hello guys!
I am new in Linux and the platform
I have now is centOS.
I have learned from someone that jffnms
is a great monitoring tool.
I was wondering if I can install/run it using
centOS.

Thanks in advance for the help!

I just had alook at their site, and under installation they give very specific redhat package requirements, and since centos is just rh in disguise, I'd just follow the rh instructions. Try it and tell us where you have problems

I see...
OK..
I will let you know where or what problems I may encounter...
Thanks for the tip!

Sir Billy,

Now I am having a little problem...
This is the link I am looking at right now...
http://www.jffnms.org/jffnms/INSTALL

I am now at the Creating of Database...

Create the Databases
Manually create the database "jffnms", set the permissions and then import the schema and data.
Replace the 'x' with the jffnms version number.
MySQL:
======
# mysql -u <mysql admin username> -p<password>
mysql> CREATE DATABASE jffnms;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON jffnms.* TO jffnms@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'jffnms';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

# mysql -u jffnms -pjffnms jffnms < docs/jffnms-0.8.x.mysql

I am having a problem with this line...
# mysql -u <mysql admin username> -p<password>
Everytime I write a password I get this message...

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

I do not know what I am doing wrong...
Please Help!
Thanks!!!

Best Regards,
mrTOAD

Is the server running (or installed)?

try

ps aux | grep mysqld

And post the result.

If nothing, do you have the server installed?

Try

yum list installed mysql*

and see if mysql-server is listed

If not

yum install mysqlserver

Sir Billy,

Here is the result...
yum list installed mysql*

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Installed Packages
mysql.i386 5.0.22-2.2.el5_1.1 installed

and...

ps aux | grep mysqld

root 2642 0.0 0.4 3892 648 pts/0 R+ 09:59 0:00 grep mysqld

It seems my mysql is not running...
How do I run it?
Many Thanks!!!


Regards,
mrTOAD

mysql is the client. You need to install the server (mysqld)

yum install mysql-server
chkconfig mysqld on (this will start the server on boot)
service mysqld start (this will start the server now)

Please note also that when first installed, mysql has security holes - specifically, root doesn't have a password. Do a search on google for setting up mysql for how to fix this

Sir Billy,

I am trying to find rpm for mysql-server or tar files so i can install it.
But google is not giving me any. Do you know any site or link where I can download mysql-server?
Many, many thanks!

Best Regards,
mrTOAD

As I said, use yum - the commands are all in my post