INSTALL

If you install on a Debian stretch, prepare your system using the following
commands:

    aptitude install make libyaml-perl libsys-cpuload-perl libanyevent-perl \
                     libxml-parser-perl libauthen-sasl-perl \
                     libnet-libidn-perl libobject-event-perl \
                     libxml-writer-perl libfile-pid-perl libanyevent-xmpp-perl

    cpan -i Nagios::Status::HostStatus
    cpan -i Nagios::Status::ServiceStatus

then (or if you habe any other kind of operating system), Do a

    perl Build.PL  (watch for missing prerequisites in the output!)
    ./Build
    ./Build install

and create/copy your configuration to an appropriate place. Change the
configuration to met your environment.

You can find sample nagios commands in the file nagios-misccommands.

You may want to run the bot unter supervise control:

mkdir /var/log/nagibot
mkdir -p /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot/log
chown nagios /var/log/nagibot

cat > /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot/run <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec /command/setuidgid nagios /usr/bin/nagibot.pl -vvv -c /opt/nagios/etc/nagibot.conf yourbotjid@example.com 2>&1
EOF
chmod 600 /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot/run

cat > /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot/log/run <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec /command/setuidgid nagios /command/multilog t /var/log/nagibot
EOF
chmod 600 /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot/log/run

ln -s /opt/nagios/supervise/nagibot /service/

The script is also able to fork into background. An example init.d script is provided
as nagibot.initd.