Nagios XI Documentation

Documentation on using Nagios XI. Documentation is meant to complement the Nagios XI manuals and tutorials.

WatchGuard Wizard Usage

This document describes how to setup your WatchGuard device and your Nagios XI server to allow for quick and easy monitoring of your WatchGuard device. WatchGuard Wizard Usage

Using rrdcached with Nagios XI

This document describes how to enable rrdcached with Nagios XI as a step to improve performance and reduce disk I/O on large installations. rrdcached is a daemon that receives updates to existing RRD files, accumulates them and, if enough have … Read More

NRDP – Overview

This document describes how to install, configure, and use the NRDP (Nagios Remote Data Processor) addon with either Nagios Core or Nagios XI. This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators. NRDP_Overview.pdf  

Enabling Memcached Support in Nagios XI

This document describes how to increase the performance of Nagios XI by enabling memcached. Memcached provides a mechanism for caching SQL query results in memory on one or more memcached servers. Caching query results can dramatically improve performance in heavily … Read More

Changing The XI System Time

This document describes how to change the system date, time, and timezone on the Nagios XI virtual machine, or a physical server running CentOS. It is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators. Nagios XI 5.x Changing_The_XI_System_Time.pdf Nagios XI 2024 … Read More

Customizing The Nagios XI Landing Page

This document describes how to customize the landing page that users see when they initially login to the Nagios® XI™ web interface. One of the benefits of Nagios XI is the flexibility to customize the information users see in the … Read More

Oracle Plugin Installation Instructions

This document describes how to install Oracle plugins in Nagios XI and how to configure your environment to utilize the Oracle plugins to monitor Oracle databases with Nagios XI. This document is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators who … Read More

Log Monitoring with Swatch

This document describes how to use the Simple Log Watcher (Swatch) in conjunction with Nagios in order to be notified when certain events are noted in the system log. Log_Monitoring_With_Swatch.pdf

Configuring SSL with Nagios XI

This document will describe how to setup SSL. This document is also to be used an initial point for troubleshooting SSL connections. Nagios XI 5.x Configuring_SSL_with_Nagios_XI.pdf Nagios XI 2024 Configuring-SSL-TLS-with-Nagios-XI-2024.pdf

Monitoring Linux Using SNMP

This document describes how to monitor Linux machines with Nagios XI using SNMP. SNMP is an “agentless” method of monitoring network devices and servers, and is often preferable to installing dedicated agents on target machines. Monitoring_Linux_Using_SNMP.pdf