How To Install OpenNMS Network Monitoring on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from Scratch
In this video I show you how to install OpenNMS network monitoring software on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux. OpenNMS is a network monitoring software, which allows you to monitor network devices and servers. It also allow for resource monitoring and outage monitoring with escalations thru emails and other alerts.
I show you how to install the Ubuntu so if you have already installed it you can skip ahead to 12:04. I will show you in this video how to install Ubuntu 14.04 for the installation of OpenNMS. In the video I use the DHCP address given to me by my internal DHCP server, you will want to set a static IP address via this link https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-configuration.html. I also instruct you how to install the complete package for OpenNMS, starting at 12:04. This includes the installation of: PostgreSQL, Oracle Java 1.7, the OpenNMS package, and htop for monitoring the server’s memory and CPU. All of the installations used for this video, can be found here http://www.opennms.org/wiki/Installation:Debian and https://github.com/gregs1104/pgtune.
I welcome comments on sudo vs logging in as root. I’ve been a Linux admin for the past 20 years and have some old habits. However I am always humble to learn, leave your comments on sudo vs root login down below.
Creating the Virtual Machine to host OpenNMS – 0:30
Customizing the hardware for the Virtual Machine – 2:00
Installation of Ubuntu 14.04 – 2:38
Setting the password for the root account – 5:42
My sudo rant and explaination why – 6:14
Allowing root to login via SSH – 7:04
How to upgrade to the latest revision of Ubuntu 14.04 – 8:14
How to install the Vmware Tools on Ubuntu 14.04 – 10:50
Beginning of the OpenNMS install on Ubuntu 14.04 – 12:04
Installing PostgreSQL for OpenNMS – 15:25
Installing Java for OpenNMS – 19:04
Installing the OpenNMS package – 22:15
Setting OpenNMS for Java – 23:14
Post installation of OpenNMS for the database and configuration – 25:30
Initial login into the OpenNMS webpage – 28:30
Monitoring the server with htop – 29:45
