Download nagios-4.0.8.tar.gz from http://www.nagios.org/download
Untar the source code:
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tar zxvf nagios-4.0.8.tar.gz
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cd nagios-4.0.8
Compile the new source code:
nagios-4.0.8]#
./configure --with-command-group=nagcmd
nagios-4.0.8]#
make all
nagios-4.0.8]#
make install
Verify the Nagios configuration for
errors:
nagios-4.0.8]#
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
Nagios
Core 4.0.8
Copyright
(c) 2009-present Nagios Core Development Team and Community Contributors
Copyright
(c) 1999-2009 Ethan Galstad
Last
Modified: 08-12-2014
License:
GPL
Website:
http://www.nagios.org
Reading
configuration data...
.
.
.
Running
pre-flight check on configuration data...
Checking
objects...
Checked 1231 services.
Checked 221 hosts.
Checked 34 host groups.
Checked 2 service groups.
Checked 28 contacts.
Checked 27 contact groups.
Checked 127 commands.
Checked 7 time periods.
Checked 0 host escalations.
Checked 0 service escalations.
Checking
for circular paths...
Checked 221 hosts
Checked 0 service dependencies
Checked 172 host dependencies
Checked 7 timeperiods
Checking
global event handlers...
Checking
obsessive compulsive processor commands...
Checking
misc settings...
Total
Warnings: 0
Total
Errors: 0
Start Nagios service # service nagios restart
Now check Nagios GUI http://<Nagios server IP>/nagios and observe the new version.
