Install Icinga with Debian or Ubuntu
Configure the BigPanda agent to send monitoring alerts from Icinga.
The BigPanda agent is a low-footprint utility installed on the master host of your monitoring tool. It consumes alerts from the tool in real-time and then transmits them to BigPanda via TLS-encrypted HTTP calls.
Python Compatibility
To use the Open Integration Manager for Agent-based integrations, Python version>= 3.8.0 and an Agent version >= 10.2 are required.
Prerequisites
python >= 3.8 and python-pip3 should be installed prior to installing the bigpanda-agent package.
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Ensure python3 is installed with the following command:
$ sudo apt install -y python3
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Verify the install with the following commands:
$ python3 --version $ pip3 --version
Note: If pip3 was not installed as a dependency, it can be installed with sudo apt install -y python3-pip
.
Note: Access to JFrog, pypi, and yum repositories are required to install all dependencies.
Install the BigPanda Agent on Debian or Ubuntu
Connect to the host where your Icinga server is installed and install the BigPanda agent package.
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Ensure packages are installed prior to downloading the BigPanda agent package:
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gnupg2 curl lsb-release
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Add the BigPanda repository and download the OpenPGP key:
$ echo deb https://bigpandaio.jfrog.io/artifactory/int-deb `lsb_release -c -s` main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bigpanda.list $ curl -sL https://bigpandaio.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/security/keypair/bigpanda/public | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/bigpanda.gpg > /dev/null
- The
--dearmor
option is for unpacking input from an OpenPGP ASCII armored key. - Since
apt-key
is marked to be deprecated on future releases of Debian or Ubuntu, it is preferred to manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead. - Note:
apt-key
can still be used in place of OpenPGP, but it is less secure.$ curl -sL https://bigpandaio.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/security/keypair/bigpanda/public | sudo apt-key add -
- The
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Update the repo list and install the BigPanda agent package.
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install -y bigpanda-agent
Note: For the OIM, bigpanda-agent v10.0.0+ is required.
Troubleshooting:
Error:
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?
Solution:
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/apt/methods/http /usr/lib/apt/methods/https
$ sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https
$ sudo apt update
Configure Icinga
Open the main Icinga configuration file (usually /usr/local/icinga/etc/icinga.cfg
or /etc/icinga/icinga.cfg
):
$ sudo vim /usr/local/icinga/etc/icinga.cfg
- Set
log_rotation_method
tod
(= daily log rotation) - Make sure
log_archive_path
is configured (= location of old logs) - Test that Icinga (usually
nagios
user) has write permissions to thelog_archive_path
folder
Reload the Icinga service for the changes to take effect.
sudo service icinga restart
Configure the BigPanda Agent
Generate the agent's configuration file:
$ sudo bigpanda-config --init --token <Your Org Bearer Token>
$ sudo bigpanda-config --add listener --app-key <Your App Key>
When prompted, specify the locations of icinga.log
, status.dat
, and objects.cache
files.
The script output should look like this:
Log File Path: /var/log/icinga/icinga.log
Status Dat Path: /var/cache/icinga/status.dat
Objects Cache Path: /var/cache/icinga/objects.cache
The actual paths will depend on your installation.
Update Permissions
Give the agent read permissions to the objects.cache
, status.dat
and log
files. A possible way to do it:
$ sudo usermod -a -G "<GROUP OF OBJECT CACHE FILE>,<GROUP OF LOG FILE>,<GROUP OF STATUS DAT FILE>" bigpanda
Start the BigPanda Agent
$ sudo service bigpanda start
Success
You should be able to see all your active Icinga alerts in the Incidents tab.
Updated 22 days ago