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Nagios3 – location of config and plugin directories with Crunchbang (debian squeeze)

First:
apt-get install nagios3
apt-get install freeipmi

Access from http://localhost/nagios3/

Config files:
root@cruncher01:~# ls -l /etc/nagios3/conf.d/
total 32
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 1695 Nov  1 23:11 contacts_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  418 Nov  1 23:11 extinfo_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 1152 Nov  1 23:11 generic-host_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 1803 Nov  1 23:11 generic-service_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  678 Nov  1 23:11 hostgroups_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 2167 Nov  1 23:11 localhost_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  657 Nov  1 23:11 services_nagios2.cfg
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 1609 Nov  1 23:11 timeperiods_nagios2.cfg
root@cruncher01:~#

Plugin directory:
root@cruncher01:~# ls -l /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/ | head
total 3588
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 108904 Jun 28  2012 check_apt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   7262 Jul  3  2012 check_backuppc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   2242 Jun 28  2012 check_breeze
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  51984 Jun 28  2012 check_by_ssh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   1723 Jul  3  2012 check_cert_expire
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      9 Jun 28  2012 check_clamd -> check_tcp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  35112 Jun 28  2012 check_cluster
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  51536 Jun 28  2012 check_dhcp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  47568 Jun 28  2012 check_dig
root@cruncher01:~#

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How to enable NTP on the vCenter appliance

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.0.10200 Build 1235310
root@10.10.10.10’s password:
Last login: Mon Oct  7 17:18:29 2013 from vrtx-vcenter
vrtx-vcenter:~ # yast2 ntp-client add server=210.173.160.27

Error:
Cannot update the dynamic configuration policy.

vrtx-vcenter:~ # ls -l /etc/resolv.conf*
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 795 Oct  7 17:35 /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig
vrtx-vcenter:~ # cp -p /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.orig
vrtx-vcenter:~ # !ls
ls -l /etc/resolv.conf*
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 795 Oct  7 17:35 /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf.orig
vrtx-vcenter:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig > /etc/resolv.conf
vrtx-vcenter:~ # !ls
ls -l /etc/resolv.conf*
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 795 Oct  7 17:38 /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 795 Oct  7 17:35 /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf.orig
vrtx-vcenter:~ # yast2 ntp-client add server=210.173.160.27
vrtx-vcenter:~ # yast2 ntp-client enable
vrtx-vcenter:~ # sntp -P no -r 210.173.160.27
vrtx-vcenter:~ # date
Mon Oct  7 17:39:25 JST 2013
vrtx-vcenter:~ # cp -p /etc/resolv.conf.orig /etc/resolv.conf
vrtx-vcenter:~ # !ls
ls -l /etc/resolv.conf*
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 795 Oct  7 17:35 /etc/resolv.conf.netconfig
-rw-r–r– 1 root root  22 Oct  8  2013 /etc/resolv.conf.orig
vrtx-vcenter:~ #