# Naemon

Naemon is the new monitoring suite that aims to be faster and more stable, while giving you a clearer view of the state of your network.

## Installation

Install naemon-coreAUR from the AUR. Note that the naemon-livestatusAUR and naemon-thrukAUR packages will also be built.

Install the plugins from monitoring-plugins as well as fping.

## Web interface

Install naemon-livestatusAUR and naemon-thrukAUR, then uncomment:

    /etc/naemon/naemon.cfg

    broker_module=/usr/lib/naemon/naemon-livestatus/livestatus.so /var/cache/naemon/live

Thruk is a fast, modern GUI. Try out the demo.

### Apache configuration

Add the http user to the naemon group:

    usermod -aG naemon http

Load modules and include naemon-thruk.conf:

    /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
    LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so

    Include conf/extra/thruk.conf

Restart httpd and navigate to http://localhost/naemon/

The default username and password is admin, admin.

## See also

- FAQ
- op5 on Naemon, Nagios and the future
- Andreas Ericsson: The future of Nagios

Category:

- Network monitoring