Installation of Centreon-Nagios-SAP-Plugins On RHEL5.2

Installation of Centreon-Nagios-SAP-Plugins on RHEL5
Applies to
SAP ERP 2005
Redhat RHEL 5 on x86_64 Systems
Summary
This paper describes the steps to install a monitoring solution based on Nagios.
SAP CCMS monitors can be uploaded and monitored from within this application.
Author(s): Pascal Bombardier

Company: BULL
Created on: 30 October 2008
Author Bio
Pascal Bombardier has 10 years of experience in ERP consulting, integration and
development. His competences ranges from Operating systems to ERP software, from
functional analysis to implementation and development. He is working for BULL company and
currently joined the SAP Linuxlab as a hardware partner, where he certifies SAP software
components on Bull hardware.
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Table of Contents
1.Nagios Pre-requisites.....................................................................................................................................3
2.Nagios installation..........................................................................................................................................3
3.Centreon Pre-requisites.................................................................................................................................4
4.Centreon Installation......................................................................................................................................4
5.SAP plugins compilation................................................................................................................................5
6.Configuration Example...................................................................................................................................6
7.Application Views...........................................................................................................................................7
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1.Nagios Pre-requisites
Check that the following packages are installed :
yum install httpd
yum install gcc
yum install glibc glibc-common
yum install gd gd-devel
Disable SELinux (permissive mode)
2.Nagios installation
Nagios QuickStart
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-fedora.html
Create nagios account

/usr/sbin/useradd -m nagios
passwd nagios
/usr/sbin/groupadd nagcmd
/usr/sbin/usermod -G nagcmd nagios
/usr/sbin/usermod -G nagcmd apache
Install Nagios from source

tar xvf nagios-3.0.4.tar.gz
cd nagios-3.0.4
./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd
make all
make install
make install-init
make install-config
make install-commandmode
Configure the administrator mail address

vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
Finish Nagios installation

make install-webconf
htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
service httpd restart
Install the Nagios plugins

tar xzf nagios-plugins-1.4.13.tar.gz
cd nagios-plugins-1.4.13
./configure --with-nagios-user=nagios --with-nagios-group=nagios
make
make install
Check Nagios configuration

/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
Comment line 551 (#time_change_threshold=)
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Install and start Nagios service

chkconfig --add nagios
chkconfig nagios on
service nagios start
3.Centreon Pre-requisites
Install rrdtool from EPEL website
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-
3.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
yum install rrdtool
Install php – mysql

yum install mysql-server
yum install php php-mysql php-pear php-snmp php-posix php-gd php-ldap
yum install libpng libpng-devel perl-Config-IniFiles perl-Crypt-DES perl-Digest-
HMAC perl-Digest-SHA1 perl-GD perl-IO-Socket-INET6 perl-Net-SNMP rrdtool-perl
perl-Socket6
Start Mysql
chkconfig mysqld on
service mysqld start
4.Centreon Installation
tar xvf centreon-1.4.2.7.tar.gz
./install.sh
...
Where is installed RRD perl modules [RRDs.pm] ?
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
Goto http://SERVER/centreon/
php pear extensions failed
Setup the proxy

pear config-set http_proxy "http://proxy:8080"
Copy paste the command line from the browser to a shell

pear install -o -f --alldeps DB DB_DataObject DB_DataObject_FormBuilder MDB2
Date Numbers_Roman Numbers_Words HTML_Common HTML_QuickForm
HTML_QuickForm_advmultiselect HTML_Table Auth_SASL HTTP Image_Canvas Image_Color
Image_Graph Image_GraphViz Mail Mail_Mime Net_SMTP Net_Socket Net_Traceroute
Net_Ping Validate SOAP
Click on “Recheck”, all pear extensions should be OK.
Enter Centreon Database Name : centreon
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Enter Centreon Data Storage Database Name : centstorage
Upload the Nagios configuration files from the server “/usr/local/nagios/etc” to the client PC
nagios.cfg
cgi.cfg
resource.cfg
objects/*
In Centreon, goto “Configuration / Nagios / Import” and upload the nagios.cfg, cgi.cfg and
resource.cfg files
Restarting Nagios from Centreon does not work

# visudo
Comment the following line
#Defaults requiretty
Configure service performance collection in nagios.cfg

In Centreon, goto “Configuration / Nagios / Nagios CFG” and set
Performance Data Processing Option Yes
Service Performance Data Processing Command process-service-perfdata
Service Performance Data File /usr/local/nagios/var/service-perfdata
Start the ODS database

chkconfig –add ods
chkconfig ods on
service ods start
5.SAP plugins compilation

Get the following files
sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3.tar.gz
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios-sap-ccms/
RFC_14-10004427_700NUC.SAR
http://service.sap.com/ Download / RFCSDK / 700 / Non-Unicode / x86_64
sap_ccms.patch.txt
http://www.nagios-portal.org/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=81533
# tar xvf sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3.tar.gz

# sapcar -xvf RFC_14-10004427_700NUC.SAR
# cp rfcsdk/lib/librfc.a sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3/src/sap_moni
cp: overwrite `sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3/src/sap_moni/librfc.a'? y
# patch -p0 < sap_ccms.patch.txt
patching file sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3/src/Makefile
patching file sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3/src/sap_moni/Makefile
# cd sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3/src
# vi check_sap_cons.c
...
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printf("%s %s %s %s %s | %s=%s\n",nodes[j].Mtsysid, nodes[j].Mtmcname,

nodes[j].Objectname, nodes[j].Mtnameshrt, nodes[j].currentValue,
nodes[j].Mtnameshrt, nodes[j].currentValue);
...
# make
Installation
# cp sap_moni.so /lib64
# cp check_sap check_sap_cons check_sap_instance check_sap_instance_cons
check_sap_multiple check_sap_mult_no_thr check_sap_system
check_sap_system_cons /usr/local/nagios/libexec/
# chown apache:nagios /usr/local/nagios/libexec/*
# cp -a config /etc/sapmon
6.Configuration Example
Adjust login.cfg to login to the systems

[LOGIN_BUL]
LOGIN=-d BUL -u sap* -p passwd -h ls3023 -s 00
Adjust agents.cfg to monitor the required indicator

[TEMPLATE_100]
MONI_SET_NAME="SAP CCMS Monitor Templates"
MONI_NAME="Dialog Overview"
PATTERN_0="*ResponseTime"
[TEMPLATE_105]
MONI_NAME="Dialog Overview"
PATTERN_0="*UsersLoggedIn"
[TEMPLATE_110]
MONI_NAME="Entire System"
PATTERN_0="*EsAct"
[TEMPLATE_200]
MONI_NAME="Database"
PATTERN_0="*Fullest tablespace"
[TEMPLATE_210]
PATTERN_0="*DBRequestTime"
[TEMPLATE_300]
MONI_NAME="Operating System"
PATTERN_0="*5minLoadAverage"
[TEMPLATE_999]
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PATTERN_0="*"
7.Application Views
Welcome screen
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Service View
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Hosts View
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Reporting Screen
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Host Graphics
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Host Graphics with SAP Monitors
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Services Configuration – Main View
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Service Configuration – Detail View
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Generate Nagios Configuration
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Related Content
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Installation of Centreon-Nagios-SAP-Plugins on RHEL5

Author(s): Pascal Bombardier

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Disable SELinux (permissive mode)

Create nagios account

Install Nagios from source

Configure the administrator mail address

Finish Nagios installation

Install the Nagios plugins

Check Nagios configuration

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Install and start Nagios service

Install php – mysql

Setup the proxy

Copy paste the command line from the browser to a shell

Click on “Recheck”, all pear extensions should be OK.

Enter Centreon Database Name : centreon

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Enter Centreon Data Storage Database Name : centstorage

Restarting Nagios from Centreon does not work

Configure service performance collection in nagios.cfg

Start the ODS database

5.SAP plugins compilation

# tar xvf sap-ccms-plugin-0.7.3.tar.gz

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printf("%s %s %s %s %s | %s=%s\n",nodes[j].Mtsysid, nodes[j].Mtmcname,

Adjust login.cfg to login to the systems

Adjust agents.cfg to monitor the required indicator

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Host Graphics with SAP Monitors

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Services Configuration – Main View

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Service Configuration – Detail View

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Generate Nagios Configuration

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