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<p>Auto-created from uploaded PDF text extraction</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;Auto-generated from the uploaded PDF [[:File:NagiosXI_Installation_Upgrade_Guide.pdf|NagiosXI_Installation_Upgrade_Guide.pdf]]. This is an extracted-text rendering for searchability; see the original PDF for exact formatting, diagrams, tables, and images.&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;<br /> Nagios XI Installation &amp; Upgrade Guide<br /> This document describes the steps to install Nagios XI on a fresh Ubuntu server, migrate data from<br /> an existing CentOS Nagios XI setup, and upgrade Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04. The steps have<br /> been derived from actual installation logs and have been structured for clarity and repeatability.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Download and Install Nagios XI 5.8.9<br /> wget https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/5/xi-5.8.9.tar.gz<br /> tar xfz xi-5.8.9.tar.gz<br /> cd nagiosxi/<br /> ./fullinstall<br /> <br /> <br /> 2. Disable UFW Firewall (if enabled)<br /> ufw status<br /> ufw disable<br /> <br /> <br /> 3. Stop Nagios and Database Services<br /> systemctl stop nagios<br /> systemctl stop npcd<br /> systemctl stop mysqld || systemctl stop mariadb || systemctl stop mysql<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. Migrate Nagios XI Data to /data/app<br /> mkdir -p /data/app/<br /> rsync -av /usr/local/nagios /data/app/<br /> rsync -av /usr/local/nagiosxi /data/app/<br /> rsync -av /usr/local/nagvis /data/app/<br /> rsync -av /usr/local/nrdp /data/app/<br /> rsync -av /usr/local/nsis /data/app/<br /> <br /> <br /> 5. Replace Old Directories with Symlinks<br /> mv /usr/local/nagios /usr/local/nagios.back<br /> mv /usr/local/nagiosxi /usr/local/nagiosxi.back<br /> mv /usr/local/nagvis /usr/local/nagvis.back<br /> mv /usr/local/nrdp /usr/local/nrdp.back<br /> mv /usr/local/nsis /usr/local/nsis.back<br /> ln -s /data/app/nagios /usr/local/nagios<br /> ln -s /data/app/nagiosxi /usr/local/nagiosxi<br /> ln -s /data/app/nagvis /usr/local/nagvis<br /> ln -s /data/app/nrdp /usr/local/nrdp<br /> ln -s /data/app/nsis /usr/local/nsis<br /> <br /> <br /> 6. Start Required Services<br /> systemctl start mysql<br /> systemctl start nagios<br /> systemctl start npcd<br /> <br /> <br /> 7. Restore from Backup<br /> /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/restore_xi.sh /store/backups/nagiosxi/&lt;backup_file&gt;.tar.gz<br /> <br /> 8. Upgrade Nagios XI to Latest Version<br /> wget https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/&lt;latest_version&gt;.tar.gz<br /> tar xvzf &lt;latest_version&gt;.tar.gz<br /> cd nagiosxi<br /> ./upgrade<br /> <br /> <br /> 9. Upgrade Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04<br /> apt update<br /> apt install update-manager-core<br /> do-release-upgrade<br /> <br /> <br /> 10. Install SourceGuardian Loader (for PHP extensions)<br /> wget https://www.sourceguardian.com/loaders/download/loaders.linux-x86_64.tar.gz<br /> tar -zxvf loaders.linux-x86_64.tar.gz<br /> cp loaders.linux-x86_64/ixed.8.1.lin /usr/lib/php/20210902/<br /> echo &quot;zend_extension=ixed.8.1.lin&quot; | sudo tee -a /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini<br /> echo &quot;zend_extension=ixed.8.1.lin&quot; | sudo tee -a /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini<br /> systemctl restart apache2<br /> <br /> <br /> 11. Final Restart of All Services<br /> systemctl restart nagios<br /> systemctl restart npcd<br /> systemctl restart cron<br /> &lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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