So for many years i use nagios to monitor my server and now im would say i can handle nagios config files good. But I fund pandora fms monitoring and this i must try.
From the pandora console its mutch easy to from the webbrowser setup new task and tweek task so you alarms realy are correct. Doing this in nagios then i had to change config files and restart nagios and nrpe.
So here is i small guide to install and set up i basic pandora fms monitoring,
Download the console, server client AND wsdi
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pandora/Pandora%20FMS%205.0/FinalSP3/RHEL_CentOS/pandorafms_agent_unix-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%2520FMS%25205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F&ts=1395336652&use_mirror=heanet
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pandora/Pandora%20FMS%205.0/FinalSP3/RHEL_CentOS/pandorafms_server-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%2520FMS%25205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F&ts=1395336686&use_mirror=freefr
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pandora/Pandora%20FMS%205.0/FinalSP3/RHEL_CentOS/pandorafms_console-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%2520FMS%25205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F&ts=1395336727&use_mirror=skylink
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pandora/Tools%20and%20dependencies%20%28All%20versions%29/RPM%20CentOS%2C%20RHEL/wmic-4.0.0SVN-2.1.el5.centos.noarch.rpm?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FTools%2520and%2520dependencies%2520%28All%2520versions%29%2FRPM%2520CentOS%2C%2520RHEL%2F&ts=1395337829&use_mirror=garr
Move them so they have the .rpm name ate the end
mv pandorafms_console-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm\?r\=http\:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%20FMS%205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F pandorafms_console-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
mv pandorafms_server-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm\?r\=http\:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%20FMS%205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F pandorafms_server-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
mv pandorafms_agent_unix-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm\?r\=http\:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FPandora%20FMS%205.0%2FFinalSP3%2FRHEL_CentOS%2F pandorafms_agent_unix-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
mv wmic-4.0.0SVN-2.1.el5.centos.noarch.rpm\?r\=http\:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpandora%2Ffiles%2FTools%20and%20dependencies%20\(All%20versions\)%2FRPM%20CentOS\,%20RHEL%2F wmic-4.0.0SVN-2.1.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
So now we have the 4 packaged that we need lets install them IMPORTANT that you do this in the correct order.
1.
sudo yum localinstall pandorafms_console-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
2.
sudo yum localinstall wmic-4.0.0SVN-2.1.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
3.
sudo yum localinstall pandorafms_server-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
4
sudo yum localinstall pandorafms_agent_unix-5.0SP3-1.noarch.rpm
Now we have the packages install its time to set up pandora console server and client.
Start i webbrowser and go to you pandora_console http://hostname/pandora_console
There setup you mysql details and let pandora install it self into you mysql.
Next up is to setup the pandora server.
Open the file
vi /var/www/html/pandora_console/include/config.php
And COPY the mysql password from that file
Open the file
vi /etc/pandora/pandora_server.conf
And PAST in the mysql password on the correct place.
Restart you pandora server
/etc/init.d/pandora_server restart /etc/init.d/tentacle_serverd restart
Open the file
vi /etc/pandora/pandora_agent.conf
Change the ip to your pandora server ip.
Restart the pandora client and pandora server deamon.
Then for every new host you would like to add only install the pandora client and chnage the ip. then all of you server will show up in the pandora_console.