Welcome to the Nagios Library

The Nagios Library serves as a central knowledge place for tutorials, videos, tech tips, and best practice information on Nagios.

Access to some portions of the Nagios Library content is granted only to current Nagios customers. You'll gain access to member-only material when you purchase commercial Nagios products and services.

Direct links to commonly accessed materials are listed below:

• Products Section
  
  • Nagios XI
  • Nagios Fusion
  • Nagios Core
• Self-Paced Training
  
  • Topics - Videos and materials organized by topic
  • Materials - Individual training videos
  • Videos- Individual training materials (documents, certification preparation guides, etc.)
• Conference Videos

• Nagios Certified Professional - Core - Exam Prep Guide

  This 150-page guide is designed to prepare the reader for the Nagios Certified Professional - Core certification exam. The guide covers aspects understanding Nagios Core and using its features and functionality on a daily basis. More information on Nagios certification is available at http://www.nagios.com/services/certification

  Note: This guide is only available to customers who have purchased a self-paced training subscription.

• Monitoring OSX with Nagios XI

  This document describes how to monitor OS/X with Nagios XI using the XI Mac OS/X wizard.

• Installing the XI Mac OSX Agent

  This document describes how to install the OS/X agent for monitoring with Nagios XI.

• Passive Monitoring with NRDS

  Nagios Remote Data Sender, or NRDS is a component installed on a Nagios XI server that allows the administrator to create and manage configurations and plugins to be deployed with a passive agent that can be installed on a variety of operating systems.  The passive agents downloads the current configuration and the required plugin from the Nagios XI server and run the checks and posting the results to the XI server.

• Nagios Remote Data Sender (NRDS) Tutorial

  This video tutorial demonstrates Nagios Remote Data Sender, or NRDS. NRDS is a component installed on a Nagios XI server that allows the administrator to create and manage configurations and plugins to be deployed with a passive agent that can be installed on a variety of operating systems. The passive agents downloads the current configuration and the required plugin from the Nagios XI server and run the checks and posting the results to the XI server.

• Nagios XI – Bulk Host Import Wizard Usage

  This document describes how to use the Bulk Host Import Wizard in Nagios XI. It is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators. The Bulk Host Import wizard allows you to easily import new hosts and services into Nagios XI using a CSV dump. Imported hosts have services that are replicated to match an already existing host the user selects as a template. This import tool is extremely useful for large environments that want to quickly setup several hosts to be monitored in the same manner.

• Nagios XI Component Development

  This document describes how to use the Nagios XI Framework to access data and build a successful component. This document is intended for use by Nagios XI Adminsitrators and Developers who are already familiar with programming concepts.

• Using Nagios As A Security Tool - Website Defacement

  This video is a Part 1 of the series on using Nagios as a security tool. It will show you how to use Nagios XI to monitor your website for a specific string.

• Using Nagios As A Security Tool - Software Versions

  This video is a Part 2 of the series on using Nagios as a security tool. It will show you how to use Nagios XI to check what is the current version of your software.

• Installing and General Use of NSTI

  This video tutorial will show you how to install and use the NSTI (Nagios SNMP Trap Interface).