Installation Guide

Installing Nagios XI Manually on Linux

XI This document is intended to outline the steps required to manually install
Nagios XI on a Linux machine. Want installation help? We will do it for free.

Requirements for a successful installation

1. You will need a running CentOS or RedHat Enterprise 4. You need to have an IP address associated with
Linux Box (version 6 or 7). your machine.

2. We recommend and will only support installing 5. Internet access is required for installation and
Nagios XI on a newly installed, clean system (a upgrades. If your server does not have internet access
bare minimal install with nothing else installed or you will need to follow our offline procedure here.
configured).

3. Once installed, make sure you login as the root user 6. Other Nagios products (Network Analyzer, Log
(explained below). Server and Fusion) should not co-exist on the same
server.

1. Select your CentOS or Red Hat Linux kernel.

Hit enter.

2. Once your machine has booted up, you will

need to log in. Youll need to login as the
root user, or another user that has sudo rights.

Were logging in as root for this example.

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3. Enter your password and press enter.

Note: For quick installation, use the command

below. Type the command:

curl https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/install.sh | sh

Hit enter. If successful, it will fully install and

you can move to step 12. If it does not
successfully install, proceed to step 4.

4. Next you will change to the /tmp directory.

Type the command: cd /tmp

Hit enter.

5. To download the latest stable release of

Nagios XI, you are going to type the following
command:

wget http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/xi-latest.tar.gz

Hit enter.

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6. It will begin to download.

7. To get started with the installation of Nagios

XI you must first expand the installation archive.

Type the command: tar xzf xi-latest.tar.gz

Hit enter.

8. To get started, change to the newly created

nagiosxi subdirectory to get started with the
installation.

Type the command: cd /tmp/nagiosxi

Hit enter.

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9. Next you will run the full install.

Type the command: ./fullinstall

Hit enter.

10. The next message is simply confirming that

you are running a clean minimal install.

Type the letter: Y

Hit enter.

11. The full installation will begin. If installed

properly, you will see a message that says
Nagios XI Installation Complete!

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12.Open up your preferred web browser. Youll

see Google Chrome here. This is where you
would type in your specific IP address (found at
the end of your Nagios XI installation, and type
it into the search bar. Hit enter on your keyboard
when done.

13. In the Nagios XI Installer you can configure

your name, email address, password and choose
your time zone. Once all of your changes have
been made, click Install.

14. Congratulations! You have successfully

installed Nagios XI. Here youll see your
login information. It will be different than you
see here, depending on the configurations you
made on the previous screen. It is important that
you know your username and password
intimately before clicking Login to Nagios XI.
You will be prompted to log in on the following
page.

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15. Here is the login page.

16. Insert your login credentials from the

previous page into the login box. The default
language for Nagios XI is English. If you speak
another language, it will benefit you to choose
that language on this page as well. Click Login.

17. In order to access the Nagios XI Dashboard,

youll have to read the license agreement and
click Submit.

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18. Thats it! You have successfully installed

Nagios XI and can begin monitoring. There are
some great videos and resources to help you get
started on Nagios.com.

Additional Resources
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