The new Nagios XI Operations Center Component provides a NOC screen-style view of all unhandled host and service problems. The screen automatically refreshes every 30 seconds to show the latest problem events. This is one of two NOC-style screens recently created, along with the Nagios XI Operations Screen Component. Users can pick a NOC screen to suit their visual tastes that will keep a close eye on the latest problems in their environment.
Download Nagios XI Operations Center Component
A new release of NSCA (2.9.1) is now available from SourceForge. Thanks to Daniel Wittenberg for a patch that allows nsca to receive packets with a future time stamp. Thanks to a suggestion on the mailing list by John Rouillard, the server (nsca) now allows packets with both the new (>= 2.9), larger plugin output buffer and the older (<2.9) plugin buffer.
Enjoy!
Managing a Nagios XI server is an important requirement to ensure that the monitoring server can be configured to meet organizational needs and that application updates (patches and upgrades) can be applied. Nagios XI servers that are placed on remote networks often requires that an administrator configures firewalls and routers to allow access to management features.
We wrote a short document that describes the requirements for and methods of managing remote Nagios XI servers. To learn more, read the document on Nagios Exchange.
We’ve had a number of requests from customers that need SMS notification capabilities in Nagios XI. SMS provides a method for sending out-of-band (OOB) notifications over the cellphone network, thereby increasing the reliability and dependability of receiving critical alerts and notifications. This can be especially helpful if you need to receive alerts from your Nagios server in your data center when your Internet connection fails.
To facilitate reliable SMS notifications, we integrated the Multi-Tech iSMS GSM modem with Nagios XI. You can find the integration documentation and component at the links below:
Documentation: MultiTech iSMS Integration With Nagios XI
We are pleased to announce that you can now easily launch your Nagios XI monitoring server easily in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We have available clean centOS 6 with Nagios XI pre-installed available for public and customer use. This makes it extremely easy for Nagios XI Administrators to start additional server without the need to procure or invest in hardware. Additionally, those wishing to demo Nagios XI can easily do so using the cloud.
The full how-to documentation is available in the Nagios Library article Using Nagios XI In Amazon EC2 Cloud
This document describes how to launch a new pre-installed Nagios XI server in the Amazon EC2 cloud and is intended for Nagios XI Administrators who would like to bring up new Nagios XI instances in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as well as those who are moving existing installations to the cloud. Start a trial copy of Nagios XI in the cloud!
If you are new to Nagios XI, or would like to see it in action, this would be a fast and efficient way to give it a test run.
A new Nagios XI user asked us to integrate a dashboard into Nagios XI that could be used to display the status of everything that’s being monitored on a NOC screen. We modified an existing project to work with Nagios XI’s authorization functions and voila – a new awesome operations screen for Nagios!
You can download the opscreen component from Nagios Exchange.
Nagios SNMP Trap Interface has been uploaded to the nagios project SVN repo. Its goal is to make it easier to see what traps have arrived and provides a sane way to keep track of SNMP traps.
Continue reading ‘Nagios SNMP Trap Interface (NSTI) Available’
In an effort to make NagiosXI even easier to setup while maintaining granularity, we are creating wizards for specific devices. Methods for monitoring network devices are not one size fits all. SNMP mibs differ and web interfaces differ, so we’ve embarked on an adventure of writing wizards for specific vendors of devices. The wizard recently completed is an example of that adventure.
Continue reading ‘Monitor WatchGuard Devices Using Nagios XI Wizard’
Large scale monitoring of Windows desktop/server environment made easy using Nagios XI, NSClient++ and Microsoft SCCM.
NSClient++ SCCM Package
NSClient++ Agent install pending
Continue reading ‘Deploy NSClient++ Agent using Microsoft’s SCCM with Nagios’
The component adds a System Profile page to the Admin menu and displays relevant system information for common troubleshooting issues. The profile information can be downloaded as a text file to provide support teams with importation information. This component will ship with any Nagios XI install 2011R1.10 or newer. We recommend installing this component for all existing 2011 installs in order to expedite support issue.
Download System Profile Component
