Nagios XI Documentation

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

Nagios XI – How To Monitor Devices Using The NCPA Agent and Wizard

This document describes how to use Nagios® XI™ to actively monitor machines via the NCPA agent (Nagios Cross Platform Agent). NCPA is an advanced, cross-platform agent that can be installed on both Windows and Linux machines. This document is intended … Read More

Nagios XI – How to Upgrade Using the Web UI

This document describes how to upgrade your Nagios® XI™ installation quickly and easily from the web interface. This allow users to upgrade to latest version of Nagios XI which provides users with critical patches, bug fixes, and resolved security vulnerabilities. … Read More

How to Integrate the Bischeck Plugin Extension with Nagios XI

This document describes how to install and configure the Bischeck plugin extension for use with Nagios® XI™ in order to dynamically monitor Linux machines with time-based thresholds. The Bischeck extension is an application that sends passive checks to a Nagios … Read More

Nagios XI – How To Monitor An AKCP SensorProbe2 Using SNMP

This document describes how to monitor an AKCP sensorProbe2 device with Nagios® XI™ in order to be alerted when temperature, humidity, or other environmental variables exceed specific thresholds. This document outlines how to monitor the Dual Temperature/Humidity sensor connected to … Read More

Nagios XI – Integrating Apache Tomcat Checks

This document describes how to monitor Apache Tomcat using your Nagios® XI™ server. This allows organizations to monitor vital metrics and ensure that their Apache Tomcat servers are functioning properly. This document is intended for use by Nagios XI administrators … Read More

Using Nagios BPI v2

This document describes how to fully utilize the Nagios Business Process Intelligence (or BPI) component for Nagios XI. This documentcontains the following instructions: BPI Overview Installation and Setup for Nagios XI The BPI User Interface BPI Permissions Summary Understanding the … Read More

Nagios XI – Passive Monitoring with NRDS_Win

This document describes how to passively monitor Windows hosts using NRDS_Win. NRDS_Win is a lightweight client which can process Nagios plugins and pass back check results. This passive agent sends results back to Nagios over port 80 (HTTP) or port … Read More

Importing Nagios XI into Microsoft Hyper-V

The purpose of this documentation is to provide a guide on importing the Nagios XI virtual machine into a Microsoft Hyper-V environment. This guide is directed towards Microsoft and Nagios administrators interested in running the Nagios XI virtual machine within … Read More

Enabling NRPE With NSClient++ version 0.4.x

This document describes how to configure NRPE Listener in NSClient++ version 0.4.x for Nagios XI on a client system. It is intended for use by Nagios XI Administrators using NRPE and NSClient++. Enabling_the_NRPE_Listener_in_NSClient_0.4.x.pdf

Nagios XI – Introduction to Event Handlers

This document describes how to use event handlers in Nagios XI to take predefined actions when the hosts or services you are monitoring change state. Event handlers are used to automate processes taken when there is a state change for … Read More