Centreon MBI
Prerequisites​
Centreon Plugin​
Install the plugin on poller that will monitor Centreon MBI reporting server
yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin centreon-plugin-Operatingsystems-Linux-Snmp
NRPE​
Install NPRE on the Centreon MBI reporting server
yum install centreon-nrpe-daemon
Edit the file /etc/nrpe/centreon-nrpe.cfg and:
Add the IP of the poller that monitors the Centreon MBI reporting server on the allowed_host= part.
Add the following lines at the end of the file
command[check_partitions]=/usr/share/centreon-bi/etl/centreonbiMonitoring.pl --partitions
command[check_db]=/usr/share/centreon-bi/etl/centreonbiMonitoring.pl --db-content
command[check_jobs]=/usr/share/centreon-bi/etl/centreonbiMonitoring.pl --jobs
Start the deamon:
# service centreon-nrpe start
Be sure to have with you the following information:
- Read-Only SNMP community
- IP Address of the monitoring server
Install the SNMP service​
With the root
user, install the following package and its dependencies:
root@yourserver#> yum install net-snmp net-snmp-utils
Configure SNMP on your server​
Open the file /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf with your favorite text editor
Modify the following lines (Replace the
<SNMPCOMMUNITY>
):com2sec notConfigUser default
<SNMPCOMMUNITY>
Comment all the lines which begin by
view
:view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2 view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25
Just after the previous lines, add the following line:
view systemview included .1
save the file
start the snmp service:
service snmpd start
Add SNMP to booting services:
chkconfig --add snmpd; chkconfig --level 2345 snmpd on
Check your SNMP installation​
Try to execute this command:
$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c <SNMPCOMMUNITY> <IPSERVER> .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1
You should get a response looking like the following:
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux <SERVER> 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 7 10:39:21 EDT 2009 i686
SNMP Permissions​
You need a SNMP read access on following OIDs:
- HOST-RESOURCES-MIB: .1.3.6.1.2.1.25 (cpu, uptime, storage, process)
- UCD-SNMP-MIB: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021 (swap, memory, inodes, diskio)
- IF-MIB: .1.3.6.1.2.1.2 (traffic)
Troubleshooting​
Read Troubleshooting SNMP;
Centreon Configuration​
Create a new host Centreon-MBI server​
Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:
Field | Value |
---|---|
Host name | Hostname of the Centreon MBI reporting server |
Alias | The host description |
IP | Host IP Address |
Monitored from | Monitoring Poller to use |
Host Multiple Templates | App-Monitoring-Centreon-MBI-custom |
Click on the Save button.
Notice​
We advice you to also link your reporting server to App-DB-MySQL template. Refer to its monitoring procedure for the configuration.