Nagios Client Install on Linux CentOS

Packages you will need:
gcc
openssl-devel

1. Create an install dir:

   mkdir /install

2. Download NRPE:

   wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nrpe-2.12.tar.gz

3. tar -zxvf nrpe-2.12.tar.gz

4. cd nrpe-2.12

5. ./configure

   should end with an output like this:

   *** Configuration summary for nrpe 2.12 03-10-2008 ***:
   
    General Options:
    -------------------------
    NRPE port:    5666
    NRPE user:    nagios
    NRPE group:   nagios
    Nagios user:  nagios
    Nagios group: nagios
   
   
   Review the options above for accuracy.  If they look okay,
   type 'make all' to compile the NRPE daemon and client.
   

6. Run

   make all

7. useradd nagios

8. make install

9. Edit and install nrpe.cfg into /usr/local/nagios/etc
10. Go back into

    cd /install 

11. Download Nagios-Plugisns:

    wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz

12. tar -zxvf nagios-plugins-1.4.14.tar.gz

13. cd nagios-plugins-1.4.14

14. ./configure

15. make all

16. make install

17. Install nrpe into /etc/init.d

18. chmod a+x nrpe

19. Run

     chkconfig --add nrpe

20. chkconfig --level 235 nrpe on