> found at Nagios.org.
> 
> I'm guessing that you did not read all of the docs, or you
> would have found the Installation Guide written by Andrew
> Kaplan, which is linked from http://www.nagios.org/docs/. If
> you've got a copy of that, and still can't get Nagios up and running
> correctly, then I don't think that the developers are at fault here.
> 
> One last thing... I've searched through the last few weeks of
> posts to the list, and I can't find another post from you
> besides this one. I would think that if you had spent a month
> attempting to setup Nagios, you would have mailed the list at
> least one
> other time with a question or two. If not, then what you've
> really wasted is a valuable resource, not a month of setup time.
> 
> Garry W. Cook, CCNA
> Network Infrastructure Manager
> MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
> 303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)
> 
>> - poor setup/installation, for both the server and clients to be
>> monitored 
>> - poor documentation for admins, esp. related to above point
>> - no easy configuration tool, e.g. one solution: create a good Webmin
>> plug-in (someone else tried to do this, but it doesn't work) If the
>> developers of Nagios can work on the above and get that polished,
>> they will have a very good tool that a lot more people will be
>> using. Until then....we'll leave it to those that have lots and
>> lots of time to waste.
>> Not being negative...just providing some feedback that might improve
>> the product. Cheers Steve



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