OpenNMS is an open source and enterprise grade network monitoring and network management platform maintained by the OpenNMS Group.
This install guide will help you install OpenNMS on one of our Debian vps plans.
Create a new ‘opennms.list’ file to the ‘/etc/apt/sources.list.d/’ directory on your virtual server and add the OpenNMS repository:
Install the OpenNMS PGP key using the following command:
Make sure your server is up-to-date:
PostgreSQL, RRDTool and Java 7 are required for OpenNMS, so install them using the following commands:
Edit your ‘/etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf’ configuration file and replace the default authentication methods with the method ‘trust’ (assuming that the virtual server is limited to users of the OpenNMS), i.e. change:
to:
Restart the PostgreSQL service for the changes to take effect:
Install OpenNMS using the following command:
Configure OpenNMS to use a specific JRE binary:
Create the OpenNMS Database:
Start OpenNMS by running:
Finally, open the OpenNMS web user interface using your favorite browser:
For security reason, change the default admin password by clicking on the ‘Change Password’ link at:
Of course, if you are one of our Linux VPS Hosting customers, you don’t have to do any of this, simply ask our admins and they will install OpenNMS on your server for you immediately.
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