why there is no nagios package in debian

tripialos · 05-15-2018, 08:02 AM

I was trying to install nagios on a debian 9 test box today and i noticed that there is no package available.

Strange thing is that there are packages for nagios plugins but not nagios-core it self.

Code:

root@master:/usr/local/nagios/etc# apt-cache search "^nagios"
fusiondirectory-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for FusionDirectory
gosa-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for GOsa²
mod-gearman-module - Nagios/Icinga event broker module for Mod-Gearman
nagios-plugins - transitional dummy package (nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins)
nagios-plugins-basic - transitional dummy package
nagios-plugins-common - transitional dummy package
nagios-plugins-standard - transitional dummy package
nagios-check-xmppng - monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers
nagios-images - Collection of images and icons for the nagios system
nagios-nrpe-plugin - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Plugin
nagios-nrpe-server - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Server
nagios-plugin-check-multi - run nagios checks as a group
nagios-plugins-contrib - Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems
nagios-snmp-plugins - SNMP Plugins for nagios
nagstamon - Nagios status monitor which takes place in systray or on desktop
nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins - Nagios plugins for ARC
nsca - Nagios service monitor agent
nsca-client - Nagios service monitor agent - client package

1. Since debian has one of the best package repos (in volume ), how come there is no package for nagios?
2. Why there are packages for plugin but not for nagios?
3. What does transitional dummy package is?

Thanks

wpeckham · 05-15-2018, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tripialos

I was trying to install nagios on a debian 9 test box today and i noticed that there is no package available.

Strange thing is that there are packages for nagios plugins but not nagios-core it self.

Code:

root@master:/usr/local/nagios/etc# apt-cache search "^nagios"
fusiondirectory-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for FusionDirectory
gosa-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for GOsa²
mod-gearman-module - Nagios/Icinga event broker module for Mod-Gearman
nagios-plugins - transitional dummy package (nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins)
nagios-plugins-basic - transitional dummy package
nagios-plugins-common - transitional dummy package
nagios-plugins-standard - transitional dummy package
nagios-check-xmppng - monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers
nagios-images - Collection of images and icons for the nagios system
nagios-nrpe-plugin - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Plugin
nagios-nrpe-server - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Server
nagios-plugin-check-multi - run nagios checks as a group
nagios-plugins-contrib - Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems
nagios-snmp-plugins - SNMP Plugins for nagios
nagstamon - Nagios status monitor which takes place in systray or on desktop
nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins - Nagios plugins for ARC
nsca - Nagios service monitor agent
nsca-client - Nagios service monitor agent - client package

1. Since debian has one of the best package repos (in volume ), how come there is no package for nagios?
2. Why there are packages for plugin but not for nagios?
3. What does transitional dummy package is?

Thanks

Try something like this:

Code:

apt-cache search nagios|grep -i core

on my system it lists nagios3-core as a candidate.

tripialos · 05-16-2018, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpeckham

Try something like this:

Code:

apt-cache search nagios|grep -i core

on my system it lists nagios3-core as a candidate.

Thanks for the reply wpeckham. What version of debian are you using? Mine only lists icinga-core but not nagios.

Code:

root@master:~# apt-cache search nagios |grep core
collectd-core - statistics collection and monitoring daemon (core system)
icinga-core - host and network monitoring system - core files
uwsgi-core - fast, self-healing application container server (core)

wpeckham · 05-16-2018, 05:38 AM

Mine is a hybrid system and may not reflect what is in the standard repos alone. I did find a page that might be useful if you cannot attach to a repo with Nagios core: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/...3-on-debian-9/. It may go into somewhat more detail than you need, but should prove useful.

m_yates · 05-16-2018, 12:57 PM

The documentation states nagios3 was removed from stretch and recommends icinga instead:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stab...formation.html

This document shows how to install nagios on Debian 9 from nagios.com

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/...3-on-debian-9/