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-pnp4nagios for Debian
+PNP4Nagios for Debian
---------------------
-The Debian package of PNP4Nagios uses NPCD for an easy installation *and* fast
-processing of performance data.
+PNP4Nagios supports several modes of operation. They differ in the way how
+performance data is being processed and, thus, the efficiency of PNP. Detailed
+documentation is available at <http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/modes>.
-Please change the "process_performance_data" statement in
-"/etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg" to "process_performance_data=1".
+Using bulk mode
+---------------
-Add the following line (without quotes) to "/etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg":
+We recommend to use bulk mode with NPCD and npcdmod. This will facilitate an
+easy installation and fast processing of performance data. To enable NPCD, set
+'RUN' to 'yes' in /etc/default/npcd.
+
+In order to enable processing of performance data in Nagios, please change the
+"process_performance_data" statement in "/etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg" to
+"process_performance_data=1".
+
+To register the NPC event broker module (npcdmod), add the following line
+(without quotes) to "/etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg":
"broker_module=/usr/lib/pnp4nagios/npcdmod.o config_file=/etc/pnp4nagios/npcd.cfg"
-Finally reload your Nagios server by "/etc/init.d/nagios3 reload". All
-performance date should be processed.
+Finally reload your Nagios server by running "/etc/init.d/nagios3 reload". All
+performance data should be processed now.
-If you want links to PNP4Nagios for your monitored hosts and services in Nagios
-web frontend just add
+If you want links to PNP4Nagios for your monitored hosts and services in the
+Nagios web frontend just add
- "action_url /pnp4nagios/graph?host=$HOSTNAME$"
to your hosts or host template(s)
- "action_url /pnp4nagios/graph?host=$HOSTNAME$&srv=$SERVICEDESC$"
to your services or service template(s)
+For more information and different modes of operation, see
+<http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/config>.
+
-- Sven Velt <sven@velt.de> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:55:35 +0000
+
+Using Gearman mode
+------------------
+
+Starting with version 0.6.12, PNP4Nagios may operate as a Gearman worker. This
+is useful in large, distributed setups using Nagios's mod_gearman. To use
+the PNP Gearman worker, you'll need a running mod_gearman environment. See
+<http://labs.consol.de/lang/en/nagios/mod-gearman/> for detailed setup
+instructions.
+
+In addition, the following configuration is required to get you started:
+
+- Enable processing of performance data in Nagios: set
+ 'process_performance_data=1' in "/etc/nagios3/nagios.cfg" and reload your
+ Nagios server: /etc/init.d/nagios3 reload.
+
+- Enable the PNP Gearman worker daemon by setting 'RUN' to 'yes' in
+ /etc/default/pnp_gearman_worker. Check the Gearman related options in
+ "/etc/pnp4nagios/process_perfdata.cfg" (GEARMAN_HOST and encryption
+ settings) and start the Gearman worker: /etc/init.d/pnp_gearman_worker start
+
+- Enable distribution of performance data in mod_gearman by setting the
+ 'perfdata=yes' option.
+
+When operating in Gearman mode, process_perfdata.pl requires the
+Gearman::Worker, MIME::Base64, and Crypt::Rijndael Perl modules. These are
+available in the libgearman-client-perl, perl, and libcrypt-rijndael-perl
+Debian packages (see packages suggested by pnp4nagios-bin).
+
+ -- Sebastian Harl <tokkee@debian.org> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:32:52 +0200
+
+Installation with Icinga
+------------------------
+
+If you use Icinga you also have to change /etc/pnp4nagios/apache.conf and
+replace the line "AuthUserFile /etc/icinga/htpasswd.users" with
+"AuthUserFile /etc/icinga/htpasswd.users".
+
+ -- Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:31:28 +0200
+