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gettingstarted [2011/04/08 13:49]
faltin [Even easier install]
gettingstarted [2011/04/11 06:30] (current)
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    - Follow our [[navfaq#​what_are_the_hardware_requirements|hardware requirements]]. Hook on a [[navfaq#​any_requirements_for_the_cell_phone|cell phone]], if you like.    - Follow our [[navfaq#​what_are_the_hardware_requirements|hardware requirements]]. Hook on a [[navfaq#​any_requirements_for_the_cell_phone|cell phone]], if you like.
    - Install [[http://​www.debian.org/​|Debian]]    - Install [[http://​www.debian.org/​|Debian]]
-   - ''​apt-get ​install nav''​ (first add a line to your sources.list,​ see [[http://​pkg-nav.alioth.debian.org/​|the package doc]]).+   - ''​aptitude ​install nav''​ (first add a line to your sources.list,​ see [[http://​pkg-nav.alioth.debian.org/​|the package doc]]).
    - Follow the ''​REAME.Debian''​ cookbook    - Follow the ''​REAME.Debian''​ cookbook
  
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    - In ''​nav.conf''​ set ''​ADMIN_MAIL''​ to the email account of your NAV administrator.    - In ''​nav.conf''​ set ''​ADMIN_MAIL''​ to the email account of your NAV administrator.
    - In ''​nav.conf''​ set ''​DOMAIN_SUFFIX''​ to your domain.    - In ''​nav.conf''​ set ''​DOMAIN_SUFFIX''​ to your domain.
-   - In ''​db.conf''​ set ''​userpw_nav''​. NAV will use this password to access the NAV database. For debugging purposes you use it yourself to access the database from the shell with ''​psql ​manage ​nav''​.+   - In ''​db.conf''​ set ''​userpw_nav''​. NAV will use this password to access the NAV database. For debugging purposes you use it yourself to access the database from the shell with ''​psql ​nav nav''​.
  
  
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 <​code>​ <​code>​
 $/​usr/​sbin/​nav status ​ $/​usr/​sbin/​nav status ​
-Up: alertengine cricket eventengine ​getDeviceData iptrace ​logengine mactrace maintengine networkDiscovery pping servicemon thresholdMon+Up: alertengine cricket eventengine ​ipdevpoll ​logengine mactrace maintengine networkDiscovery pping servicemon ​snmptrapd ​thresholdMon
 Down: smsd Down: smsd
 </​code>​ </​code>​
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 After you have registered your equipment in NAV, the background processes starts collecting information with snmp:  ​ After you have registered your equipment in NAV, the background processes starts collecting information with snmp:  ​
-   * [[backendprocesses#​ipdevpoll|ipdevpoll]] should notice the new IP device within 2 minutesand will then classify the new box in terms of OIDs supported. This can be seen from the IP device report from the [[reporttool|report tool]].  +   * [[backendprocesses#​ipdevpoll|ipdevpoll]] should notice the new IP device within 2 minutes and will start collecting ​switch/​router port information and more. Verify the status using the report tool (or network explorer). You may also check the ''​ipdevpoll.log''​ file.
-   * The next step for getDeviceData will be to gather ​switch/​router port information and more. Verify the status using the report tool (or network explorer). You may also check the ''​ipdevpoll.log''​ file.+
  
 After the individual components has its collected data [[backendprocesses#​mactrace|mactrace]] will every 15 minutes gather mac to switch port data. This will in turn be used by the  After the individual components has its collected data [[backendprocesses#​mactrace|mactrace]] will every 15 minutes gather mac to switch port data. This will in turn be used by the 
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