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Enhance "setting up check plugins" documentation

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@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ Without plugins Icinga 2 does not know how to check external services. The
an extensive set of plugins which can be used with Icinga 2 to check whether an extensive set of plugins which can be used with Icinga 2 to check whether
services are working properly. services are working properly.
The recommended way of installing these standard plugins is to use your > **Note**
distribution's package manager. >
> These plugins are required to make the [example configuration](4-configuring-icinga-2.md#configuring-icinga2-overview)
> work out-of-the-box.
For your convenience here is a list of package names for some of the more For your convenience here is a list of package names for some of the more
popular operating systems/distributions: popular operating systems/distributions:
@ -178,13 +180,47 @@ Debian | nagios-plugins | /usr/lib/nagios/plugins
FreeBSD | monitoring-plugins | /usr/local/libexec/nagios FreeBSD | monitoring-plugins | /usr/local/libexec/nagios
OS X (MacPorts) | nagios-plugins | /opt/local/libexec OS X (MacPorts) | nagios-plugins | /opt/local/libexec
The recommended way of installing these standard plugins is to use your
distribution's package manager.
Debian/Ubuntu:
# apt-get install nagios-plugins
RHEL/CentOS:
# yum install nagios-plugins-all
The packages for RHEL/CentOS depend on other packages which are distributed
as part of the [EPEL repository](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL). Please
make sure to enable this repository by following
[these instructions](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).
Fedora:
# dnf install nagios-plugins-all
SLES/openSUSE:
# zypper install monitoring-plugins
The packages for SLES/OpenSUSE depend on other packages which are distributed
as part of the [server:monitoring repository](https://build.opensuse.org/project/repositories/server:monitoring).
Please make sure to enable this repository beforehand.
FreeBSD:
# pkg install monitoring-plugins
Depending on which directory your plugins are installed into you may need to Depending on which directory your plugins are installed into you may need to
update the global `PluginDir` constant in your [Icinga 2 configuration](4-configuring-icinga-2.md#constants-conf). update the global `PluginDir` constant in your [Icinga 2 configuration](4-configuring-icinga-2.md#constants-conf).
This constant is used by the check command definitions contained in the Icinga Template Library This constant is used by the check command definitions contained in the Icinga Template Library
to determine where to find the plugin binaries. to determine where to find the plugin binaries.
Please refer to the [plugins](14-addons-plugins.md#plugins) chapter for details about how to integrate > **Note**
additional check plugins into your Icinga 2 setup. >
> Please refer to the [plugins](14-addons-plugins.md#plugins) chapter for details about how to integrate
> additional check plugins into your Icinga 2 setup.
## <a id="running-icinga2"></a> Running Icinga 2 ## <a id="running-icinga2"></a> Running Icinga 2