From sources

In order to upgrade Centreon from sources, download the latest Centreon package.

Shell installation

Extract the package:

$ tar xvfz centreon-web-2.8.x.tar.gz

Change the directory:

$ cd centreon-web-2.8.x

Run the upgrade script:

$ ./install -u /etc/centreon

Where /etc/centreon is to be replaced by configuration directory.

Prerequisites check

If [Step 01] is successful, you should not have any problem here. Otherwise, go back to [Step 01] and install the prerequisites:

###############################################################################
#                                                                             #
#                         Centreon (www.centreon.com)                         #
#                          Thanks for using Centreon                          #
#                                                                             #
#                                    v2.8.1                                   #
#                                                                             #
#                               infos@centreon.com                            #
#                                                                             #
#                   Make sure you have installed and configured               #
#                   sudo - sed - php - apache - rrdtool - mysql               #
#                                                                             #
###############################################################################
------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Checking all needed binaries
------------------------------------------------------------------------
rm                                                         OK
cp                                                         OK
mv                                                         OK
/bin/chmod                                                 OK
/bin/chown                                                 OK
echo                                                       OK
more                                                       OK
mkdir                                                      OK
find                                                       OK
/bin/grep                                                  OK
/bin/cat                                                   OK
/bin/sed                                                   OK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Detecting old installation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finding configuration file in: /etc/centreon               OK
You seem to have an existing Centreon.

Main components

Load the previous installation parameters:

Do you want to use the last Centreon install parameters ?
[y/n], default to [y]:
> y

Using:  /etc/centreon/instCentCore.conf
/etc/centreon/instCentPlugins.conf
/etc/centreon/instCentStorage.conf
/etc/centreon/instCentWeb.conf

Answer y to components you want to upgrade:

Do you want to install : Centreon Web Front
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y

Do you want to install : Centreon CentCore
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y

Do you want to install : Centreon Nagios Plugins
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y

Do you want to install : Centreon Snmp Traps process
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
Convert variables for upgrade:

Upgrade Centreon Web Front

New information is required.

The path to binaries for Centreon Web:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Start CentWeb Installation
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Where is your Centreon binaries directory
default to [/usr/local/centreon/bin]
>
Path /usr/local/centreon/bin                               OK

The path for extra data for Centreon Web:

Where is your Centreon data information directory
default to [/usr/local/centreon/data]
>

Do you want me to create this directory ? [/usr/local/centreon/data]
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
Path /usr/local/centreon/data
/usr/bin/perl                                              OK
Finding Apache user :                                      www-data
Finding Apache group :                                     www-data

The group of Centreon applications : This group is used for access rights between monitoring applications:

What is the Centreon group ? [centreon]
default to [centreon]
>

Do you want me to create this group ? [centreon]
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y

The user of Centreon applications:

What is the Centreon user ? [centreon]
default to [centreon]
>

Do you want me to create this user ? [centreon]
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y

The user of broker module.

This user is used for adding rights to Centreon on the configuration and logs directories. If left empty, it will use the Monitoring Engine user instead.

For example:

  • Centreon Broker : centreon-broker

  • ndo2db : nagios

What is the Broker user ? (optional)
>

The path to monitoring engine log directory.

For example:

  • Centreon Engine : /var/log/centreon-engine

  • Nagios : /var/log/nagios

What is the Monitoring engine log directory ?
> /var/log/nagios

The path to monitoring plugins:

Where is your monitoring plugins (libexec) directory ?
default to [/usr/lib/nagios/plugins]
>
Path /usr/lib/nagios/plugins                               OK
Add group centreon to user www-data                        OK
Add group centreon to user nagios                          OK
Add group nagios to user www-data                          OK
Add group nagios to user centreon                          OK

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Configure Sudo
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The path to Monitoring engine init script.

For example :

  • Centreon Engine : /etc/init.d/centengine

  • Nagios : /etc/init.d/nagios

What is the Monitoring engine init.d script ?
> /etc/init.d/nagios

The path to broker module configuration directory.

For example :

  • Centreon Broker : /etc/centreon-broker

  • NDO : /etc/nagios

Where is the configuration directory for broker module ?
> /etc/nagios

The path to broker daemon init script.

For example :

  • Centreon Broker : cbd

Where is the init script for broker module daemon ?
> cbd
Your sudo has been configured previously

Replace or not your sudoers file. For more security, you can backup the file /etc/sudoers.

Do you want me to reconfigure your sudo ? (WARNING)
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
Configuring Sudo                                           OK

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Configure Apache server
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create '/etc/apache2/conf.d/centreon.conf'                 OK
Configuring Apache                                         OK

Do you want to reload your Apache ?
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
Reloading Apache service                                   OK
Preparing Centreon temporary files
Change right on /usr/local/centreon/log                    OK
Change right on /etc/centreon                              OK
Change macros for insertBaseConf.sql                       OK
Change macros for sql update files                         OK
Change macros for php files                                OK
Change right on /etc/nagios3                               OK
Disconnect users from WebUI
All users are disconnected                                 OK
Copy CentWeb in system directory
Install CentWeb (web front of centreon)                    OK
Change right for install directory
Change right for install directory                         OK
Install libraries                                          OK
Write right to Smarty Cache                                OK
Copying libinstall                                         OK
Change macros for centreon.cron                            OK
Install Centreon cron.d file                               OK
Change macros for centAcl.php                              OK
Change macros for downtimeManager.php                      OK
Change macros for eventReportBuilder.pl                    OK
Change macros for dashboardBuilder.pl                      OK
Install cron directory                                     OK
Change right for eventReportBuilder.pl                     OK
Change right for dashboardBuilder.pl                       OK
Change macros for centreon.logrotate                       OK
Install Centreon logrotate.d file                          OK
Prepare export-mysql-indexes                               OK
Install export-mysql-indexes                               OK
Prepare import-mysql-indexes                               OK
Install import-mysql-indexes                               OK
Prepare indexes schema                                     OK
Install indexes schema                                     OK

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pear Modules
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check PEAR modules
PEAR                            1.4.9       1.9.4          OK
DB                              1.7.6       1.7.14         OK
DB_DataObject                   1.8.4       1.10.0         OK
DB_DataObject_FormBuilder       1.0.0RC4    1.0.2          OK
MDB2                            2.0.0       2.4.1          OK
Date                            1.4.6       1.4.7          OK
HTML_Common                     1.2.2       1.2.5          OK
HTML_QuickForm                  3.2.5       3.2.13         OK
HTML_QuickForm_advmultiselect   1.1.0       1.5.1          OK
HTML_Table                      1.6.1       1.8.3          OK
Archive_Tar                     1.1         1.3.7          OK
Auth_SASL                       1.0.1       1.0.6          OK
Console_Getopt                  1.2         1.2.3          OK
Net_SMTP                        1.2.8       1.6.1          OK
Net_Socket                      1.0.1       1.0.10         OK
Net_Traceroute                  0.21        0.21.3         OK
Net_Ping                        2.4.1       2.4.5          OK
Validate                        0.6.2       0.8.5          OK
XML_RPC                         1.4.5       1.5.5          OK
SOAP                            0.10.1      0.13.0         OK
Log                             1.9.11      1.12.7         OK
Archive_Zip                     0.1.2       0.1.2          OK
All PEAR modules                                           OK

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Centreon Post Install
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create /usr/local/centreon/www/install/install.conf.php    OK
Create /etc/centreon/instCentWeb.conf                      OK
Convert variables for upgrade:

Upgrade Centreon Storage

New information is required.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Start CentStorage Installation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preparing Centreon temporary files
/tmp/centreon-setup exists, it will be moved...
install www/install/createTablesCentstorage.sql            OK
CentStorage status Directory already exists                PASSED
CentStorage metrics Directory already exists               PASSED
Change macros for centstorage binary                       OK
Install CentStorage binary                                 OK
Install library for centstorage                            OK
Change right : /var/run/centreon                           OK
Change macros for centstorage init script                  OK
Replace CentCore default script Macro                      OK

Do you want me to install CentStorage init script ?
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
CentStorage init script installed                          OK
CentStorage default script installed                       OK

Do you want me to install CentStorage run level ?
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (3 5) of script 'centstorage' overwrites defaults (2 3 4 5).
Change macros for logAnalyser                              OK
Install logAnalyser                                        OK
Change macros for logAnalyser-cbroker                      OK
Install logAnalyser-cbroker                                OK
Change macros for nagiosPerfTrace                          OK
Install nagiosPerfTrace                                    OK
Change macros for purgeLogs                                OK
Install purgeLogs                                          OK
Change macros for purgeCentstorage                         OK
Install purgeCentstorage                                   OK
Change macros for centreonPurge.sh                         OK
Install centreonPurge.sh                                   OK
Change macros for centstorage.cron                         OK
Install CentStorage cron                                   OK
Change macros for centstorage.logrotate                    OK
Install Centreon Storage logrotate.d file                  OK
Create /etc/centreon/instCentStorage.conf                  OK
Convert variables for upgrade:

Upgrade Centreon Core

New information is required.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Start CentCore Installation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preparing Centreon temporary files
/tmp/centreon-setup exists, it will be moved...
Change CentCore Macro                                      OK
Copy CentCore in binary directory                          OK
Change right : /var/run/centreon                           OK
Change right : /var/lib/centreon                           OK
Change macros for centcore.logrotate                       OK
Install Centreon Core logrotate.d file                     OK
Replace CentCore init script Macro                         OK
Replace CentCore default script Macro                      OK

Do you want me to install CentCore init script ?
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
CentCore init script installed                             OK
CentCore default script installed                          OK

Do you want me to install CentCore run level ?
[y/n], default to [n]:
> y
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (3 5) of script 'centcore' overwrites defaults (2 3 4 5).
Create /etc/centreon/instCentCore.conf                     OK
Convert variables for upgrade:

Upgrade Centreon Plugins

New information is required.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Start CentPlugins Traps Installation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finding Apache user :                                      www-data
Preparing Centreon temporary files
/tmp/centreon-setup exists, it will be moved...
Change macros for CentPluginsTraps                         OK
Change macros for init scripts                             OK
Installing the plugins Trap binaries                       OK
Backup all your snmp files                                 OK
Change macros for snmptrapd.conf                           OK
Change macros for snmptt.ini                               OK
SNMPTT init script installed                               OK
SNMPTT default script installed                            OK
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
Install : snmptrapd.conf                                   OK
Install : snmp.conf                                        OK
Install : snmptt.ini                                       OK
Install : snmptt                                           OK
Install : snmptthandler                                    OK
Install : snmpttconvertmib                                 OK
Generate SNMPTT configuration                              OK
Create /etc/centreon/instCentPlugins.conf                  OK

The end of upgrade:

###############################################################################
#                                                                             #
#                 Go to the URL : http://localhost/centreon/                  #
#                          to finish the setup                                #
#                                                                             #
#           Report bugs at https://github.com/centreon/centreon/issues        #
#                                                                             #
#                         Thanks for using Centreon.                          #
#                          -----------------------                            #
#                        Contact : infos@centreon.com                         #
#                          http://www.centreon.com                            #
#                                                                             #
###############################################################################

Web installation

During the web installation, follow these steps.

Presentation

../_images/step01.png

Check dependencies

This step checks the dependencies on php modules.

../_images/step02.png

Release notes

../_images/step03.png

Upgrade the database

This step upgrades database model and data, version by version.

../_images/step04.png

Finish

../_images/step05.png