Installing Zenoss on Ubuntu Server 7.10 Gutsy

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Installing Zenoss on Gutsy Ubuntu

1. Install Ubuntu 7.10 Server from an installation CD selecting the additional
packages: SSH, LAMP, POSTFIX

** NOTE: DO NOT set up the default user as "zenoss" as this will cause problems.


2. Log in as the default user.


3. From the command line:

ifconfig | grep cast (to see what your IP is)


4. Either via SSH or on the box itself, become the root user:

sudo su
[Enter password]


5. Several dependencies are in the 'universe' repository, so we'll need to
modify your sources list (here we'll use vim as an editor):

vim /etc/apt/sources.list

Find these two lines:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted

And add the 'universe' repository:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe

Save the file and close the editor. Then, back at the command line:

apt-get update && apt-get safe-upgrade

6. Now we can install the dependencies. From the command line:

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client python-dev python2.4-dev \
build-essential subversion libmysqlclient15-dev snmpd autoconf \
snmp swig python-setuptools sysv-rc-conf bzip2 linux-headers-'uname -r'

7. Add the 'zenoss' user that will run the application:

adduser zenoss

If security isn't an issue, use the password 'zenoss'. Use defaults for
everything else.


8. Zenoss requires some environment variables to be set, so we need to add them
to the 'zenoss' user's bash startup script. Enter the command:

vim /home/zenoss/.bashrc

And add these lines to the end:

export ZENHOME=/usr/local/zenoss
export PYTHONPATH=$ZENHOME/lib/python
export PATH=$ZENHOME/bin:$PATH

Save the file and close the editor.

9. Now we'll make the directory into which Zenoss will install. Run:

mkdir /usr/local/zenoss
chown zenoss /usr/local/zenoss

10. Gutsy Gibbon ships with Python 2.5, but certain dependencies of Zenoss are
unable to build properly with this version. Once Zenoss has been installed,
it will run just fine under 2.5, but we'll need to change the symlink for
the installation. Run:

unlink /usr/bin/python && ln -s /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python

11. Now it's time to install. First, become the zenoss user:

su zenoss
cd

You're in the zenoss user's home directory. Download the latest version of
Zenoss here. If you want to use svn to download it, run:

svn co http://dev.zenoss.org/svn/trunk/inst zenoss-install

If you want to use a tarball, download it to this directory and run:

tar xzf zenoss-[X.XX].tar.gz

Replacing the [X.XX] with the version you've downloaded.
Now that you've got Zenoss, cd to the directory that was just created. All
that's left to do is:

./install.sh

The installation script will ask you a few questions, then install Zenoss.
If you run into any problems and need to run the installation again, clean
up what's already been done with:

make clean

12. Once Zenoss has been installed successfully, become root again by hitting
Ctrl-D or typing:

exit

Set zensocket to setuid:

chown root:zenoss /usr/local/zenoss/bin/zensocket
chmod 04750 /usr/local/zenoss/bin/zensocket

Switch back the Python symlinks:

unlink /usr/bin/python && ln -s /usr/bin/python2.5 /usr/bin/python

And have Zenoss run on system startup:

ln -s /usr/local/zenoss/bin/zenoss /etc/init.d
sysv-rc-conf

Add Zenoss to runlevels 2, 3, 4 and 5. Reboot, and check that Zenoss
started properly with:

/usr/local/zenoss/bin/zenoss status

13. To monitor your Zenoss server, install SNMP agent:

apt-get install snmpd

You need to configure it to allow 'public' to read all
OIDs (default is to read very few OIDs):

cp /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf{,.bak}
snmpconf (configure snmpd agent to allow public read)
cp snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/
/etc/init.d/snmpd restart


14. Default ubuntu mail agent (MTA) is postfix, which may need to be
setup if you want email alerts to work with a remote mail server
(mail.mydomain.inc):

dpkg-reconfigure postfix

Select default options, except:

mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
mail.mydomain.inc


15. To test mail agent, need to install a frontend (MUA - mail) to
postfix:

apt-get install mailutils
mail youremail@yourdomain.inc
(press enter for Cc:, type in subject, press enter)
(type in body of message, then enter)
. (type in single period, then enter, to end composing and email is queued)
mailq (to see if mail is sent or still in queue)


16. For Windows monitoring, install SNMP from add/remove Windows
monitoring components, then install SNMP-Informant:

www.snmp-informant.com - download the free SNMP for Windows.


17. Read the Admin guide at http://www.zenoss.com/download/

[dbrower256]

Will these steps work if instead of step 1 I updated to Ubuntu Server 7.10 from version 7.04?

Daniel

[dj_lightning]

You may need to make sure patch is installed(if it isn't already) or it will error out during install.



apt-get install patch

[dbrower256]

I don't see POSTFIX as one of the options to install? What exactly is POSTFIX?

Daniel

[etank]

[QUOTE=dbrower256;3932104]I don't see POSTFIX as one of the options to install? What exactly is POSTFIX?/QUOTE]

Postfix is an open source email server. http://www.postfix.org/

[dbrower256]

OK. I get it. I did see an option for Mail Server.

[dbrower256]

After installing upgrades on Ubuntu Server 7.10, Zenoss stopped working. What can I do to fix this?

Daniel

[dbrower256]

In step 6, the os will not accept the part of the statement that says "linux-headers-'uname -r'. I don't understand that? Could someone explain to me what that means?

[jkeyes0]

In step 6, the os will not accept the part of the statement that says "linux-headers-'uname -r'. I don't understand that? Could someone explain to me what that means?

linux-headers-`uname -r` tells the computer what version of the linux kernel you have installed. make sure that the ` marks you have in that line are not apostrophes, but the key before the number 1 on the keyboard. (if you want to make sure you've got it right, go to a terminal and type in "echo linux-headers-`uname -r`" without the quotes and hit enter. it should say something like "linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic"

[dbrower256]

Thanks. That was the mistake I made -- using the apostrophe keys.

[dbrower256]

The end of step five says to type the command apt-get update && apt get safe-upgrade, but the ubuntu doesn't like "safe-upgrade". I had to use "upgrade" instead. Why is that? Where did the author get the idea for using "safe-upgrade"?

Daniel

[dbrower256]

In the instructions to install Zenoss on Ubuntu 7.04 Server (http://www.zenoss.com/community/docs/install-guides/install-on-ubuntu-7.04), these step 8 tells to do the following:

8. Zenoss requires some environment variables to be set, so we need to add them
to the 'zenoss' user's bash startup script. Enter the command:

vim /home/zenoss/.bashrc

And add these lines to the end:

export ZENHOME=/usr/local/zenoss
export PYTHONPATH=$ZENHOME/lib/python
export PATH=$ZENHOME/bin:$PATH

Save the file and close the editor.

Why is this not done in these instructions to install Zenoss on Ubuntu 7.10 Server?

[mikeduffy13]

I have installed Zenoss in 7.10, but after I restart I get the message that The Deskbar Applet cannot load, do you want to delete or not delete...

When I check the status of Zenoss, none of the services are running. What did I miss in the setup to cause this?

[etank]

If all you want is Zenoss installed then it may be worth it to look at http://www.rpath.org/rbuilder/project/zenoss/.