OpenSolaris - an SMF Package for Nagios

(Updated to be zone-friendly)

While playing around with Nagios, I figured it was time to learn how SMF
works a bit more, and brush on Solaris packaging while I was at it.

I've created an SMF package for Nagios, which I hope others find useful.

The first pass at this allows you to specify the location where nagios is install (detecting /usr/local/nagios is the default action).

In addition, you can specify the username and group that nagios is launched by.

Download:

Without further ado: GTnagios-smf-1.1.pkg.gz

Version 1.1 will create the startup files in /opt/GTnagios-smf, which can be installed in a zone by itself, or made globally available (pkgadd -G).

The first version (if you dont require zones) can be used GTnagios-smf-1.0.pkg.gz Zones are useful, so I'm updating the SMF packages I've written to adhere to their rules.

Manual Installation
Decompress:
# gunzip GTnagios-smf-1.1.pkg.gz
Add the Package:
# pkgadd -d GTnagios-smf-1.1.pkg
Verify SMF sees it:
# svcs nagios
Startup nagios:
# svcadm enable nagios
Check logs:
# tail -f /var/svc/log/network-nagios\:default.log

Automated Install

Automated installs are common, here's how to automate pkgadd.

Create a response file like this gtresponse.cf:
NAGIOS_HOME=/usr/local/nagios
NAGIOS_USER=nagios
NAGIOS_GROUP=nagios
Run pkgadd using response file:
# echo y | pkgadd -r gtresponse.cf -d GTnagios-smf-1.1.pkg GTnagios-smf

I'll publish the "how to make an smf package installer" soon as well.

Cheers

Brian