Nagios – Add an user access to the web interface

Nagios – Add an user access to the web interface

Create a new user with permission to view Nagios Web interface on Ubuntu Linux 12.04.2

htpasswd /etc/nagios3/htpasswd.users user1

On the Nagios server create a new user:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

now restart Apache2 service

If you login into Nagios web interface… you meet this error message.

find / | grep cgi.cfg
sudo vi /etc/nagios3/cgi.cfg

edit your cgi.cfg – if you dont now, where is it use find) and add user1 to:

• System/Process Information Access
• Global Host Information Access
• Global Service Information Access

Reload Nagios and Apache2.