Configuring the alert collection in Nagios

Perform the following steps  to configure the alert collection in Nagios:

  1. Navigate to the Nagios web interface and verify the location of the Nagios log file. This location could vary based on installation and configuration.
  1. On the home page, click on Alerts under the Reports tab, and take note of the log file path:
Figure 9.7
The log file path could vary based on Nagios configuration. As you can see in the preceding screenshot, the log is located at /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log. It could also be located in a path /var/log/nagios/nagios.log.
  1. Grant the omsagent read access to the Nagios log ...

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