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Gianluca: Bioinfolocal:bigsis agent install moved to biolocal:Bigsis agent install: moving to the right namespace

Gianluca — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:52:54 GMT

Bioinfolocal:bigsis agent install moved to biolocal:Bigsis agent install: moving to the right namespace

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Gianluca at 12:44, 4 October 2007

Gianluca — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:44:53 GMT

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		+	Create a group and a user with gid and id 604 named bigsis:
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	* groupadd -g 604 bigsis		* groupadd -g 604 bigsis
	* useradd -u 604 -g 604 bigsis		* useradd -u 604 -g 604 bigsis
		+
		+	Install the agent and the libraries:
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	* rpm -ivh bigsister-1.02-4.noarch.rpm bigsister-agent-1.02-4.noarch.rpm		* rpm -ivh bigsister-1.02-4.noarch.rpm bigsister-agent-1.02-4.noarch.rpm
	* yum install perl-GD		* yum install perl-GD
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		+	Configure the automatic startup:
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	* chkconfig --add bigsister		* chkconfig --add bigsister
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		+	Modify the group and the group permissions, to allow the bigsis user to read the sistem logs:

	* chown root.bigsis /var/log/messages*		* chown root.bigsis /var/log/messages*
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-	Edit the /etc/logrotate.d/syslog file	+	Edit the /etc/logrotate.d/syslog file to ensure that the rotate log files will be created with the right permissions.

	Modify the default configuration:		Modify the default configuration:
-		+	<pre>
	/var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {		/var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {
	sharedscripts		sharedscripts
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	endscript		endscript
	}		}
-		+	</pre>
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	with the following:		with the following:
-		+	<pre>
	/var/log/messages /var/log/maillog {		/var/log/messages /var/log/maillog {
	sharedscripts		sharedscripts
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	endscript		endscript
	}		}
		+	</pre>


-		+	Configure the bigsister agent.
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	* cd /etc/bigsister/		* cd /etc/bigsister/
	* vi uxmon-net		* vi uxmon-net

		+	<pre>
	# KEYWORD Default settings Apply To TEST		# KEYWORD Default settings Apply To TEST
	#------------- --------------------------- -----------------		#------------- --------------------------- -----------------
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	# process is started for every file matching that pattern		# process is started for every file matching that pattern
	include include_checks.$HOST		include include_checks.$HOST
		+	</pre>

		+	Start the agent.

-		+	<pre>
-		+	/etc/init.d/bigsister start
-		+	</pre>
-	* /etc/init.d/bigsister start	+

Gianluca: New page: * groupadd -g 604 bigsis * useradd -u 604 -g 604 bigsis * rpm -ivh bigsister-1.02-4.noarch.rpm bigsister-agent-1.02-4.noarch.rpm * yum install perl-GD * chkconfig --add bigsister * chown ...

Gianluca — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:37:54 GMT

New page: * groupadd -g 604 bigsis * useradd -u 604 -g 604 bigsis * rpm -ivh bigsister-1.02-4.noarch.rpm bigsister-agent-1.02-4.noarch.rpm * yum install perl-GD * chkconfig --add bigsister * chown ...

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* groupadd -g 604 bigsis
* useradd -u 604 -g 604 bigsis
* rpm -ivh bigsister-1.02-4.noarch.rpm bigsister-agent-1.02-4.noarch.rpm
* yum install perl-GD
* chkconfig --add bigsister

* chown root.bigsis /var/log/messages*
* chown root.bigsis /var/log/maillog*
* chmod g+r /var/log/messages*
* chmod g+r /var/log/maillog*

Edit the /etc/logrotate.d/syslog file

Modify the default configuration:

/var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {
sharedscripts
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
endscript
}

with the following:

/var/log/messages /var/log/maillog {
sharedscripts
create 640 root bigsis
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
endscript
}

/var/log/secure /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron {
sharedscripts
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
endscript
}

* cd /etc/bigsister/
* vi uxmon-net

# KEYWORD Default settings Apply To TEST
#------------- --------------------------- -----------------
DEFAULT community=public frequency=5 perf=5 ALL
DEFAULT version=1 proto=udp rpc
DEFAULT proto=udp ping

# Information about defined systems to monitor using DESCR command.
#
# KEYWORD SYSTEM FEATURES Apply To HOST
#--------- -------------------------- ------------
DESCR features=unix,linux localhost
# DESCR features=unix,sysv,solaris someotherhost

# Run the following tests.
# Note: host1(host2) is reported under host2
# Note: host can be an IP address
# Report Host Health Test List
#------------ -----------------------------------
#localhost load memory network cpuload
#localhost disk
#localhost syslog
#localhost proc=inetd procs proc=sshd procs
#localhost users
localhost(linux1) load memory cpuload
localhost(linux1) interface=eth0 speed=1000000000 network
localhost(linux1) df="df -l" disk
localhost(linux1) syslog
localhost(linux1) proc=sshd procs
localhost(linux1) users

# EDIT THIS, replace localhost by the name or IP address of your Big Sister server
#
# BigSis Server bsdisplay /options
#------------ -----------------------------------
bpb.ceinge.unina.it bsdisplay

# include file for specific hosts, do not name it uxmon-net.* as a new
# process is started for every file matching that pattern
include include_checks.$HOST

* /etc/init.d/bigsister start