Nagios Support Forum

Running VMWare Player on 64bit version of Windows Server 2008
VMware Image 1.7

Followed instructions outlined in the Nagios xi – Changing The System Time document but cannot access the Timezone Configuration Tool after executing system-config-date command.

Message pops up saying:
Traceback (most recent call last):
followed by 5 file path listings, then
RuntimeError: could not open display

The required package was downloaded and installed without error.

Thanks

I was not able to recreate your problem. If the "system-config-date" utility doesn't work for you, you can try using the "ntp" instead:
Then, you can add it as a cron job (for example to update system time every day at 1:30 pm):
Hope this helps!

Ohh, you better get your timezone straight. I was using NTP but the system would boot. Nagios would start. Then the time would jump back an hour and nothing would get checked for an hour. I was using the VM image and setup NTP but never adjusted the timezone.

You just need to copy the sample timezone to /etc/localtime. You can find samples in /usr/share/zoneinfo/
For me it was:
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

I've never had issues with ntp, but I guess it is possible. Did running "cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime" fix your problem? Some customers reported fixing the system time issues only after editing the "date.timezone =" line in their "php.ini" file.

Before I set the timezone I had an issue everytime I rebooted Nagios all my checks would have their next check an hour in the future. I would assume if you started the nagios service AFTER the ntp updated there would be no issue but that was not happening for me.

This makes sense. Thanks for the feedback!

Ok, I did as suggested and the time changed on the server but did not when logged into xi. After a reboot, the server fails to come back.

Is it supposed to be this difficult for non-Linux people? Help!

Several things. What do you mean doesn't come back. Does the VM boot? Do you reach a console? Are you getting the "I'm sorry Dave I cannot do that?

What is the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/clock ?
There is a value UTC which determines if your hardware clock is set to UTC. This will also cause time to jump around.
There is also a timezone setting there.
Also there is a timezone setting in php which needs to be right. (I'm sorry Dave I cannot do that).

Had tons of problems with Nagios till I got those sorted out. I feel your pain not being a linux dude.

When the image is loading in VMware Player, it just freezes. I've left if for a while and it is still frozen. I cannot login since it does not load me to the point where I can login.

Ouch, hopefully you have a snapshot..... Easier than troubleshooting.