How To Install centreon-plugins on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install centreon-plugins on Ubuntu.
What is centreon-plugins
centreon-plugins is:
Free and open source project to monitor systems. The project can be used with Centreon and all monitoring software compatible with Nagios plugins.
The following can be monitored:
- application: Apache, Asterisk, Elasticsearch, Github, Jenkins, Kafka, Nginx, Pfsense, Redis, Tomcat, Varnish…
- cloud: AWS, Azure, Docker, Office365, Nutanix, Prometheus…
- database: Firebird, Informix, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, Cassandra
- hardware: printers (rfc3805), UPS (Powerware, Mge, Standard), Sun Hardware, Cisco UCS, SensorIP, HP Proliant, HP Bladechassis, Dell Openmanage, Dell CMC, Raritan…
- network: Aruba, Brocade, Bluecoat, Brocade, Checkpoint, Cisco AP/IronPort/ASA/Standard, Extreme, Fortigate, H3C, Hirschmann, HP Procurve, F5 BIG-IP, Juniper, PaloAlto, Redback, Riverbed, Ruggedcom, Stonesoft…
- os: Linux (SNMP, NRPE), Freebsd (SNMP), AIX (SNMP), Solaris (SNMP)…
- storage: EMC Clariion, Netapp, Nimble, HP MSA p2000, Dell EqualLogic, Qnap, Panzura, Synology…
There are three methods to install centreon-plugins on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install centreon-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install centreon-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install centreon-plugins
Install centreon-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install centreon-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install centreon-plugins
Install centreon-plugins Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install centreon-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install centreon-plugins
How To Uninstall centreon-plugins on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the centreon-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove centreon-plugins
Uninstall centreon-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall centreon-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove centreon-plugins
Remove centreon-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove centreon-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge centreon-plugins
Remove centreon-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove centreon-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge centreon-plugins
Dependencies
centreon-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install centreon-plugins package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.