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Administrator Guide ꞏ Nagios XI

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Getting Started (index.php#) About This Guide (index.php#aboutthisguide) About Nagios XI (index.php#aboutnagiosxi)

Installation (installation.php)

This document describes how to achieve High Availability (HA) capabilities with Nagios XI. The goal of High Availability is to ensure that if your primary Nagios XI instance stops or crashes, another instance will automatically and seamlessly take over the job of monitoring.

System Requirements (installation.php#systemrequirements) This document is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators who want Ports and Protocols to achieve High Availability of their Nagios XI server. (installation.php#defaultports)

XI High Availability Options (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads Installation Options (installation.php#installationoptions) /nagiosxi/docs/XI_High_Availability_Options.pdf) Using The VMware Virtual Machine (installation.php#installingvmware) Manual Installation (installation.php#manualinstallation)

Nagios administrators often need to ensure that their primary monitoring server is operating properly and can reach the Internet to send alert Player notifications via email and other methods. This document describes how (installation.php#workstation) to effectively monitor a primary Nagios XI server from an offsite location Installing Nagios XI with to ensure it is both reachable and operating properly. Installing Nagios XI with VMware Workstation

VMware ESX vSphere (installation.php#esxvsphere) Installing Nagios XI with Hyper-V (installation.php#hyperv)

Monitoring A Nagios XI Server (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Monitoring_A_Nagios_XI_Server.pdf)

Offline Installation (installation.php#offline)

System Configuration (systemconfig.php)

This document describes how to install the MNTOS ("Multi-Nagios Tactical Overview System") monitoring aggregation tool with Nagios XI or Nagios Core. MNTOS allows you to setup an aggregated view of multiple Nagios Initial Setup (systemconfig.php#initialsetup) monitoring servers, making it a useful tool for distributed monitoring General Program Options environments. (systemconfig.php#generaloptions)

A video tutorial showing MNTOS can be found here Changing The XI System Time (http://library.nagios.com/library/products/nagiosxi/tutorials/289-using(systemconfig.php#systemtime)mntos). Email Settings (systemconfig.php#emailsettings) Understanding Email Sending

Integrating MNTOS With Nagios (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Integrating_MNTOS_With_Nagios.pdf)

(systemconfig.php#emailsending) Inbound Commands (systemconfig.php#inboundcommands) SMS Alerting (systemconfig.php#sms) MultiTech MTR API Integration

Back to(systemconfig.php#mtr) Top Using DUO 2FA

Copyright © 2010-2019 (systemconfig.php#duo) Nagios Enterprises, Twilio SMS LLC Integration (http://www.nagios.com/). All rights (systemconfig.php#twilio) reserved.

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The following is a documented guide on how to install Mod Gearman locally on your Nagios XI system(s) and from there tie it in with external worker systems to offload checks from the hardware Nagios XI resides on. This will reduce check latency and increase performance on your Nagios XI machine, allowing for greater check ammounts while still keeping your system's head above water.

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Administrator Guide ꞏ Nagios XI Configuring Core Contacts To Use XI's phpmailer SMTP Settings (systemconfig.php#phpmailer) XI Notification Escalations

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(systemconfig.php#escalations) XI Details Overview (systemconfig.php#details) XI Dashboards This guide takes you through the basic steps involved in migrating from (systemconfig.php#dashboards) an existing Nagios Core installation to Nagios XI. XI Views (systemconfig.php#views) Customizing the XI Landing Page

Migrating From Nagios Core To Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi /docs/Migrating_From_Nagios_Core_To_Nagios_XI.pdf )

(systemconfig.php#landingpage) Security Credentials (systemconfig.php#securitycredentials)

Using The Nagios XI Config Import Prep Tool

License Settings This document describes how to use the Nagios® XI™ configuration file (systemconfig.php#licensesettings)

import prep tool to prepare an installation for migration from Nagios Core Nagios XI - Best Practices (systemconfig.php#bestpractices) to Nagios XI. The prep tool is used to pre-process native Nagios Core

Updates (updates.php)

configuration files into a format that is easily managed in the Nagios XI web interface.

Checking For Updates (updates.php#checkingforupdates) Staying Informed Of New Releases

Using The XI Config Import Prep Tool (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Using_The_XI_Config_Import_Prep_Tool.pdf )

(updates.php#stayinginformed) Obtaining The Latest

Importing Config Files Into XI

Release (updates.php#latestrelease) Upgrading

This document describes how to migrate and import Nagios Core configuration files into Nagios® XI™ Importing configuration files is only required in instances where administrators wish to import configurations from existing Nagios Core installations. Importing configuration files automates setting up your existing Hosts, Services, Hostgroups, Servicegroups, and Host/Service Templates in your Nagios XI installation.

(updates.php#upgrading)

User Management (usermanagement.php) Understanding User

Importing Config Files Into XI (https://assets.nagios.com

Permissions /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Importing_Config_Files_Into_XI.pdf) (usermanagement.php#userpermissions) Users And Contacts (usermanagement.php#usersandcontacts) Multi-Tenancy (usermanagement.php#multitenancy)

Visualizations (visualizations.php)

Integrating SNMP Traps With Nagios XI

SNMP is a powerful and ubiquitous management protocol in most IT infrastructures. SNMP traps are often used by organizations to monitor Reports (visualizations.php#slareports) the health and status of the network infrastructure. This document takes Generating Reports With administrators through the simple steps of integrating SNMP traps with Nagios XI Nagios XI. How To Generate SLA

(visualizations.php#reports) Generating Graphs With Nagios XI

Integrating SNMP Traps With Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Integrating_SNMP_Traps_With_XI.pdf)

(visualizations.php#graphs)

Monitoring Configuration (monitoringconfig.php) Using Auto-Discovery In Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#autodiscovery)

Sending SNMP Traps With Nagios XI This document describes how to configure Nagios XI to SNMP traps to other management hosts or network management systems whenever host or service state changes (alerts) occur. This functionality allows administrators to easily integrate Nagios XI into an environment where multiple Network Management Systems are used.

Monitoring Websites Sending SNMP Traps With XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads (monitoringconfig.php#monitoringwebsite)

/nagiosxi/docs/Sending_SNMP_Traps_With_Nagios_XI.pdf)

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Administrator Guide ꞏ Nagios XI

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Nagios XI - SNMP Traps With NXTI

Monitoring Website Defacement (monitoringconfig.php#website- This document describes how to use the Nagios XI SNMP Trap Interface defacement) (NXTI) to monitor and manage incoming SNMP Traps. Monitoring Wizards (monitoringconfig.php#monitoringwizards) This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators looking to Core Configuration manage their SNMP Trap definitions through the web interface. Manager (monitoringconfig.php#ccm) XI Notification Variables

Nagios XI - SNMP Traps With NXTI (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/SNMP-Traps-With-NXTI.pdf)

(monitoringconfig.php#notificationvariables) Changing Host Alive Check (monitoringconfig.php#hostalive) Monitoring VMware (monitoringconfig.php#vmware) Monitoring OSX

Distributed Monitoring Solutions For Nagios

(monitoringconfig.php#monitorosx) Interested in scaling your Nagios deployment to monitor a large Monitoring AIX With Nagios (monitoringconfig.php#aix) Monitoring Hosts Using NRPE and NRPE Monitoring Wizard (monitoringconfig.php#nrpenrpe-wizard) Monitoring Linux Using NRPE and Linux Server Monitoring Wizard (monitoringconfig.php#nrpelinux-server-wizard) Monitoring Hosts Using SSH

environment? Distributed monitoring may be the solution you're looking for. This document describes different methods for configuring a distributed monitoring solution with Nagios Core and Nagios XI.

Distributed Monitoring Solutions For Nagios (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/general /docs/Distributed_Monitoring_Solutions.pdf ) This document describes how to use Nagios Remote Data Processor (NDRP) as a distributed monitoring solution. You will be shown how a central Nagios XI server can receive check results from Nagios XI and Nagios Core servers. Distributed Monitoring With NRDP (https://assets.nagios.com

(monitoringconfig.php#hostsssh)/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Distributed-Monitoring-With-NRDP.pdf ) Monitoring Oracle Databases (monitoringconfig.php#oracle) Maintaining Manual Object Configuration Files in Nagios XI

Configuring Outbound Checks With Nagios XI This document describes how to configure outbound checks in Nagios XI.

(monitoringconfig.php#manualconfig) Outbound checks are used in federated and distributed monitoring Monitoring Linux Using environments, as well as environments where the monitoring server SNMP (monitoringconfig.php#snmp) Using The SNMP Walk Wizard (monitoringconfig.php#snmpwalk-wizard) Using NRDP With Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#nrdp) Log Monitoring with

sends passive check results to external applications.

Configuring Outbound Checks With Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi /docs/Configuring_Outbound_Checks_With_XI.pdf)

Configuring Inbound Checks With Nagios XI This document describes how to configure inbound checks in Nagios XI.

Swatch Inbound checks are used in federated and distributed monitoring (monitoringconfig.php#swatch) environments, as well as environments where the monitoring server Monitoring WatchGuard receives passive check results from external applications and services. (monitoringconfig.php#watchguard) Bulk Host Import Wizard Configuring Inbound Checks With Nagios XI Usage (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi (monitoringconfig.php#bulkhost) Adding Service to Switch or Router

/docs/Configuring_Inbound_Checks_With_XI.pdf)

Monitoring Architecture Solutions For MSPs

(monitoringconfig.php#addservice) Using the Negate Plugin (monitoringconfig.php#negate) This document describes various monitoring architectures that are Configuring Email suitable for deployment by both Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Notifications large organizations with remote locations. (monitoringconfig.php#notify)

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Administrator Guide ꞏ Nagios XI Integrating Slack With Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#slack) Configuring Downtime In Nagios XI

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/guides/administrator/ad... Monitoring Architecture Solutions For MSPs (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/general /docs/Monitoring_Architecture_Solutions_For_MSPs.pdf)

Using DNX With Nagios

(monitoringconfig.php#downtime) Monitoring A Websensor

The Distributed Nagios eXecutor (DNX) is no longer supported. We would EM08 (monitoringconfig.php#websensor) recommend using Mod-Gearman instead. Passive Monitoring With NRDS (monitoringconfig.php#nrds) How To Monitor Apache Tomcat With Nagios XI

Integrating Mod Gearman with Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi /docs/Integrating_Mod_Gearman_with_Nagios_XI.pdf)

(monitoringconfig.php#tomcat) How To Monitor JBoss/WildFly With Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#jboss)

Configuring Passive Services In Nagios XI

How To Monitor GlassFish With Nagios XI This document describes how to configure passive service checks in (monitoringconfig.php#glassfish)

Nagios XI. Passive checks are useful when you want to receive and process data (such as security alerts and log events) from external (monitoringconfig.php#weblogic)applications. How To Monitor WebLogic With Nagios XI How To Monitor JMX With Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#jmx) How To Monitor Jetty JMX With Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#jetty) Monitoring a MongoDB Server

Configuring Passive Services In Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi /docs/Configuring_Passive_Services_With_XI.pdf)

Monitoring Unconfigured Objects With Nagios XI

(monitoringconfig.php#mongoPassive check results for hosts and services that are submitted to Nagios server) Monitoring a MongoDB by external agents and application using the NSCA or NRDP APIs are not Database processed by the monitoring engine until they are configured in Nagios (monitoringconfig.php#mongo- XI. This document describes how to configure monitoring of previously database) unconfigured hosts and services that a Nagios XI server has received Monitoring a Cassandra

passive check results for.

Database (monitoringconfig.php#cassandradatabase) Understanding User Macros (monitoringconfig.php#usermacros) Understanding The User Macros Component (monitoringconfig.php#usermacros-component) How To Monitor Apache

Monitoring Unconfigured Objects With Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi /docs/Monitoring_Unconfigured_Objects_With_XI.pdf )

Using NSCA With Nagios XI This document describes how to enable and use the NSCA (Nagios Service Check Adapter) addon with Nagios XI to allow remote Nagios servers and applications to send passive host and service check results to a Nagios XI server for processing.

ActiveMQ (monitoringconfig.php#activemq)

Using NSCA With Nagios XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads

How To Use Deadpool In /nagiosxi/docs/Using_NSCA_With_XI.pdf) Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#deadpool) Excluding Hosts And Hostgroups In Nagios XI (monitoringconfig.php#excluding) Understanding And Using This guide takes you through the process of manually exporting the XI Tools Nagios XI configuration database and checking for errors that need (monitoringconfig.php#tools) resolution. Manual exports are useful when debugging configuration How To Monitor Docker

errors - including the failure of XI to apply a new configuration when

Containers (monitoringconfig.php#docker) using the wizard or the Nagios Core Config Manager. Using The CCM For

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Administrator Guide ꞏ Nagios XI

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Service Management Exporting the XI Configuration Database (https://assets.nagios.com (monitoringconfig.php#service- /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Exporting_XI_Configuration_Database.pdf) management)

Agents (agents.php) NCPA (Cross Platform Agent) (agents.php#ncpa) Windows (agents.php#windows)

This document describes how to install Cacti alongside Nagios XI in order to use both. This document assumes you already have a working copy of Nagios XI and will use the Cacti that comes preinstalled with Nagios XI.

Linux (agents.php#linux) MacOSX (agents.php#mac)

Installing Cacti Alongside XI (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads /nagiosxi/docs/Installing_Cacti_Alongside_XI.pdf)

Solaris (agents.php#solaris) AIX (agents.php#aix)

Monitoring Windows (monitorwindows.php)

This document describes how to launch a new pre-installed Nagios XI server in the Amazon EC2 cloud. This document is intended for use by NSClient++ Nagios XI Administrators who would like to bring up new Nagios XI (monitorwindows.php#nsclientpp) instances in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as well as those WMI Client who are moving existing installations to the cloud. (monitorwindows.php#wmi) Monitoring Windows Event Logs

Using Nagios XI In Amazon EC2 Cloud (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Using_Nagios_XI_In_Amazon_EC2_Cloud.pdf)

(monitorwindows.php#eventlogs) Monitoring Windows Event Logs Using SNMP Traps (monitorwindows.php#eventlogssnmp) Adding Windows Disk

This document describes how to automate adding and removing hosts Usage Checks In XI (monitorwindows.php#diskusage) and services in Nagios XI from the command line. Some administrators Installing MSSQL Wizard Prereqs (monitorwindows.php#mssql)

may have need to automate the process of adding and removing hosts and services in Nagios XI for use with cloud computing or large environments where solutions like Puppet or Chef may already be Monitoring Microsoft SQL implemented. The procedures below outline how administrators can (monitorwindows.php#monitoringcreate their own automation solutions to safely add and remove hosts mssql) and services in Nagios XI while still maintaining the integrity of the Checking For Windows monitoring environment. Updates (monitorwindows.php#updates) Passive Monitoring with

Automated Host Management (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Automated_Host_Management.pdf)

NRDS_Win (monitorwindows.php#nrds_win)

Extending Nagios (extensions.php) Wizards (extensions.php#wizards)

Administrators can now effectively restart a remote Windows or Linux Host's services in Nagios XI via NSClient++, NRPE or NCPA. The following is a guide on how to do so including setting up an event handler to restart (extensions.php#components) any service which goes into a critical state: Dashlets (extensions.php#dashlets) Components Plugins (extensions.php#plugins) Other Addons (extensions.php#addons)

System Management (sysmgmt.php#) Directory Structure

Windows Restarting Windows Services With NRPE (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting_Windows_Services_With_NRPE.pdf) Restarting Windows Services With NCPA (https://assets.nagios.com /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting-Windows-Services-With-NCPA.pdf)

(sysmgmt.php#directorystructure) Linux Log Locations and

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Descriptions Restarting Linux Services With NRPE (https://assets.nagios.com (sysmgmt.php#loglocations) /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting_Linux_Services_With_NRPE.pdf) Resizing the VM disk size (sysmgmt.php#resizing) Restarting Linux Services With NCPA (https://assets.nagios.com Converting the VMware /downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting-Linux-Services-With-NCPA.pdf) Image to VirtualBox

A Nagios (sysmgmt.php#converting) Exchange posting including the Event Handler may be found at: Importing Nagios XI into

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Event-Handlers/WindowsMicrosoft Hyper-V Service-Restart-Event-Handler/details (http://exchange.nagios.org (sysmgmt.php#hyper-v) /directory/A...