I use OpenNMS and this is how I install it.  So far it's worked every time (6 installs).  Make sure you open up your IPTables as needed.  Let me know how it goes.

--Todd

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Installing DAG RPM Repository

nano -w /etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo


[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for RHEL
baseURL=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

yum -y update

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Installing Java and Tomcat

Download SDK and JRE from Sun Microsystems to Local Machine

mkdir /usr/local/java

cp /downloads/j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin /usr/local/java

cp /downloads/j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin /usr/local/java

cd /usr/local/java

chmod +x *

./j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin

./j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin

rm -rf *.bin

chown -R root:root j2sdk1.4.2_09

chown -R root:root j2re1.4.2_09

ln -s j2sdk1.4.2_09 j2sdk

ln -s j2re1.4.2_09 j2jre

nano -w /etc/profile

-----START CUT-----

if ! echo ${PATH} | grep -q /usr/local/java/j2sdk/bin ; then
export PATH=/usr/local/java/j2sdk/bin:${PATH}
fi
if ! echo ${PATH} | grep -q /usr/local/java/j2re/bin ; then
export PATH=/usr/java/local/j2re/bin:${PATH}
fi
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/j2sdk
export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/java/j2sdk/lib/tools.jar:/usr/local/java/j2re/lib/rt.jar

-----END CUT-----

exit

su -

java -version

java version "1.4.2_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_09-b05, mixed mode)

cd /downloads

groupadd -g 220 tomcat

useradd -u 220 -g tomcat -c "Tomcat" -r -d /usr/local/tomcat -s "/sbin/nologin" tomcat

wget http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/apache/jakarta/tomcat-4/v4.1.31/bin/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31.tar.gz

cp jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31.tar.gz /usr/local

cd /usr/local

tar -zxvf jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31.tar.gz

rm *.gz

chown -R tomcat:tomcat /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31

ln -s jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31 tomcat

nano -w /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Add port 8080

service iptables restart

nano -w /etc/profile

Add: CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat

echo $CATALINA_HOME

nano -w /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat

ADD CONTENT:

-----START CUT-----

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for the Jakarta Tomcat Java Servlets and JSP server
#
# chkconfig: - 85 15
# description: Jakarta Tomcat Java Servlets and JSP server
# processname: tomcat
# pidfile: /var/run/tomcat.pid
# config:

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0# Set Tomcat environment.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/j2sdk
export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/java/j2sdk/lib/tools.jar:/usr/local/java/j2re/lib/rt.jar
export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
export CATALINA_OPTS="-Dbuild.compiler.emacs=true"
export PATH=/usr/local/java/j2sdk/bin:/usr/local/local/j2re/bin:$PATH

[ -f /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh ] || exit 0
[ -f /usr/local/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh ] || exit 0

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemon.
echo -n "Starting Tomcat: "
/usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/tomcat
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting down Tomcat: "
/usr/local/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/tomcat
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
condrestart)
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/tomcat ] && $0 restart
;;
status)
status tomcat
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

-----END CUT----- 

chown root:root /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat

chkconfig --add tomcat

chkconfig tomcat on

Go to: http://localhost:8080

Note: It will take about 15 seconds to pull up.

 

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Installing RRDTool

yum install rrdtool

 

--------------

Configuring Postgresql

service postgresql start

chkconfig postgresql on

nano -w /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf

add/change: tcpip_socket = true

add/change: shared_buffers = 1024

nano -w /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf

change (remove comment): host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust

change: local all all trust

service postgresql restart

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Configuring OpenNMS

cd /downloads

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/opennms/opennms-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/opennms/opennms-docs-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/opennms/opennms-webapp-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm

rpm -i opennms-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm --nodeps

rpm -i opennms-docs-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm --nodeps

rpm -i opennms-webapp-1.2.4-1_centos4.i386.rpm --nodeps

cd /opt/OpenNMS/bin

./runjava -s

./install -disU

./install -y -w $CATALINA_HOME/webapps -W $CATALINA_HOME/server/lib

cd /opt/OpenNMS/etc

nano -w discovery-configuration.xml

Change the begin and end IP address to 127.0.0.1

service tomcat restart

/opt/OpenNMS/bin/opennms.sh start

chkconfig opennms on

opennms -v status

Goto: http://localhost:8080/opennms/

login with admin:admin

Change password

 

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Configuring SNMP

yum -y install net-snmp-utils

cd /etc/snmp

mv snmpd.conf snmpd.conf.old

nano -w snmpd.conf

Add: rocommunity <password>

chkconfig snmpd on

service snmpd start

snmpwalk -v 1 -c <password> localhost system





-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Peter Farrow
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:05 AM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: [CentOS] Tomcat 4 on Centos 4.1

Had anyone managed to install Tomcat 4 on Centos 4.1

I want to run OpenNMS but the dependancy list is tortuous to say the

least (Tomcat4, J2SDK etc etc etc )...

I have rpms for tomcat that install ok, but then the services give a ton

of errors about missing files when you start/stop them

Failing this can anyone recommend any free Networm Management System for

Centos, I only need a simple solution just so

that I can import mibs into it and send it traps!

OpenNMS seemed a good choice as it does everything (although rather too

heavyweight for what I want), as its taken me and

a few Java experts here more than two days to try and install OpenNMS I

think its time to move onto something else.

Any advice is most welcome!

Regards

Pete

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