Nagios XI Documentation

This document describes how to monitor websites effectively with Nagios XI.  Website monitoring includes HTTP response validity, DNS resolution, IP address match, website content, SSL certificates, and web transactions.

If you'd like to integrate host/status information from Nagios XI into a public portal or display of some kind, you'll likely be interested in our example backend API access code.

This document describes how to install the Linux monitoring agent on target Ubuntu and Debian servers (including Ubuntu variants such as Kubuntu and Edubuntu).  This Ubuntu/Debian family version offers an easy way to install the agent using your distribution's package management system.  These steps will likely also work with little to no modification on other related distributions, such as CrunchBang, easypeasy, gNewSense, Xandros, MEPIS, Mint, Knoppix, Baltix, Guadalinux, eBox, Untangle, and Vyatta.

This document describes how to enable and use the NSCA addon with Nagios XI. The NSCA addon allows remote Nagios servers and applications to send passive host and service check results to the Nagios XI server for processing.

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.

The Google Map component for Nagios XI allows for host status to be displayed as an overlay on a Google Map.  This document describes how to download, install, and setup the Google Map integration component for Nagios XI.

This document describes how to backup a Nagios XI installation and restore an XI installation from a previously made backup. Backups are an important aspect of administration and maintenance, and can easily facilitate the migration of a XI installation between a virtual server and physical server and the design of a failover or disaster recovery instance of XI.

This document describes how to manage hosts and host groups using the Nagios XI Core Config Manager. This document is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators and assumes the reader has administrator privileges for the Core Config Manager.

This document describes how to install the static binary Linux monitoring agent on a Linux machine. The static binary agent provides an easy method of installing a pre-compiled, statically linked set of binaries on one or more Linux machines.

Nagios administrators often need to ensure that their primary monitoring server is operating properly and can reach the Internet to send alert notifications via email and other methods. This document describes how to effectively monitor a primary Nagios XI server from an offsite location to ensure it is both reachable and operating properly.