Not a member? Why not join us or log in? (Free to Post your Articles and Blogs on Technology.)

How to Install Zenoss 2.0 core on CentOS

Home > Monitoring>
Dated : August 16, 2008
Follow us on Twitter
Connect with us on Facebook
Subscribe via RSS Feed
Add Techgurulive to Google

Log-in as root and run the following commands.
yum -y install mysql mysql-server net-snmp net-snmp-utils

Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: perl-DBI ######################### [1/8]
Installing: mysql ######################### [2/8]
Installing: net-snmp-libs ######################### [3/8]
Installing: perl-DBD-MySQL ######################### [4/8]
Installing: lm_sensors ######################### [5/8]
Installing: net-snmp ######################### [6/8]
Installing: net-snmp-utils ######################### [7/8]
Installing: mysql-server ######################### [8/8]

Check if MySQL is running.
service mysqld status

If it is not running start it.
service mysqld start
***DO NOT CHANGED THE ROOT MYSQL PASSWORD IT MUST BE BLANK FOR THE INSTALL TO WORK***

Download Zenoss 2.0 for REL 5

cd to the zenoss RPM and install.
rpm -Uvh zenoss-2.0.0-0.el5.i386.rpm

[root@dan ~]# rpm -Uvh zenoss-2.0.0-0.el5.i386.rpm
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:zenoss ########################################### [100%]

Start snmpd.
/etc/init.d/snmpd start

Start zenoss.
/etc/init.d/zenoss start

[root@dan ~]# /etc/init.d/zenoss start
Zenoss not initialized. Performing first-boot initialization…
Stopping snmpd: [FAILED]
<———– Not a problem, you did not do the “Start snmpd” step above.
Starting snmpd: [ OK ]
<————– Problem fixed itself.
Stopping MySQL: [ OK ]
Starting MySQL: [ OK ]
Wrote file /opt/zenoss/etc/zeo.conf
Wrote file /opt/zenoss/bin/zeoctl
Changed mode for /opt/zenoss/bin/zeoctl to 755
Wrote file /opt/zenoss/bin/runzeo
Changed mode for /opt/zenoss/bin/runzeo to 755
Starting Zope Object Database
. daemon process started, pid=3355
Loading initial Zenoss objects into the Zeo database
(this can take a few minutes)
<——————————————- Understatement of the year.
ZentinelPortal loaded at zport
Stopping Zope Object Database
. daemon process stopped
Zenoss initialization complete.
Daemon: zeoctl . daemon process started, pid=3409
Daemon: zopectl . daemon process started, pid=3413
Daemon: zenhub starting…
Daemon: zenping starting…
Daemon: zensyslog starting…
Daemon: zenstatus starting…
Daemon: zenactions starting…
Daemon: zentrap starting…
Daemon: zenmodeler starting…
Daemon: zenperfsnmp starting…
Daemon: zencommand starting…
Daemon: zenprocess starting…
Daemon: zenwin starting…
Daemon: zeneventlog starting…
Daemon: zenwinmodeler starting…
–22:19:25– http://localhost.localdomain:8080/zport/dmd/DeviceLoader/loadDevice?deviceName=localhost.localdomain&devicePath=/Server/Linux
Resolving localhost.localdomain… 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost.localdomain|127.0.0.1|:8080… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `/dev/null’
[ <=> ] 11,880 3.20K/s in 3.6s
22:19:29 (3.20 KB/s) – `/dev/null’ saved [11880]

If you have a firewall open port 8080 inbound accept.
iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp –dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

Now open a browser (firefox) and go to.
http://example.com:8080

Also check that everthing is set to start up after reboot. If not add it.

chkconfig –level 345 mysqld on
chkconfig –level 345 snmpd on


Tags:, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Written by simgish


Not Getting : Search to find what you are looking for


Liked this article? To continue getting our latest free Howtos and Tutorials,
you can also grab the RSS feed or Subscribe to Techgurulive by Email

Leave a Reply



This Howtos posted under : Home > Monitoring->

How to Install Zenoss 2.0 core on CentOS