How to Add Nagios Network Analyzer Reports in Nagios XI
If you are currently using both Nagios XI and Nagios Network Analyzer, the release of Nagios XI 2014 has made it very easy to add Nagios Network Analyzer reports in XI. All you need to do is to...
View ArticleHow to Passively Monitor Windows Machines with NRDS & Nagios XI
In my previous article, I demonstrated how easy it is to passively monitor Linux machines with Nagios Remote Data Sender (NRDS) and Nagios XI. In today’s article, I will cover passive monitoring of...
View ArticleHow to Monitor Domain Expiration with Nagios XI 2014
Anyone who rents or owns a domain knows that its registration will expire unless it is renewed. An expired domain can cause loads of issues for groups who rely on the accessibility of said domain...
View ArticleNagios Cloud Monitoring Now Available in Sydney Australia
The latest Nagios XI – Amazon EC2 cloud images have been pushed out to the following additional location: Australia (Sydney) The Nagios XI cloud images are an excellent opportunity to try Nagios XI...
View ArticleMonitoring Apache Cassandra Database Nodes with Nagios XI
As cloud services grow in popularity, so do the networks that provide those cloud services. Few webserver-based distributed databases are as easy to install and configure as Apache Cassandra. Apache...
View ArticleMonitoring Weblogic Metrics with Nagios XI
Weblogic is a popular Java-based application server that acts as a middleware between the application and the Java environment. It provides a framework for developing traits such as reliability...
View ArticleNagios Log Server vs. Elasticsearch – Logstash – Kibana
Recently I was asked the following questions via email and thought it would make a great post to explain the differences between deploying Nagios Log Server or just the Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana...
View ArticleNagios Log Server Available in Amazon EC2
We are pleased to announce that you can now easily launch your Nagios Log Server monitoring server in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We have clean CentOS 6 images with Nagios Log Server...
View ArticleNagios Cloud Solutions Now Available in Frankfurt Amazon EC2 Region
The latest Nagios XI, Network Analyzer, and Log Server – Amazon EC2 cloud images have been pushed out to the following additional location: Europe (Frankfurt) The Nagios cloud images are an excellent...
View ArticleNagios XI VMware Virtualization Wizard Released
Nagios Enterprises is excited to announce the release of the VMware Virtualization Wizard for Nagios XI. The VMware Virtualization Wizard monitors your VMware virtual environment by offloading the...
View ArticleHow to Monitor MySQL Logs with Nagios Log Server
Many times when you run out of disk space on the Nagios XI server or you don’t shut down the VM properly, you end up with crashed tables in the MySQL database. One way to solve this issue is to monitor...
View ArticleFREAK Vulnerability Tester
With yesterday’s disclosure of the new SSL/TLS vulnerability dubbed FREAK, we at Nagios decided to take some action to assist the community with a quick and easy tester to help determine if a server is...
View ArticleAnnouncing the New Naming Scheme for Nagios Enterprise Products
You may have noticed that the naming scheme for several products has undergone a change. Nagios Network Analyzer was the first product to make the switch to the new scheme – moving from version...
View ArticleMonitor logs on Windows Domain Controllers using Nagios Log Server
Here’s how to Monitor logs on Windows Domain Controllers using Nagios Log Server: If you’ve got a large and complex Microsoft Windows domain with multiple domain controllers (DC) then you’ll understand...
View ArticleMonitor the End of the World (or any other event of your choosing) with...
Nagios XI is extremely flexible, perhaps more flexible than most people realize! To showcase the flexibility of Nagios XI, President and Founder of Nagios – Ethan Galstad, has developed the plugin...
View ArticleHow To Upgrade Nagios XI From Web UI
If you are using Nagios XI 2014 or later, you can upgrade your Nagios XI instance easily from the web UI, provided your server is connected to the Internet. Upgrade Nagios XI From Web UI Here’s how you...
View ArticleUtilizing a RAM Disk in Nagios XI – the Easy Way
If you have a very large Nagios XI instance, and you are experiencing high I\O wait time, and high check latencies, you have a couple of options – buy extremely fast hard drives or add RAM disk on the...
View ArticleEnabling SNMP on Cisco Router – Cisco Devices
SNMP – Enabling SNMP on Cisco Router —- We’ve had a lot of questions on the process for configuring SNMP on Cisco devices, mainly routers and switches, in this article we will give you the steps on how...
View ArticleHow To Set Up A Nagios XI License Maintenance Status Check
There are a few ways to set up a Nagios XI license maintenance status check. It is also very easy to check the Nagios XI license maintenance status inside Nagios XI. Here’s how… Once logged in to...
View ArticleExtending Nagios functionality with libnagios
Have you ever attempted to write a function in C to execute a command and parse the output? I think I’d rather just let the Nagios library do the heavy lifting for me. This blog post is going to cover...
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