Archive for the 'Remote Monitoring' Category

Monitoring Linux/Unix Machines Using SSH or NRPE

By ethangalstad on July 25, 2011

We’ve had a number of customer requests for new Nagios XI wizards that make it easy to monitor Linux/Unix machines either by SSH (using check_by_ssh) or NRPE. This is often useful in environments where Nagios admins have already installed the Nagios plugins and/or NRPE on machine in order to monitor them with Nagios Core.

Due to the requests we received, we whipped together some new wizards that help with this. Specifically, the new SSH Proxy and NRPE wizards.

And lest I forget, we also had a great community member (thanks Joshua!) document and test instructions on monitoring AIX over NRPE. We worked with Joshua to develop the NRPE wizard in a way that would work with his AIX/NRPE setup. BTW: Would you believe using Nagios to monitor AIX could save $300k+ on Tivoli licenses? :-)

Category: Nagios Core, Nagios XI, Plugins and Remote Monitoring. 0 Comments

Designing Monitoring Solutions For MSPs

By ethangalstad on March 10, 2011

As noted previously, we have many clients that are managed service providers.  Designing an effective monitoring solution that works for their clients and their business needs can sometimes be challenging.  We’ve put together a high-level document that describes some methods for designing monitoring solutions that can work for MSPs and other companies that need to monitor remote networks.

Read the document: Monitoring Architecture Solutions For MSPs.pdf

Category: Nagios Core, Nagios Fusion, Nagios XI and Remote Monitoring. 0 Comments

Monitoring Remote Windows Machines Passively

By ethangalstad on March 8, 2011

Many of our clients are Managed Service Providers (MSPs).  The challenges they face when monitoring their clients’ networks vary greatly, but a common problem they face is how to monitor remote Windows machines that are located behind a firewall.

A simple solution to this challenge involves configuring the NSClient++ agent to act as a passive agent which reports it status to Nagios.  We’ve written a document that describes the steps needed to configure passive monitoring of Windows boxes.

Read how to do it:  Using NSClient For Passive Checks.pdf

Category: Nagios XI, Passive Checks, Remote Monitoring and Windows. 0 Comments