Install check_mk with nagios 3

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　　please refer http://hj192837.blog.运维网.com/655995/1357552 and http://hj192837.blog.运维网.com/655995/1358716 for installing Nagios 3 and PNP4Nagios and Nagvis
　　

　　Linux Platform: CentOS 6.5 x86_64
　　

　　1. yum -y install gcc-c++
tar zxf check_mk-1.2.4.tar.gz
cd check_mk-1.2.4
./setup.sh
　　please check below setting for it:
　　bindir='/usr/local/check_mk/bin'
confdir='/usr/local/check_mk/etc'
sharedir='/usr/local/check_mk/share'
docdir='/usr/local/check_mk/doc'
checkmandir='/usr/local/check_mk/doc/manuals'
vardir='/usr/local/check_mk/var'
agentslibdir='/usr/local/check_mk/extensions'
agentsconfdir='/usr/local/check_mk/etc'
nagiosuser='nagios'
wwwuser='apache'
wwwgroup='nagios'
nagios_binary='/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios'
nagios_config_file='/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg'
nagconfdir='/usr/local/nagios/etc/check_mk.d'
nagios_startscript='/etc/init.d/nagios'
nagpipe='/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'
check_result_path='/usr/local/nagios/var/spool/checkresults'
nagios_status_file='/usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat'
check_icmp_path='/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_icmp'
url_prefix='/'
apache_config_dir='/etc/httpd/conf.d'
htpasswd_file='/usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users'
nagios_auth_name='Nagios Access'
pnptemplates='/usr/local/pnp4nagios/share/templates'
rrd_path='/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata'
rrdcached_socket='/tmp/rrdcached.sock'
enable_livestatus='yes'
nagios_version='3.5.1'
libdir='/usr/local/check_mk/lib'
livesock='/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/live'
livebackendsdir='/usr/local/check_mk/livestatus'
enable_mkeventd='yes'
mkeventdstatedir='/usr/local/check_mk/mkeventd'
　　

　　chkconfig --add mkeventd
vi /etc/init.d/mkeventd
MKEVENTD_SYSLOG=on
　　

　　service mkeventd start
　　

　　2. rpm -ivh http://mirrors.sohu.com/fedora-epel/6Server/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
yum -y install mod_python
service nagios restart
service httpd restart
http://nagios-server/check_mk/  using nagiosadmin:nagiosadmin

　　

　　from left bottom of page, check below to add Custom Links

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/etc/multisite.mk

　　
3. Install the agent on localhost
yum -y install xinetd
service xinetd start; chkconfig xinetd on

rpm -ivh check_mk-agent-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh check_mk-agent-logwatch-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
　　

　　It's recommended to use WATO to add hosts、run service inventory、modify etc

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/etc/main.mk
all_hosts = [ "localhost" ]
　　
vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
comment all cfg_file lines as below:

　　enable_environment_macros=0

　　log_external_commands=0
log_passive_checks=0
　　
You can also use WATO
/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -I localhost
　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/var/autochecks/localhost.mk to remove unwanted item as you needed

　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R

http://nagios-server/check_mk/  using nagiosadmin:nagiosadmin


　　Install check_mk agent on monitered linux client (no NRPE required)

　　

　　1. yum -y install xinetd
service xinetd start; chkconfig xinetd on
　　

　　2. rpm -ivh check_mk-agent-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh check_mk-agent-logwatch-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm
　　

　　3. It's recommended to use WATO to add hosts、run service inventory、modify etc
　　on Nagios check_mk server
　　vi /etc/hosts
　　192.168.1.11    linuxtestclient
　　

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/etc/main.mk
　　all_hosts = [ 'localhost','linuxtestclient' ]

　　

　　You can also use WATO
　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -I linuxtestclient
　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/var/autochecks/linuxtestclient.mk to remove unwanted item as you needed
　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　

　　Install check_mk agent on monitered windows client (no NSCP required)
　　

　　1. install check-mk-agent-1.2.4.exe
　　

　　2. create inbound firewall rule for tcp port 6556
　　

　　3. It's recommended to use WATO to add hosts、run service inventory、modify etc
　　on Nagios check_mk server
　　vi /etc/hosts
　　192.168.1.12    windowsclient
　　

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/etc/main.mk
　　all_hosts = [ 'localhost','linuxtestclient','windowsclient' ]

　　

　　You can also use WATO
　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -I windowsclient
　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/var/autochecks/windowsclient.mk to remove unwanted item as you needed
　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　

　　You can also use WATO
　　Remove monitored client from check_mk

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/etc/main.mk
　　remove item for it
　　

　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　

　　You can also use WATO
　　Modify service for monitored client

　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/var/autochecks/*.mk to remove unneed item

　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　

　　You can also use WATO
　　renew service for host

　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -II host-name
　　vi /usr/local/check_mk/var/autochecks/*.mk to remove unneed item

　　/usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　


　　Managing NagVis permissions in WATO
　　

　　As this module only works in OMD environments at the moment now , we should remove it from check_mk available snapins
　　cd /usr/local/check_mk/share/web/plugins/sidebar/
　　mv nagvis_maps.py nagvis_maps.py.bak
　　service nagios restart
　　service httpd restart
　　

　　Interface in PNP service graph has red error issue:
　　

　　1. you will find below error

　　

　　2. to resolve this issue, just upgrade to rrdtool 1.4
　　yum -y install ruby
rpm -Fvh rrdtool-perl-1.4.7-1.el6.wrl.x86_64.rpm rrdtool-1.4.7-1.el6.wrl.x86_64.rpm

　　

　　To get popup PNP graph in check_mk
　　

　　1. vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
　　broker_module=/usr/local/check_mk/lib/livestatus.o pnp_path=/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/live

　　2. /usr/local/check_mk/bin/cmk -R
　　now it's done