multiple instances

[Andreas Ericsson]

Marc Powell wrote:
> Mr Candian,
> 
> I am sure that I speak for many on this list when I say to please stop
> what you are doing. Stop trying to configure Nagios in the way that you
> are as it will not work as you expect. Please re-read the documentation,
> please re-read what I and others have told you is the correct way to
> allow multiple logins to see different hosts and services from each
> other. It's exceedingly simple; don't overcomplicate it. Please re-read
> what Tim said in the very email you responded to which was clearly
> directing you to do something other than what you did. Then read the
> documentation again, specifically the parts about contacts,
> contact_groups, and CGI Authentication. I suggest that you might want to
> start from the very beginning again. You need one installation of
> Nagios. That's it. That one installation of Nagios can serve as the
> front end for tens, hundreds or thousands of companies and they would
> have no idea the others existed.
> 
> If, after all of the above, you still do not understand, you may want to
> contact a Linux User Group in your area. Chances are someone there has
> experience with Nagios that can sit down with you and show you hands on
> what you need to do. There are also commercial entities that will help
> you set up Nagios as well. I only mention these options because your
> repeated queries on this subject show that you do not yet understand the
> basic operation of Nagios and do not appear to understand the advice
> that has been provided to you.
> 
> --
> Marc
> 

*clap, clap, clap*

(Sorry, I know this goes against good list etiquette, but I just 
couldn't help it)

I couldn't have said it better myself, and you actually managed to stay 
polite all the time. That's rather extraordinary. :)

> ----Original Message----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mario
> Sergio
> Candian Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:54 PM To: Tim Palmer
> Cc: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] multiple instances
> 
> 
>>Hi Tim,
>>
>>i do what u tell me. I copied the nagios.cfg and cgi.cfg for the
> 
> directory of
> 
>>the companyA, and companyB. Then, I edited the files, and I put the
> 
> following
> 
>>form:  
>>
>>In /companyA/etc/cgi.cfg:
>>
>>
> 
> main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nagios
> .cfg
> 
>>physical_html_path=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share
>>
>>url_html_path=/companyA
>>
>>authorized_for_configuration_information=companyA
>>...
>>
>>In /companyA/etc/nagios.cfg
>>
>>log_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/var/nagios.log
>>
>>...
>>
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg
>>...
>>
>>
> 
> status_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/var/status.log
> 
>>nagios_user=nagios
>>
>>...
>>
>>the same for the companyB (cgi.cfg and nagios.cfg) modifying only the
> 
> names.
> 
>>My cgi.cfg and nagios.cfg default is:
>>
>>cgi.cfg:
>>
>>main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
>>
>>physical_html_path=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share
>>
>>url_html_path=/nagios
>>
>>use_authentication=1
>>
>>authorized_for_system_information=admin
>>...
>>
>>And my nagios.cfg is:
>>
>>log_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/var/nagios.log
>>
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
>>cfg_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg
>>
>>...
>>
>>comment_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/var/comment.log
>>
>>...
>>
>>In my httpd.conf:
>>
>>   ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/
> 
> /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> 
>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
>>     AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>     Options ExecCGI
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from all
>>  </Directory>
>>
>>    ScriptAlias /companyA/cgi-bin/
> 
> /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> 
>>   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
>>      AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>      Options ExecCGI
>>      Order allow,deny
>>      Allow from all
>>      require user mdbrasil
>>   </Directory>
>>
>>    ScriptAlias /companyB/cgi-bin/
> 
> /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/
> 
>>   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
>>      AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>      Options ExecCGI
>>      Order allow,deny
>>      Allow from all
>>      require user twi
>>   </Directory>
>>
>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
>>     Options None
>>     AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from all
>>  </Directory>
>>
>>   Alias /companyA/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
>>     Options None
>>     AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from all
>>     require user mdbrasil
>>  </Directory>
>>
>>   Alias /companyB/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
>>     Options None
>>     AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from all
>>     require user twi
>>  </Directory>
>>
>>Do I need to run the nagios.cfg of the companyA and companyB
> 
> directory?
> 
>>e.g:
>>./nagios -d
> 
> /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nagios.cfg
> 
>>and
>>./nagios -d
> 
> /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyB/etc/nagios.cfg
> 
>>or, only nagios.cfg of the /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc
>>directory?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Mario Sergio
>>
>>On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Tim Palmer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No, you are making this far more complicated than it needs to be.
>>>
>>>One nagios.cfg, one cgi.cfg, one webspace, one ScriptAlias, one
> 
> Alias.
> 
>>>You don't need all this extra stuff.
>>>
>>>When a user logs into apache, the account that they use to login
> 
> will
> 
>>>be matched to a contact in your contacts.cfg. What that person will
>>>see is determined by which hosts/hostgroups/services use the
>>>contactgroup that this contact is a member of.
>>>
>>>In general, don't put any contacts besides maybe a "superuser" in
> 
> the
> 
>>>cgi.cfg "authorized_for_..." lines.
>>>
>>>Read - very carefully, as many times as necessary - the section in
> 
> the
> 
>>>docs called "Configuring Authentication for the CGIs". Make sure you
>>>understand the "definitions" section near the top.
>>>
>>>tim
>>>
>>>At 01:59 PM 10/5/2004, Mario Sergio Candian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Oks guys,
>>>>
>>>>i will edit the cgi.cfg, and i will need to define some attributes
> 
> as
> 
>>>>like: 
>>>>
>>>>
> 
> main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
> 
> main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/etc/nag
> 
>>>>ios.cfg
>>>>
> 
> main_config_file=/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyB/etc/nag
> 
>>>>ios.cfg  
>>>>
>>>>url_html_path=/nagios
>>>>url_html_path=/companyA
>>>>url_html_path=/companyB
>>>>
>>>>authorized_for_system_information=admin,userA,userB
>>>>
>>>>will i need to copy the etc (with the .cfg files) for other
> 
> directory
> 
>>>>(/companyA/etc) and (/companyB/etc)? Or will i can edit the .cfg
> 
> files in
> 
>>>>the /nagios/etc? 
>>>>
>>>>then, i will define the hosts, hostgroups, services, and i need to
> 
> create
> 
>>>>the aliases scripts: 
>>>>
>>>>    ScriptAlias /companyA/cgi-bin/
>>>>/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/companyA/sbin/
>>>>   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
>>>>      AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>>>      Options ExecCGI
>>>>      Order allow,deny
>>>>      Allow from all
>>>>   </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>    ScriptAlias /companyB/cgi-bin/
>>>>/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/CompanyB/sbin/
>>>>   <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/sbin/">
>>>>      AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>>>      Options ExecCGI
>>>>      Order allow,deny
>>>>      Allow from all
>>>>   </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>   Alias /companyA/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
>>>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> 
> Options
> 
>>>>     None AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>>>     Order allow,deny
>>>>     Allow from all
>>>>  </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>   Alias /companyB/ /usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/
>>>>  <Directory "/usr/home/eksffa/public_html/nagios/share/">
> 
> Options
> 
>>>>     None AllowOverride AuthConfig
>>>>     Order allow,deny
>>>>     Allow from all
>>>>  </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>Is this correcty?
>>>>
>>>>Mario Sergio
> 
> 
> 
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