Nagios

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Good system administrators recognize problems long before anyone asks, 'Hey, is the Internet down?' Nagios, an open source system and network monitoring tool, has emerged as the most popular solution for sys admins in organizations of all sizes. It's robust but also complex, and Nagios: System and Network Monitoring, 2nd Edition, updated to address Nagios 3.0, will help you take full advantage of this program. Nagios, which runs on Linux and most nix variants, can be configured to continuously monitor network services such as SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, SSH, and FTP. It can also supervise host resources (processor load, disk and memory usage, running processes, log files, and so on) and environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity. This book is your guide to getting the most out of this versatile and powerful monitoring tool. Inside Nagios, you ll learn how to: Install and configure the Nagios core, all standard plugins, and selected third-party plugins Configure the notific

Completely revised and expanded second edition of this highly regarded guide to Nagios, the powerful open source system and networking monitoring tool. Covers version 2.x and upcoming 3.0.- Nagios is a high-profile tool; users include Yahoo and Mozilla.org
- Nagios is a part of many Linux and nix distributions, including SUSE, Debian, and FreeBSD
- Includes coverage of 2.x and forthcoming 3.0

Completely revised and expanded second edition of this highly regarded guide to Nagios, the powerful open source system and networking monitoring tool. Covers version 2.x and upcoming 3.0.- Nagios is a high-profile tool; users include Yahoo and Mozilla.org- Nagios is a part of many Linux and *nix distributions, including SUSE, Debian, and FreeBSD- Includes coverage of 2.x and forthcoming 3.0

Foreword to the second editionIntroductionFrom Source Code to a Running Installation* Chapter 1: Installation* Chapter 2: Nagios Configuration* Chapter 3: StartupIn More Detail...* Chapter 4: Nagios Basics* Chapter 5: Service Checks and How They Are Performed* Chapter 6: Plugins for Network Services* Chapter 7: Testing Local Resources* Chapter 8: Plugins for Special Tasks* Chapter 9: Executing Plugins via SSH* Chapter 10: The Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE)* Chapter 11: Collecting Information Relevant for Monitoring with SNMP* Chapter 12: The Nagios Notification System* Chapter 13: Passive Tests with the External Command File* Chapter 14: The Nagios Service Check Acceptor (NSCA)* Chapter 15: Distributed MonitoringThe Web Interface and Other Ways to Visualize Nagios Data* Chapter 16: The Classical Web Interface* Chapter 17: Flexible Web Interface with the NDOUtils* Chapter 18: NagVis* Chapter 19: Graphic Display of Performance DataPart IV Special Applications* Chapter 20: Monitoring Windows Servers* Chapter 21: Monitoring Room Temperature and Humidity* Chapter 22: Monitoring SAP Systems* Chapter 23: Processing Events with the EventDBPart V Development* Chapter 24: Writing Your Own Plugins* Chapter 25: Determining File and Directory Sizes* Chapter 26: Monitoring Oracle with the Instant ClientPart VI Appendixes* An Overview of the Nagios Configuration Parameters* Rapidly Alternating States: Flapping* Event Handlers* Macros* Single Sign-On for the Nagios Web Interface* Tips on Optimizing Performance* The Embedded Perl Interpreter* What's New in Nagios 3.0?