opCharts 3

Prerequisites

• NMIS installed on the same server that opCharts is being installed (NMIS version >=8.5.6G).
• The individual performing this installation has a small bit of Linux experience.

• Root access is available.

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• Internet access is required for installing any missing but required software packages.
• opCharts License (evaluation available here).
• All licenses are added/updated at https://<hostname>/omk/opLicense .

Preparation

• If you do not yet have a working installation of NMIS in your server, please follow the procedure in the NMIS 8 Installation Guide.
• Download opCharts from the Opmantek website.

Installation

opCharts is distributed in a self-extracting download format that simplifies the installation process. More information on running the installer can be found on The Opmantek Installer page.

Transfer the opCharts installer file onto the server in question, either by direct download from the Opmantek website, or from your desktop with scp or sftp or a similar file transfer tool.

• Start the interactive installer and follow its instructions:

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  sudo sh ./opCharts-Linux-x86_64-3.0.7.run ... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ opCharts (3.0.7) Installation script ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ... This installer will install opCharts into /usr/local/omk. To select a different installation location please rerun the installer with the -t option.

  
  

• The installer will interactively guide you through the steps of installing opCharts. Please make sure to read the on-screen prompts carefully.
• When the installer finishes, opCharts is installed into 

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Installation Procedure

Preparing the pre-requisites

On Debian and derivatives, run this as root:

apt-get install apache2 rrdtool apache2-utils unixodbc odbcinst tdsodbc

On CentOS/RHEL, run the following commands as root:

yum install http://mirror.optus.net/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
yum install httpd-tools freetds unixODBC rrdtool httpd
echo -e "[FreeTDS]\nDriver = /usr/lib64/libtdsodbc.so.0" | odbcinst -i -r -d 

Installing opCharts

• Download opCharts and the custom rrdtool from the Opmantek website.
  Copy the two tarballs to the server in question, using scp or sftp or similar. Make a record of where you put the tarball (likely root's home directory).

• Become root and unpack the tarballs:

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  # as root cd /usr/local # if the tarball was saved in a different location, adjust the ~ in the following command tar xzf ~/opCharts-THEVERSION.tar.gz tar xzf ~/rrdtool-binpkg.tgz cd /usr/local/omk cp -r install/*.nmis install/charts install/users.dat install/data_sources.json install/omk-rotate.conf conf/

• Create the required nmis user
  As root run

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  useradd nmis

• opCharts is now unpacked into /usr/local/omk, and the default configuration files are in in /usr/local/omk/conf, ready for your initial config adjustmentsadjustments.
• A detailed log of the installation process is saved as /usr/local/omk/install.log, and subsequent upgrades or installations of other Opmantek products will add to that log file.

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Configuration

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Make sure the opCharts logs are rotated
If your system runs  logrotate daily and automatically (i.e. Debian/Ubuntu or recent CentOS), simply copy conf/omk-rotate.conf to /etc/logrotate.d/.

# on Debian/Ubuntu, as root:
cp /usr/local/omk/install/omk-rotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/

On systems without a readily available /etc/logrotate.d/ you will have to create a suitable cron job:

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• You will need to adjust the NMIS-related settings:
  open /usr/local/conf/opCommon.nmis in an editor, go to the nmis section and change the nmis_dir to reflect your NMIS installation. 
  The result should look similar to the following (but there might be extra settings related to other products):

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  'nmis' => { 'nmis_dir' => '/usr/local/nmis8',  'nmisConf' => 'Config', '<nmis_logs>' => '/usr/local/nmis8/logs', 'nmis_host_base' => 'http://localhost', 'nmis_cgi_url_base' => '/cgi-nmis8', 'prefer_local_nmis' => 'false' },

  
  

• After completing your configuration changes you'll need to restart the opCharts daemon. Run the following commands as root: 

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  # don't forget to become root, using sudo sh or su service opchartsd restart service omkd restart # to verify the status of the daemons: service opchartsd status service omkd status

  
  

• Authentication
  The installer will backup /usr/local/omk/conf/

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Integrate opCharts with the web server
become root and run the following commands:

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• users.dat and then create a symlink to users.dat in your NMIS directory if it was found during installation.
  If the NMIS users.dat file could not be found during installation the existing users.dat file in /usr/local/omk/

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• conf

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• / will be used.
  If /usr/local/omk/

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• conf

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• /

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Note: If this step is not taken, then the opCharts web GUI will only be available on port 8042 and you'll need to adjust your web browser accordingly.

Make the opCharts service daemon start automatically with the system
become root, then run the  following commands:

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• users.dat is not found the default users.dat file will be copied to /usr/local/omk/

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• conf/ from /usr/local/omk/install/.
  Default credentials can be found here.

Where to go from here

First you should test opCharts:

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Start the opCharts service daemon
become root, then run the following commands:

service omkd start

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open up a web browser, and point it to

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http://<yourserverip>/omk/opCharts

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, you will have to enter your license first, then you will see opCharts' main dashboard

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. See the authentication bullet point above for user/password info.