make RPM packages from source

My boss give me a project with nagios and ActiveMQ and MySQL, the nagios should monitoring the message queue in ActiveMQ and for MysQL i should know the replication delay.
Okay then the adventure is begin.
After searching in google, i found very interesting plugins at exchange.nagios.org, the issue is those packages are build in source not in RPM packet. hmm then i should build it into a RPM.
the solution is rebuild the source into a rpm.
let's start.

I try this with Fedora 13 and Centos 5.5

ingredients
1. download and install.

rpm-build
redhat-rpm-config
gcc
make

note : you should use ordinary user account for build the package not using root.

you can use this package rpmdev-setup for auto configuration, so you no need to build the folder again

yum install rpmdev-setup

2. create folders for build the rpm package and create hidden files named rpmmacros at your home directory.
    in centos

mkdir -p ~/rpm/{SOURCES,BUILD,SPEC,SRPMS,RPMS,tmp}

touch ~/.rpmmacros

%packager check_logfiles
%_topdir /home/fazries/rpm           
%_tmppath /home/fazries/rpm/tmp

    if you using Fedora you don't need to create those directory, its automatic create when you install the  depedency packet.

   in fedora the directory structure will become like this:

rpmbuild/
BUILD/
BUILDROOT/
RPMS/
SOURCES/
SPEC/
SPECS/
SRPMS/
tmp/

3. for example i will rebuild the check_mysql_health (need to be complie) and check_jmx (binary already) plugins


download the source.

cd ~/rpm/SOURCES/

wget -c http://labs.consol.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/check_mysql_health-2.1.5.tar.gz

4. next create a spec file, inside this file is a configuration for making a RPM packet.

cd ~/rpm/SPEC/touch check_mysql_health.spec

     copy and paste this config into check_mysql_health.spec:

Summary: Mysql check plugin for nagios
Name: check_mysql_health
Version: 2.1.5

Release: 1%{?dist}
License: GPL 
Group: Applications/System
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/check-logfiles
Packager: Dag Wieers 
Vendor: Dag Apt Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/
Source: http://labs.consol.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/check_mysql_health-%{version}.tar.gz
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root

%description
check_logfiles is a plugin for Nagios which searches for patterns in mysql It is capable of scanning multiple    logfiles and their rotated ancestors in a single run.

%prep

%setup -n %{name}-%{version}

%build

%configure  --libexecdir=%_libdir/nagios/plugins

%install
%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
%{__make} install DESTDIR="%{buildroot}"

%clean
%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}

%files
%defattr(-, root, root, 0755)
%{_libdir}/nagios/plugins/check_mysql_health

%changelog
* Thu Sep 16 2010 Christoph Maser - 3.4.2-1 - 9115/yury- Update to version 3.4.2.
* Thu Jan 10 2008 Christoph Maser - 2.3.1.2-1- Initial package.

5. build the packet

rpmbuild -ba check_mysql_health.spec

6. the your rpm packet will create an stored at ~/rpm/RPMS/check_mysql_health-2.1.5-1.x86_64.rpm

and for the check_jmx you can download it at:
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Java-Applications-and-Servers/check_jmx-II/details
put it into SOURCES folder
install the unzip , cause the source is compressed by zip

# yum install unzip

repeat,start from step 4. and create the .spec file for check_jmx

touch check_jmx.spec

copy and paste this config:

Version:2
Release:1%{?dist}
Summary:check_jmx

Name: check_jmx
Group:Application/System
License:APL 2.0
URL:http://exchange.nagios.org
BuildRoot:%{_builddir}/%{name}-root
BuildArch:noarch

%description
jmx plugins for nagios

%prep
rm -rf %{buildroot}
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*

%build
pwd
cd %{_sourcedir}unzip -e check_jmxII.zip

%install
cd %{_sourcedir}
ls
cd jmxquery/nagios/plugin
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib64/nagios/plugin
scp * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins

%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
%defattr(755,root,root)/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins
%changelog

* Tue Jan 15 2011 Vash27- recreated
* Tue Jan 10 2011 Vash27- Created initial spec file for check_jmx

great tutorial,you can download it at:
http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads/GURULABS-RPM-LAB/GURULABS-RPM-GUIDE-v1.0.PDF

next i will explain how to use those plugins with nagios