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Server Monitoring With munin And monit

Hello Falko,
I've seen your beautiful howto about the monitoring and decide to implement it on my server. However I'm face to an error when initiating a command to create the certificate of monit. Below you've the error message :
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marina:/var/certs# openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config /etc/monit.cnf -out /var/certs/monit.pem -keyout /var/certs/monit.pem
error on line -1 of /etc/monit.cnf
18752:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:104:fopen('/etc/monit.cnf','rb')
18752:error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file:bss_file.c:107:
18752:error:0E064072:configuration file routines:CONF_load:no such file:conf_def.c:197:
marina:/var/certs#

Thanks for your assistance

/etc/monit.cnf doesn't exist. You must create it before you run the command.

How must I create this file ? Must I do it manually ? if yes which are the rights I will put on it 777, 644 ?????

Thank you for your assistance.

Why don't you just use /var/certs/monit.cnf as shown in the tutorial?

Code:

vi /var/certs/monit.cnf

Code:

# create RSA certs - Server



RANDFILE = ./openssl.rnd



[ req ]

default_bits = 1024

encrypt_key = yes

distinguished_name = req_dn

x509_extensions = cert_type



[ req_dn ]

countryName = Country Name (2 letter code)

countryName_default = MO



stateOrProvinceName             = State or Province Name (full name)

stateOrProvinceName_default     = Monitoria



localityName                    = Locality Name (eg, city)

localityName_default            = Monittown



organizationName                = Organization Name (eg, company)

organizationName_default        = Monit Inc.



organizationalUnitName          = Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)

organizationalUnitName_default  = Dept. of Monitoring Technologies



commonName                      = Common Name (FQDN of your server)

commonName_default              = server.monit.mo



emailAddress                    = Email Address

emailAddress_default            = root@monit.mo



[ cert_type ]

nsCertType = server

Code:

openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config ./monit.cnf -out /var/certs/monit.pem -keyout /var/certs/monit.pem

openssl gendh 512 >> /var/certs/monit.pem

openssl x509 -subject -dates -fingerprint -noout -in /var/certs/monit.pem

chmod 700 /var/certs/monit.pem