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- [Building a Nagios Demo Environment: A Behind-the-Scenes Look](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/building-a-nagios-demo-environment/): Friends, we've got a project, and we're going to lay out our intentions for it here. If you don't know me, I'm Michael Bellerue, a Technical Sales Engineer here at Nagios Enterprises. A big part of my job is just giving demos to people who want to see how our software works.
- [How To Monitor Akamai Cloud Instances With Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-an-akamai-cloud-server-with-nagios-xi/): The Akamai Cloud Wizard (previously Linode) enables you to monitor Akamai instances including CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu with Nagios XI 2026R1.7+ using the Nagios Cross-Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [Zabbix vs. Nagios: Which Monitoring Solution Is Right for Your Organization?](https://library.nagios.com/solutions/nagios-vs-zabbix/): Most Nagios vs. Zabbix comparisons stack Nagios Core (the free open-source version) against Zabbix Cloud (an enterprise solution), which isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. Nagios XI (enterprise solution) is the more accurate assessment. XI's guided Configuration Wizards and bundled support reduce deployment time, lower the internal expertise required to get started, and address the limitations most commonly associated with Core, freeing up significant time for system administrators.
- [How to Use the Proxmox VE Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-proxmox-ve-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Proxmox VE Wizard in Nagios XI 2026R1.3+ enables you to monitor Proxmox server/cluster and virtual machine/container metrics such as CPU, Memory, and Storage Usage, Backup Status, Cluster Health, Log Errors, and Task Errors.
- [How to Use the Nutanix CE Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-nutanix-ce-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Nutanix CE Wizard in Nagios XI 2026R1.4+ enables you to to monitor Nutanix Community Edition cluster, VM, and host metrics via Prism Element.
- [How to Use the XCP-ng / Vates VMS Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-xcp-ng-vates-vms-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): This document describes how to use the XCP-ng / Vates VMS Wizard in Nagios XI 2026R1.5+ to monitor pool, VM, and Host metrics
- [How To Configure And Use Traceroutes In Nagios Network Analyzer](https://library.nagios.com/documentation/configuring-and-using-traceroute-in-nagios-network-analyzer/): This document describes how to use Traceroutes in Nagios Network Analyzer (NNA) 2026R1.4+ to view the hop and latency details of connections to specified targets from your NNA server, or from separate Linux and Windows systems running the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [Autonomous IT vs. Proven Monitoring: Why Production Environments Can’t Afford to Experiment](https://library.nagios.com/industry-insights/autonomous-it-vs-proven-monitoring/): 95% of AI deployments saw zero ROI. Before handing your infrastructure to an algorithm, here's what the production data actually says about autonomous IT in 2026.
- [Understanding Notification Settings in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/understanding-notification-settings-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI is capable of notifying you when a wide variety of events occur in relation to your monitored hosts and services. Learn all about notification settings here!
- [How To Use The Network Switch/Router Wizard In Nagios XI 2026R1.4+](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-updated-network-switch-router-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Network Switch/Router Configuration Wizard that enables you to easily scan your network device for interfaces and quickly configure monitoring of port bandwidth and port status.
- [What’s New in Nagios XI 2026R1.4](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/whats-new-in-nagios-xi-2026r1-4/): Nagios XI 2026R1.4 brings a new Nutanix CE wizard, a new Switch/Router wizard and plugins, NNA wizard upgrades, and enhanced SNMP encryption. Let's dig in!
- [Understanding Queries and Traffic Profiles in Nagios Network Analyzer 2026](https://library.nagios.com/documentation/understanding-queries-and-traffic-profiles-in-network-analyzer/): In Nagios Network Analyzer, queries enable you to filter your collected flow data to view specific meaningful subsets using the NFDump filter syntax.
- [Nagios XI vs Icinga 2: Enterprise Monitoring Comparison 2026](https://library.nagios.com/solutions/nagios-xi-vs-icinga-2/): When evaluating Nagios XI vs Icinga 2, one important distinction often gets lost: many comparisons evaluate alternatives against Nagios Core, our free open-source monitoring engine, rather than Nagios XI, our full enterprise platform. That framing skews the picture.
- [How to Use the Red Hat OpenShift Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-openshift-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): This document describes how to set up and use the Red Hat OpenShift Wizard in Nagios XI 2026R1.2+ tomonitor metrics such as Node Status and Readiness, Cluster Operators Status, CPU Utilization, andMemory Utilization on your OpenShift cluster.
- [Nagios XI Email Notification Setup: Gmail, Microsoft 365, Yahoo, and Zoho Guide (2026)](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/nagios-xi-email-notification-setup/): Email notifications are the first line of defense in Nagios XI. When they fail, small issues become outages. This guide walks you through configuring reliable alerts with Gmail/Google Workspace, Microsoft 365/Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, Zoho Mail, and custom SMTP relays. You’ll set up secure SMTP and OAuth 2.0, keep SPF/DKIM/DMARC aligned, run end-to-end tests, and use logs and CLI checks to fix issues fast. Follow these steps to keep alerts deliverable, secure, and consistent.
- [NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX: Which Flow Protocol Should You Use?](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring/netflow-sflow-ipfix-which-flow-protocol-should-you-use/): NetFlow, sFlow, and IPFIX (Internet Protocol Flow Information Export) are the most widely used flow technologies, each with different design goals, performance characteristics, and ideal use cases. Understanding how these protocols differ, and when each is most appropriate, helps ensure flow monitoring aligns with network size, device capabilities, and monitoring objectives.
- [Understanding the Difference: Flow Data vs. Packet Capture](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring/flow-data-vs-packet-capture/): Understanding the differences between flow data vs. packet capture is essential for network analysis.
- [Understanding Network Top Talkers](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring/understanding-network-top-talkers/): Network top talkers are the devices, applications, or conversations that generate the highest volume of traffic on a network during a defined time period. They are identified using flow technologies such as NetFlow, sFlow, or IPFIX, which summarize traffic by source, destination, protocol, interface, and byte or packet counts.
- [How to Use the Email Delivery Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-email-delivery-in-nagios-xi/): Learn how to use the Email Delivery wizard in Nagios XI to test the sending and receipt of email messages on your mail server.
- [NMAP Deep Dive: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring/nmap-deep-dive-what-how-why/): Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free, open-source utility for network discovery and security auditing. It uses crafted IP packets to learn which hosts are alive, which ports are open, what services and versions are running, what operating systems and network devices are in play, and how filtering or firewalling is shaping the traffic path.
- [Whoa! Check Out Nagios Network Analyzer 2026](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/nagios-network-analyzer-2026/): Nagios Network Analyzer 2026 is an exciting new chapter in network traffic and security monitoring, alerting, and visualization. Let's dig in!
- [Nagios Fusion 2026R1: Discover The Dawn of Centralized Management](https://library.nagios.com/solutions/nagios-fusion-2026r1-whats-new/): Nagios Fusion 2026R1 marks an important first step in an exciting new direction for Fusion: centralized management of other Nagios systems. Also included in this release is a new System Profile function and several issue fixes. In this article we'll explore all of the updates.
- [Suricata Deep Dive: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters](https://library.nagios.com/techtips/suricata-deep-dive-what-why-how/): Suricata is a high-performance, open-source network threat detection engine that can run as IDS, IPS (inline), and NSM (network security monitoring). It inspects traffic at line rate, parses application protocols, matches rules (Snort-compatible syntax), and emits rich JSON logs for downstream analysis.
- [Route Hops: How to Create a Nagios Plugin to Monitor Them](https://library.nagios.com/training/route-hops-nagios-plugin/): An important metric in network diagnostics is the number of hops it takes to reach a target host. In this article, we will create a plugin for Nagios using Python to monitor route hops to a target host.
- [How to Use Configuration Wizards in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-configuration-wizards-in-nagios-xi/): Configuration wizards provide a simple, step-by-step approach to configuring monitoring of common objects, which streamlines the process of monitoring new devices, services, and applications. With this user-friendly approach, new users can set up monitoring of key items in their infrastructure without advanced knowledge.
- [What’s New in Nagios Log Server 2026](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/whats-new-nagios-log-server-2026/): Nagios Log Server 2026 delivers a number of subtle but meaningful refinements that improve everyday usability, combining a simplified user experience, major backend upgrades, and a streamlined design built for speed and usability. With the brand-new Simple Search homepage and upgraded OpenSearch components, this release makes log management, analysis, and dashboarding more intuitive than ever before.
- [Nagios Log Server Quick Start Guide](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/nagios-log-server-quick-start/): This quick start guide walks you through adding log sources, searching logs, creating dashboards, configuring alerts, managing users, and more.
- [Experience Smart Dashboards in Nagios XI 2026](https://library.nagios.com/documentation/smart-dashboards/): Nagios XI 2026 marks a new chapter in the evolution of monitoring and visualization.This release introduces Smart Dashboards, a reimagined way to view, organize, and act on monitoring data. Designed from the ground up, Smart Dashboards combine modern design, advanced customization, and team collaboration into a unified, dynamic interface.
- [What’s New in Nagios XI 2026](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/whats-new-in-nagios-xi-2026/): Nagios XI 2026 introduces a wide array of enhancements, fixes, new features, and UI improvements that continue the platform’s commitment to reliability, usability, and modern monitoring. From cutting-edge Smart Dashboards to fresh wizards and important security patches, this release brings something for everyone.
- [Wireshark Deep Dive: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring/wireshark-deep-dive/): Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer. It captures live packet data from a network interface and decodes it to reveal the underlying protocols and their details in a human-readable format. Think of a protocol analyzer as an electrical multimeter for network data. It helps you measure and understand what’s happening by examining packets and interpreting their protocols, including what kinds of traffic are flowing, which protocols are in use, how they’re behaving, and whether anything looks malformed or unexpected.
- [Nagios XI Quick Start Guide (Modern Theme)](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/nagios-xi-quick-start-modern-theme/): Nagios XI is a robust tool for monitoring, alerting, graphing, and reporting on networks, servers, applications, and services. The Modern theme covered in this guide provides a clean, classic experience, while the Neptune theme refined in the 2026R1 update delivers a sleek, React-based UI with improved navigation, responsive design, and dark/light modes for an enhanced user experience. This quick start guide covers adding a new host, updating settings, enabling notifications, managing users, and more.
- [Nagios XI Quick Start Guide (Neptune Theme)](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/nagios-xi-quick-start-neptune-theme/): Nagios XI is a robust monitoring, alerting, graphing, and reporting tool offering comprehensive insights into networks, servers, applications, and services. The Neptune theme, launched in Nagios XI 2024R1.1 and refined in subsequent updates, delivers a sleek, modern React interface with improved navigation, a responsive design, and dark/light modes for a streamlined user experience. This quick start guide covers monitoring a new host, updating your settings, enabling notifications, managing users, and more.
- [How to Use the Meraki Switch Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-meraki-switch-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Meraki Switch Wizard that discovers Cisco Meraki switches via the Meraki API or SNMP, auto-detects interfaces, and lets you quickly set up per-port monitoring for status and bandwidth (Rate In/Rate Out) with bulk selection and warning/critical thresholds across one or many switches.
- [Unlock the Power of Nagios XI: Premium Features Explained](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-updates/nagios-xi-premium-features/): Premium Features in Nagios XI are a collection of features and wizards that are tied to having active License Benefits (Maintenance & Support).
- [Nagios XI Email Notifications for Microsoft 365 Outlook](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/nagios-xi-email-notifications-via-outlook-microsoft-365-smtp/): This step-by-step guide shows how to send Nagios XI notifications through Outlook using secure SMTP with TLS and a Microsoft 365 app password. You’ll set up MFA, generate an app password, configure SMTP in Nagios XI, verify with test messages, and troubleshoot common errors.
- [How to Make Custom Dashlets in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-make-dashlets/): Nagios XI lets you build custom dashlets for your monitoring goals. Dashlets place the metrics, visuals, and insights you need on the dashboard where your team can act. This guide shows you how to build, package, install, and customize a dashlet. For illustration, we'll use a practical example: a dashlet that displays the top 10 problem services in the last hour, which helps identify services frequently entering non-OK states (WARNING, CRITICAL, or UNKNOWN).
- [Nagios XI Email Notifications with Zoho Mail SMTP: 2025 Guide](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/configuring-zoho-mail-for-nagios-xi-email-notifications/): This guide walks you through configuring Nagios XI to send email notifications with Zoho Mail using secure SMTP (TLS) and a Zoho app password, with step-by-step settings, verification, and quick fixes for common errors.
- [How to Set Up Nagios XI Email Notifications with Yahoo Mail SMTP](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nagios-xi-email-notifications-with-yahoo-mail-smtp/): This step‑by‑step guide shows how to send Nagios XI notification through Yahoo Mail using secure SMTP with TLS and a Yahoo app password. You’ll set up account security, configure SMTP in Nagios XI, verify with test messages, and troubleshoot common errors.
- [How to Use the SNMP Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-snmp-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a standard protocol used to monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, and servers. It is often used to collect performance and status data. The SNMP Wizard on Nagios XI enables you to monitor metrics on SNMP-enabled devices.
- [How to Use the Solaris Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-solaris-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Solaris Wizard that enables you to easily add Solaris hosts (via NCPA or NRPE) and quickly configure monitoring of ping/uptime, load, CPU, memory, swap, open files, users, total processes, disk usage, SMF services, and specific processes with scheduling, notifications, and host-group options.
- [How to Use the TFTP Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-tftp-servers-with-nagios-xi/): Monitoring TFTP servers is crucial to ensure reliable file transfers and server availability. This article provides resources to guide you through monitoring TFTP servers using the TFTP Wizard in Nagios XI, including setup, configuration, and tracking key server metrics.
- [How to Use the Printer Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-printer-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Printer Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to monitor HP JetDirect® compatible network printers.
- [How to Use the MySQL Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-mysql-server-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a MySQL Server Wizard that enables you to set up monitoring of key DB server metrics such as index usage, slow queries, long running processes, and slave I/O.
- [How to Use the Windows Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-windows-using-ncpa-in-nagios-xi/): Monitoring your Windows systems is essential to ensure performance, availability, and reliability. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to monitor Windows using NCPA in Nagios XI 2024, including installation, configuration, and tracking key system metrics.
- [How Use the Digital Ocean Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-digital-ocean-droplets-using-ncpa-in-nagios-xi/): Monitoring your servers is essential to ensure they run smoothly and efficiently. In this tutorial, we will guide you through monitoring DigitalOcean Droplets using NCPA in Nagios XI, helping you keep track of server performance, availability, and resource usage.
- [How to Use the Mac OS X Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-mac-os-x-in-nagios-xi/): The Mac OS X Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to monitor key status and performance metrics on your OS X systems using the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [How to Use the JBoss/Wildfly Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-jboss-wildfly-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a JBoss/Wildfly Wizard which can be used to monitor your application server for performance metrics and unexpected behavior.
- [How to Use the TCP/UDP Port Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-tcp-udp-port-configuration-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a TCP/UDP Port Wizard that enables you to easily probe network services and quickly configure monitoring of port availability, response time/latency, banner or content matches, and SSL/TLS handshakes on custom ports.
- [How to Use the Nagiostats Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-nagiostats-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Nagiostats Wizard is a built-in tool in Nagios XI that collects and reports key performance metrics from the Nagios Core monitoring engine. It provides real-time statistics on the performance of your Nagios instance.
- [How to Use the XML Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-xml-configuration-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an XML Configuration Wizard that enables you to easily target XML endpoints (full URL or host/port/path) and quickly configure monitoring of string keys and integer fields with warning/critical thresholds and SSL/TLS options.
- [How to Use the vSphere Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-vsphere-in-nagios-xi/): vSphere is a virtualization platform that lets you run multiple operating systems and applications as virtual machine guests running on physical ESXi server hosts. Nagios XI provides robust monitoring and alerting capabilities for both hosts and guests.
- [How to Use the MSSQL Query Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-mssql-query-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Microsoft SQL Wizard that enables you to monitor the results of custom MSSQL queries run against your databases.
- [How to Use the RADIUS Server Wizard with Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-radius-server-configuration-wizard-with-nagios-xi/): The RADIUS Server Wizard in Nagios XI can be used to monitor whether your Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service server or clients can be connected to.
- [How to Use the WinRM Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-winrm-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): WinRM, which is Windows Remote Management, is a Microsoft protocol and service that allows admins to remotely execute commands, manage systems, and retrieve data from Windows machines. This protocol and service typically work using SOAP and HTTP/HTTPS. The WinRM Wizard enables you to monitor Windows hosts via WinRM.
- [How to Use the Microsoft Azure Cloud Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-azure-cloud-with-ncpa-in-nagios-xi/): The Microsoft Azure Cloud Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to monitor Microsoft Azure Cloud VMs with Nagios XI using the Nagios Cross-Platform Agent (NCPA).  
- [How to Use the JSON Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-configuring-json-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a JSON Wizard that enables you to easily target API endpoints and quickly configure monitoring with integer value checks on JSON keys, exact string matches, custom headers for authentication, and server/port settings.
- [How to Use the WatchGuard Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-watch-guard-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a WatchGuard Wizard that enables you to easily connect to Firebox appliances and quickly configure monitoring of interface status/bandwidth, CPU and memory, VPN tunnels, HA/cluster state, and hardware health (temperature, fans, power).
- [How to Use the Website Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-websites-in-nagios-xi/): Monitoring websites with Nagios is useful in ensuring the website in question is up and running in peak performance in conjunction to ensuring any slow response times are detected in real-time.
- [How to Use the Nagios XI Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-nagios-xi-server/): 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 use the Nagios XI Server Wizard to monitor a primary Nagios XI server from an offsite location to ensure it is fully operational.
- [How to Use the Network Switch and Router (Legacy) Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-network-switch-and-router-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Network Switch/Router (Legacy) Configuration Wizard that enables you to easily scan your network device for interfaces and quickly configure monitoring of port bandwidth and port status.
- [How to Use the Nagios Network Analyzer Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-nagios-network-analyzer-integration-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios Network Analyzer (NNA) works together with Nagios XI to monitor network traffic and security events. It helps detect bandwidth issues, unusual patterns, and threats, giving IT teams a clear view of network health for better performance and security. Combining NNA data with Nagios XI provides centralized visibility and alert management of data from both solutions.
- [How to Use the OpenAI Usage Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-openai-usage-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an OpenAI Usage Wizard that enables you to easily connect with an Admin API key and quickly configure monitoring of total cost, request counts, and input/cached-input/output tokens, with thresholds and alerts.
- [How to Use the Oracle Query Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-oracle-query-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an Oracle Query Wizard that enables you to connect to Oracle instances and quickly configure monitoring of custom DB queries.
- [How to Use the Nagios Log Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-nagios-log-server-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Log Server Wizard that enables you to monitor the result of your Nagios Log Server queries.
- [How to Use the NRPE Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-nrpe-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an NRPE Wizard that enables you to quickly configure monitoring of Linux hosts running the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) agent.
- [How to Use the Nagios Cross-Platform Agent (NCPA) Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-nagios-cross-platform-agent-ncpa-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an NCPA Wizard that enables you to connect to systems running NCPA to configure monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, services/processes, network bandwidth, and custom plugin checks.
- [How to Use the PostgreSQL Queries Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-postgresql-queries-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Postgres Query Wizard that enables you to easily run a custom SQL query and configure warning/critical thresholds based on the number of matching results.
- [How to Use the MySQL Query Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-mysql-query-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The MySQL Query Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to monitor the output of custom DB queries.
- [How to Use the Rackspace Cloud Wizard in Nagios XI ](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-rackspace-cloud-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Rackspace Cloud Wizard that enables you monitor Rackspace Cloud servers using the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [How to Use the Mail Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-mail-server-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Mail Server Wizard that enables you to easily add your SMTP/IMAP/POP3 host and quickly configure monitoring of service availability, ping response latency, and RBL Blacklist hits.
- [How to Use the SNMP Trap Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-snmp-trap-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an SNMP Trap Wizard that enables you to quickly configure monitoring of SNMP traps you've pointed at your Nagios XI server.
- [How to Use the Slack Notifications Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-slack-notifications-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Slack Notifications Wizard that enables you to easily connect to Slack via a webhook and quickly configure Slack notifications for your monitored hosts and services.
- [How to Use the Kubernetes with NCPA Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-kubernetes-with-ncpa-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Kubernetes with NCPA Wizard that enables you to quickly configure monitoring of cluster metrics such as nodes active, daemon sets, jobs failed, PVC, and unbound PVS.
- [How to Use the Jetty JMX Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-jetty-jmx-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Jetty JMX Wizard that enables you to easily connect via JMX and quickly configure monitoring of JVM heap/GC, thread pools, request throughput/latency, servlet/handler metrics, and connector/queue status.
- [How to Use the Hyper-V Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-hyper-v-configuration-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Hyper-V Wizard that enables you to monitor key hypervisor server counters using the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [How to Use the GlassFish Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-glassfish-with-nagios-xi-2/): Nagios XI includes a GlassFish Wizard which enables you to monitor GlassFish applications and be notified when they are behaving unexpectedly.
- [How to Use the Generic Plugin Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-generic-plugin-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Generic Plugin Wizard that enables you to quickly configure checks and check commands using custom plugins you've added to the system.
- [How to Use the Docker Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-docker-containers-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Docker Wizard that enables you to easily connect via Docker’s Remote API (or NCPA) and quickly configure monitoring of container status/health, running container counts, and CPU/memory usage with per-container or aggregate thresholds.
- [How to Use the Capacity Planning Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-capacity-planning-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Capacity Planning Wizard that enables you to easily analyze historical performance data and quickly generate forecasts, growth trends, and threshold-breach dates to plan scaling and resource allocations.
- [How to Use the BPI Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-bpi-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a BPI Wizard that enables you to easily monitor your BPI groups as individual objects.
- [Why is Network Monitoring Important?](https://library.nagios.com/industry-insights/why-is-network-monitoring-important/): In this article, you'll see more examples that answer the question "Why is network monitoring important?" including specific industry examples of how network monitoring can keep your systems running smoothly.
- [How to Use the Website Defacement Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-website-defacement-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Website Defacement Wizard that monitors your websites for defacement, malicious content, and unauthorized changes, alerting you when unwanted content is detected.
- [How to Use the Auto Discovery Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-auto-discovery-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an Auto-Discovery Wizard that automatically scans your network to locate hosts and devices not yet monitored. Using ping and nmap, it identifies new devices and allows you to quickly deploy monitoring, turning discovered hosts into actively monitored systems with minimal configuration.
- [How to Use the Linux Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-linux-server-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Linux Server Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to monitor key status and performance metrics on Linux systems using the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA).
- [How to Use the Generic Network Device Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-generic-network-device-configuration-wizard-in-xi/): You can quickly configure monitoring of generic network devices in Nagios XI using the Generic Network Device Wizard. The wizard allows you to set up a ping check of network devices such as switches, routers, IoT devices, servers, and other systems that respond to ping.
- [How to Use the MongoDB Servers Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-mongodb-servers-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a MongoDB Server Wizard that enables you to monitor key DB server metrics such as free connections, mapped memory usage, average and last flush time, index miss ratio, and queries per second.
- [How to Use the Oracle Serverspace Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-oracle-serverspace-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an Oracle Serverspace Wizard that simplifies monitoring of Oracle DB servers by tracking key indicators like connectivity, connected users, SGA metrics, roll header and roll block contention, and flash recovery usage to ensure database health and reliability.
- [How to Use the Windows Event Log Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-windows-event-log-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Windows Event Log Wizard that enables you to easily select Application, System, Security logs and quickly configure monitoring of event IDs, sources, keywords, severity levels, and occurrence thresholds.
- [How to Use the Apache Tomcat Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-apache-tomcat-with-nagios-xi-2/): Nagios XI includes an Apache Tomcat Wizard that enables you to monitor various key metrics on Apache Tomcat servers such as heap-allocated memory, eden space, code cache, class count, and thread count.
- [How to Use the DNS Query Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-dns-query-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a DNS Query wizard that enables you to easily specify an FQDN and quickly configure monitoring of DNS resolution, IP address match, optional DNS server/authoritative response, check intervals, and notifications.
- [How to Use the MSSQL Database Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-mssql-database-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an MSSQL Database Wizard that enables you to easily connect to Microsoft SQL Server and quickly configure monitoring of key DB metrics such as active transactions, log flush waits, log growths, and log truncations.
- [How to Use the Amazon EC2 Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-amazon-ec2-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an Amazon EC2 wizard that enables you to easily connect with AWS access keys and quickly configure monitoring of CPU credits (usage/balance), CPU utilization, disk read/write bytes and operations, network in/out and packets, and instance up/down.
- [How to Use the Prometheus Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-monitor-prometheus-with-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Prometheus Wizard that enables you to easily target hosts running Prometheus exporters (Windows or Linux) and quickly configure monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and other exporter metrics.
- [How to Use the Zabbix Agent Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-zabbix-agent-configuration-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Zabbix Agent Wizard that enables you to easily enroll Linux/Windows systems (by adding Server=<XI.Server.IP> in zabbix_agentd.conf) and quickly configure monitoring by selecting the metrics you want and setting thresholds automatically creating the host and services.
- [How to Use the Discord Notification Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-discord-notification-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes a Discord Notifications wizard that enables you to easily add a Discord channel webhook and quickly configure routing of alerts to the selected channel.
- [How to Use the SLA Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-sla-configuration-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an SLA Wizard that enables you to easily define report periods and SLA assumptions and quickly configure monitoring for selected hosts/services or groups with SLA warning/critical thresholds, scheduling, notifications, and host/parent group settings.
- [How to Use the Mountpoint Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-mountpoint-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): The Mountpoint Wizard in Nagios XI enables you to check if specified mountpoints on your Nagios XI server exist and are properly implemented.
- [How to Use the FTP Server Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-ftp-server-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an FTP Server Wizard that makes it easy to monitor your FTP servers for availability, authentication, file transfers, and response times, ensuring reliable and secure access.
- [How to Use the Microsoft 365 Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-microsoft-office-365-configuration-wizard/): Nagios XI includes a Microsoft 365 Wizard that enables you to monitor the health, performance, and availability of your Microsoft 365 services.
- [How to Use the Amazon S3 Wizard in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/tutorials/how-to-use-the-amazon-s3-wizard-in-nagios-xi/): Nagios XI includes an Amazon S3 wizard that enables you to easily connect with AWS credentials and quickly configure monitoring of bucket size and object counts, request rates (GET/PUT/DELETE/HEAD/POST/LIST), bytes uploaded/downloaded, 4XX/5XX errors, and first-byte/total request latency.

## Pages
- [Security Monitoring](https://library.nagios.com/security/security-monitoring/): Explore comprehensive security monitoring strategies, best practices, and emerging technologies to protect systems, devices, and digital infrastructure in a changing threat landscape.
- [Vulnerability Management](https://library.nagios.com/security/vulnerability-management/): Stay up to date on the what you can do to prevent vulnerabilities.
- [Incident Response](https://library.nagios.com/security/incident-response/): Read about how Nagios can help with incident response and management.
- [Security](https://library.nagios.com/security/): Keep up on the latest articles on a wide range of cyber security topics.
- [Capacity Planning](https://library.nagios.com/capacity-planning/): Learn how to analyze usage trends and forecast future infrastructure needs using historical performance data and growth modeling.
- [Hypervisors](https://library.nagios.com/hypervisors/): Find out how to monitor virtualized environments and related infrastructure with Nagios XI. Explore hypervisor monitoring, VM performance tracking, and virtualization-related network and storage optimization techniques.
- [Reports](https://library.nagios.com/reports/): Learn the insider tricks that separate basic Nagios users from reporting power users who deliver game-changing infrastructure intelligence.
- [User Management](https://library.nagios.com/user-management/): Find articles and tutorials on how to create and manage user accounts, permissions, and views to ensure secure, role-based access to your monitoring environment.
- [Configuration](https://library.nagios.com/configuration/): Learn how to easily set up and manage monitored hosts, services, templates, and notification rules within Nagios XI.
- [Performance Graphs](https://library.nagios.com/performance-graphs/): Find tutorials and articles on leveraging maps and diagrams to help visualize the state of your IT infrastructure.
- [Troubleshooting Information](https://library.nagios.com/troubleshooting/): Find articles on issues with Nagios that you may encounter.
- [Nagios APIs](https://library.nagios.com/apis/): Learn how to access status information, issue commands, and make changes to your monitoring infrastructure with the Nagios APIs.
- [Event Handlers](https://library.nagios.com/event-handlers/): Learn how to automatically fix outages and take remedial action when Nagios detects a problem with your infrastructure.
- [Notifications](https://library.nagios.com/notifications/): Get help on setting up and configuration notifications for Nagios - including email, Slack, and SMS alerts.
- [Maps And Diagrams](https://library.nagios.com/maps/): Find tutorials and articles on leveraging maps and diagrams to help visualize the state of your IT infrastructure.
- [Nagios XI User Interface Guide](https://library.nagios.com/products/nagios-xi/documentation/ui/): Find helpful information on using the Nagios XI UI.
- [Nagios Success Stories: South America](https://library.nagios.com/nagios-success-stories-south-america/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the institutions, businesses, and government organizations in South America.
- [Nagios Plugin Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/plugins/): Learn how to customize your Nagios XI and Core monitoring capabilities with custom plugins using our tutorials.
- [Nagios Wizard Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/wizards/): Explore step-by-step Nagios XI wizard tutorials to easily monitor servers, applications, and network devices. Streamline setup and improve IT visibility with guided configurations.
- [Dashboard Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/dashboards/): Nagios dashboards provide you with powerful tools for visualizing data the way you need.  Learn how to customize dashboards in Nagios XI and Nagios Log Server with tutorials from our team.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Transportation](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/transportation/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited municipal and commercial transportation ventures around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Logistics](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/logistics/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited logistics companies around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Government](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/government/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited local, state, and national governments around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Education](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/education/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited K-12 schools and universities around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Defense](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/defense/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the defense industries and government militaries around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Aerospace](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/aerospace/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the aerospace industry around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories: North America](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/north-america/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the institutions, businesses, and government organizations in North America.
- [United States Success Stories](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/united-states/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the institutions, businesses, and government organizations in the United States.
- [Nagios Success Stories: Agriculture](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/agriculture/): Learn how solutions from Nagios have directly benefited the agriculture industry around the world.
- [Nagios Success Stories](https://library.nagios.com/success-stories/): Learn why Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring, and how our clients benefited from deploying our solutions.
- [Debian 9 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/debian/debian-9/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Debian 9 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Debian 10 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/debian/debian-10/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Debian 10 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Debian 11 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/debian/debian-11/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Debian 11 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Debian 12 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/debian/debian-12/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Debian 12 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Oracle Linux 8 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/oracle/oracle-8/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Oracle Linux 8 workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Oracle Linux 9 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/oracle/oracle-9/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Oracle Linux 9 workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Oracle Linux Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/oracle/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Oracle Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [SUSE 11 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/suse/suse-11/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of SUSE 11 Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [SUSE 12 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/suse/suse-12/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of SUSE 12 Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [SUSE 15 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/suse/suse-15/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of SUSE 15 Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [SUSE Linux Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/suse/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [openSUSE 15 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/opensuse/opensuse-15/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of openSUSE 15 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [openSUSE Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/opensuse/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of openSUSE workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Arch Linux Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/arch/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Arch Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [RHEL 7 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/redhat-linux/rhel-7/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [RHEL 8 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/redhat-linux/rhel-8/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [RHEL 9 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/redhat-linux/rhel-9/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/redhat-linux/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Fedora 39 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/fedora/fedora-39/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Fedora 39 servers and workstations, including metrics (e.g. load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Fedora 40 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/fedora/fedora-40/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Fedora 40 servers and workstations, including metrics (e.g. load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Fedora 41 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/fedora/fedora-41/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Fedora 41 servers and workstations, including metrics (e.g. load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [DeepSeek Nagios Monitoring Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/artificial-intelligence/deepseek/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of DeepSeek and other AI systems.
- [ChatGPT Nagios Monitoring Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of ChatGPT and other AI systems.
- [OpenAI Nagios Monitoring Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/artificial-intelligence/openai/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of OpenAI and other AI systems.
- [Debian Linux Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/debian/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Debian Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Ubuntu 14 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/ubuntu-linux/ubuntu-14/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Ubuntu 14 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Ubuntu 20 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/ubuntu-linux/ubuntu-20/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Ubuntu 20 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Ubuntu 22 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/ubuntu-linux/ubuntu-22/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Ubuntu 22 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Ubuntu 24 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/ubuntu-linux/ubuntu-24/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Ubuntu 24 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Ubuntu Linux Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/ubuntu-linux/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Ubuntu Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [CentOS 7 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/centos/centos-7/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of CentOS 7 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [CentOS 8 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/centos/centos-8/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of CentOS 8 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [CentOS 9 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/centos/centos-9/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of CentOS 9 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [CentOS 10 Nagios Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/centos/centos-10/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of CentOS 10 Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Artificial Intelligence Monitoring](https://library.nagios.com/artificial-intelligence/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of AI systems, including OpenAI and Deepseek.
- [WMI Monitoring](https://library.nagios.com/protocols-and-services/wmi/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), including services and metrics.
- [Microsoft Azure](https://library.nagios.com/cloud-computing/microsoft-azure/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Azure, including operating system metrics and services.
- [Amazon EC2](https://library.nagios.com/cloud-computing/amazon-ec2/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Amazon S3, including operating system metrics and services.
- [Amazon S3](https://library.nagios.com/cloud-computing/amazon-s3/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Amazon S3, including operating system metrics and services.
- [Cloud Computing](https://library.nagios.com/cloud-computing/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of cloud computing resources, including those from Amazon (S3 and EC2) and Microsoft (Azure).
- [Fedora Linux](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/fedora/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Fedora Linux servers and workstations, including metrics (e.g. load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Apple Silicon Mac Machines](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/mac/apple-silicon/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4+) Mac workstations, laptops, and servers, including metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Intel Mac Machines](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/mac/intel/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Apple Intel Mac workstations, laptops, and servers, including metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Mac](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/mac/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Apple Mac workstations, laptops, and servers, including metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory usage, disk usage) and services.
- [Windows Server 2012](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-server-2012/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 servers, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows Server 2019](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-server-2019/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Windows Server 2019 servers, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows Server 2022](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-server-2022/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Windows Server 2022 servers, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows Server 2025](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-server-2025/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Windows Server 2025 servers, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows 7](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-7/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Windows 7 workstations and laptops, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows 10](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-10/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Windows 10 workstations and laptops, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [Windows 11](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/windows-11/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Windows 11 workstations and laptops, including monitoring of key metrics (e.g. CPU load, memory and disk usage) and services.
- [SNMP](https://library.nagios.com/protocols-and-services/snmp/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of SNMP, including SNMP traps and management of MIBs and OIDs.
- [Protocol And Service Monitoring](https://library.nagios.com/protocols-and-services/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of network protocols and services across network devices, switches, routers, web servers, web services, and operating systems.
- [Agentless Monitoring With Nagios](https://library.nagios.com/agentless-monitoring/): Nagios supports agentless monitoring of network switches, routers, servers, and operating system through SNMP, WMI, and SSH, and publicly exposed protocols and services.
- [NSCA](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/nsca-2/): NSCA is a Nagios agent capable of monitoring Linux and Unix machines.
- [NRPE](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/nrpe/): NRPE is a Nagios agent that can monitor Linux and Unix machines.
- [NRDP](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/nrdp/): NRDP is a Nagios agent written in PHP that can be used to monitor Linux and Unix systems.
- [NSClient++](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/nsclient/): NSClient++ is a Windows monitoring agent that is capable of monitoring Windows laptops, workstations, and servers.  It can run monitoring plugins to monitor metrics, processes, and services and it can execute event handlers to restart failed services.
- [NCPA – Nagios Cross Platform Agent](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/ncpa/): NCPA is a Nagios agent that allows you to monitor metrics and run plugins on Windows, Linux, and Mac machines and servers.
- [Monitoring Agents](https://library.nagios.com/monitoring-agents/): Nagios agents allow you to monitor services, processes, and key metrics (such as CPU load, memory usage, disk usage) on a variety of operating systems such as Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- [MSSQL Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/mssql/): Find articles and tutorials on monitoring and managing Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases and database servers.
- [Oracle Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/oracle/): Find articles and tutorials on monitoring and managing Oracle databases and database servers.
- [DB2 Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/db2/): Find articles and tutorials on monitoring and managing IBM DB2 databases and database servers.
- [PostgreSQL Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/postgresql/): Find articles and tutorials on monitoring and managing PostgreSQL databases and servers.
- [MySQL Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/mysql/): Find articles and tutorials on monitoring and managing MySQL databases and servers.
- [Databases](https://library.nagios.com/databases/): What type of database would you like to monitor or get tutorials on?
- [Nagios Resources](https://library.nagios.com/resources/): Explore all Nagios resources in one place. Find documentation, guides, and insights on IT monitoring, troubleshooting, and best practices. Stay informed!
- [CentOS Linux Nagios Tech Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/centos/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of CentOS Linux workstations and servers, including monitoring of services, processes, users, files and server metrics (disk usage, memory, load, etc).
- [Linux Nagios Tech Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/linux/): What distribution of Linux do you want to monitor or want tech tutorials on?
- [Microsoft Windows Nagios Tech Tutorials](https://library.nagios.com/operating-systems/windows/): Nagios provides complete monitoring of Microsoft Windows workstations, laptops, and servers.

## Videos
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Code Of The Ancients (Matthew Custer & Nick Ziebell)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-code-of-the-ancients-matthew-custer-nick-ziebell/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Rant At A Developer (Aaron Cieslicki)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-rant-at-a-developer-aaron-cieslicki/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Open Discussions (Cory Norell)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-open-discussions-cory-norell/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Nagios Core: Past, Present, & Future (Aaron Cieslicki)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-nagios-core-past-present-future-aaron-cieslicki/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Internally Hosting AI On-Prem, Security Concerns (Christopher Allen)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-internally-hosting-ai-on-prem-security-concerns-christopher-allen/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Get Your Hands Dirty With Nagios Log Server (Jason Michaelson)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-get-your-hands-dirty-with-nagios-log-server-jason-michaelson/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – AI-Driven Monitoring Automation For Nagios XI Helper (Ayoub Louragli)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-scaling-monitoring-with-nagios-mod-gearman-griffin-westerman-2/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Scaling Monitoring With Nagios Mod-Gearman (Griffin Westerman)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-scaling-monitoring-with-nagios-mod-gearman-griffin-westerman/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Dashboard Confessionals (Jack Cheng, Zachary Robinson, & Coleman Dietsch)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-dashboard-confessionals-jack-cheng-zachary-robinson-coleman-dietsch/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Modifying Nagios XI UI Themes (Cory Norell)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-modifying-nagios-xi-ui-themes-cory-norell/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Business Intelligence Monitoring (Josh Manley)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-business-intelligence-monitoring-josh-manley/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Why Nagios Fusion? (Aiden Coil)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-why-nagios-fusion-aiden-coil/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – How To Make The Most Out Of Being A Nagios Partner (Dayna Glazier)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-how-to-make-the-most-out-of-being-a-nagios-partner-dayna-glazier/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Visualizing Network Health And Status Data With Nagvis (Nagios Nagvis Team)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-visualizing-network-health-and-status-data-with-nagvis-nagios-nagvis-team/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Overview Of Hosts, Services, And Customizing Host/Service Groups (Vadim Moskovkin)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-overview-of-hosts-services-and-customizing-host-service-groups-vadim-moskovkin/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – A Nagios Partner Evolution Story (A24)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-a-nagios-partner-evolution-story-a24-2/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – A Nagios Partner Evolution Story (A24)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-a-nagios-partner-evolution-story-a24/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Nagios Event Handlers With Event Driven Ansible (Aaron Cieslicki)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-nagios-event-handlers-with-event-driven-ansible-aaron-cieslicki/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Seriously Advanced Nagios XI Configuration (Eric Loyd)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-seriously-advanced-nagios-xi-configuration-eric-loyd/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Crafting Tailored Solutions Across Multiple Sectors With Nagios XI (Vivian Park)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-crafting-tailored-solutions-across-multiple-sectors-with-nagios-xi-vivian-park/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – The Past, Present, And Future Of NSCLIENT++ (Michael Medin)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-the-past-present-and-future-of-nsclient-michael-medin/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – How To Get Started With Nagios Network Analyzer (Sandor Gardil)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-how-to-get-started-with-nagios-network-analyzer-sandor-gardil/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: How To Write Custom XI Plugins And Wizards (Laura Gute)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-how-to-write-custom-xi-plugins-and-wizards-laura-gute/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: UI/UX Improvements In Nagios XI 2026 (Zach Robinson)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-ui-ux-improvements-in-nagios-xi-zach-robinson/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: How To Write Custom XI Dashlets (Coleman Dietsch)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-how-to-write-custom-xi-dashlets-coleman-dietsch/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Minecraft Server Auto-Moderation With Nagios (Blake Bahner)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-minecraft-server-auto-moderation-with-nagios-blake-bahner/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Scaling Your Nagios Log Server Cluster To The Stars (Jason Michaelson)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-scaling-your-nagios-log-server-cluster-to-the-stars-jason-michaelson/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Writing Simple DIY Plugins (Jeffrey Dunitz)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-writing-simple-diy-plugins-jeffrey-dunitz/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Building A Containerized Nagios XI Development Environment With Ubuntu (Sam Napier)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-building-a-containerized-nagios-xi-development-environment-with-ubuntu-sam-napier/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: The Power Of Knowing Stuff (Michael Bellerue)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-the-power-of-knowing-stuff-michael-bellerue/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Leveraging Open Source AI Models To Predict Outages (JJ Ashgar)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-leveraging-open-source-ai-models-to-predict-outages-jj-ashgar/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC 2025: Nagios For The Home Data Center (Dave Williams)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-2025-nagios-for-the-home-data-center-dave-williams/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Overview Of Nagios Solutions (Shamas Demoret)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-overview-of-nagios-solutions-shamas-demoret/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – What’s New In Nagios Network Analyzer 2026 (Aaron Cieslicki & Sandor Gardil)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-whats-new-in-nagios-network-analyzer-2026-aaron-cieslicki-sandor-gardil/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2025 – Keynote and Welcome (Ethan Galstad)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2025-keynote-and-welcome-ethan-galstad/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [How to Install Nagios XI (Neptune) Using Hyper-V](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-install-nagios-xi-neptune-using-hyper-v/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvto3qALgE
- [How to Install Nagios Network Analyzer 2024R2 Using ESXi](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-install-nagios-network-analyzer-2024r2-using-esxi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxK-h0AoCYo
- [How to Install Nagios Log Server 2024R2 Using ESXi](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-install-nagios-log-server-2024r2-using-esxi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILO20C_3eeo
- [How To Manually Install Nagios Network Analyzer 2024R2](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-manually-install-nagios-network-analyzer-2024r2/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM43KEQrnns
- [Install Nagios Network Analyzer 2024R2 on VMware](https://library.nagios.com/videos/install-nagios-network-analyzer-2024r2-on-vmware/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk--YlGk6fs
- [Install Nagios Network Analyzer 2024R2 on Hyper-V](https://library.nagios.com/videos/install-nagios-network-analyzer-2024r2-on-hyper-v/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paNdUX7LXuc
- [How to Integrate Nagios XI and LS using NRDP](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-integrate-nagios-xi-and-ls-using-nrdp/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXDAlZfB7c&t=51s
- [How to Install Nagios Log Server 2024R2 Using Hyper-V](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-install-nagios-log-server-2024r2-using-hyper-v/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdrRL9h_jnQ
- [How to Monitor FTP Server’s With Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-monitor-ftp-servers-with-nagios-xi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG_0OaI3RqM
- [How to Use Auto-Discovery in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-use-auto-discovery-in-nagios-xi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOaBIEuP-X0
- [How to Manage MIBs in Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-manage-mibs-in-nagios-xi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAlPxHFUTc
- [How to Monitor Windows 10 Machines with NSClient++ Using Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-monitor-windows-10-machines-with-nsclient-using-nagios-xi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNpqHTksIfo
- [How to Monitor Windows 11 Machines with Nagios XI using NSClient++](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-monitor-windows-11-machines-with-nagios-xi-using-nsclient/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfeGxOnS9Cs
- [How to Add a New Instance to a Cluster in Nagios Log Server 2024R2](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-add-a-new-instance-to-a-cluster-in-nagios-log-server-2024r2-2/): Adding a new instance to a Nagios Log Server 2024R2 cluster is essential for improving both the reliability and performance of your log management system. By scaling the cluster with additional instances, you can distribute the log data processing workload more evenly, preventing bottlenecks and ensuring that logs from various sources are ingested and processed efficiently. This approach not only enhances the system’s capacity to handle larger volumes of data but also boosts fault tolerance, as the failure of one instance won’t impact the overall functionality. Additionally, a properly configured Log Server cluster with multiple instances improves redundancy and ensures data availability, which is critical for security monitoring, troubleshooting, and compliance auditing. Ultimately, adding a new instance to a Log Server cluster helps maintain a resilient, scalable log management solution, capable of supporting growing business needs and increasing data loads.
- [Nagios XI Enterprise Features Series](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-xi-enterprise-features-series/): This series explores the powerful enterprise capabilities of Nagios XI, covering capacity planning for infrastructure forecasting, business process monitoring for critical workflow tracking, and automated scheduled reporting to keep your team informed.
- [How to Manage Users in Nagios Log Server 2024R2](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-manage-users-in-nagios-log-server-2024r2/): Managing users in Nagios Log Server 2024R2 is essential for maintaining a secure, organized, and efficient log management environment. Proper user management ensures that only authorized personnel have access to sensitive log data, which is crucial for both security and compliance. By setting up roles and permissions for different users, administrators can control what actions users can perform, such as viewing, searching, or managing log data, helping to maintain a clear division of responsibilities. Additionally, managing users effectively helps in auditing and tracking who accessed or modified logs, which is vital for troubleshooting, incident response, and maintaining regulatory compliance. In larger organizations, managing users across multiple teams or departments becomes even more critical, ensuring that the right people have the right level of access at the right time. Ultimately, a well-organized user management system in Log Server enhances both security and operational efficiency.
- [How to Add a New Instance to a Cluster in Nagios Log Server 2024R2](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-add-a-new-instance-to-a-cluster-in-nagios-log-server-2024r2/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osobJaFgCA4
- [Nagios Log Server 2024R2 Snapshots & Maintenance](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-log-server-snapshots-and-maitenance/): Snapshots and maintenance in Nagios Log Server 2024R2 are crucial for ensuring the integrity, reliability, and performance of your log management system. Snapshots provide a safety net by allowing administrators to capture the current state of the server, making it easier to restore the system to a known good configuration in the event of a failure or unexpected issue. This capability is essential for disaster recovery planning and minimizing downtime. Regular maintenance, such as updating the server, clearing old data, and optimizing performance, ensures that the system remains efficient and responsive, even as log data volumes grow. It also helps prevent potential issues like data corruption or system slowdowns. By combining snapshots with routine maintenance, administrators can maintain a stable, high-performing Log Server environment while ensuring data protection and system resilience over time.
- [How to Monitor a DHCP Server with Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/how-to-monitor-a-dhcp-server-with-nagios-xi/): Monitoring a DHCP server with Nagios XI is important for ensuring the availability and performance of your network's IP address management system. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is critical for dynamically assigning IP addresses to devices, and any disruption in its service can lead to network connectivity issues. By setting up monitoring for the DHCP server in Nagios XI, you can proactively detect problems, such as IP address exhaustion, server unresponsiveness, or configuration errors, before they impact the network. Nagios XI enables real-time monitoring and alerting, ensuring that network administrators are immediately notified of any failures or anomalies. This proactive approach minimizes downtime, improves network stability, and allows for faster response times to address potential issues, ultimately ensuring seamless operation of network devices. Monitoring with Nagios XI provides both visibility and control over DHCP server health, which is crucial for maintaining a reliable and efficient network infrastructure.
- [Nagios Log Server: How to Migrate Logs (NLS2024R1 > NLS2024R2)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-log-server-how-to-migrate-logs-nlsr1-nlsr2/): In this video, we walk you through the process of migrating logs from Nagios Log Server 2024R1 to Nagios Log Server 2024R2. Whether you're upgrading infrastructure, optimizing performance, or consolidating log data, proper migration ensures continuity and data integrity. You'll learn the key steps, including exporting logs and ensuring a seamless transition with minimal downtime. Watch this step-by-step guide to successfully transfer logs while maintaining system stability and search functionality in Nagios Log Server!
- [How to Monitor a Website Using Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/monitor-website-nagios-xi/): Monitoring a website using Nagios XI is crucial for ensuring uptime, performance, and security. A well-monitored website helps detect outages, slow response times, and potential security threats before they impact users or business operations. With Nagios XI, IT teams can track critical metrics like HTTP response codes, SSL certificate validity, and server resource usage, allowing them to respond proactively to issues. Automated alerts and historical data analysis help prevent downtime, optimize website performance, and maintain a seamless user experience, ensuring business continuity and customer satisfaction.
- [How to Migrate from Nagios Log Server R1 to Nagios Log Server R2](https://library.nagios.com/videos/migrate-to-nagios-log-server-r2-2/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0fInt7KFc
- [How to Monitor a Printer with Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/monitor-printer-nagios-xi/): Monitoring a printer with Nagios XI is essential for maintaining office productivity and preventing workflow disruptions. By tracking key metrics such as toner levels, paper availability, print queue status, and device connectivity, IT teams can detect and resolve issues before they impact users. Nagios XI provides real-time alerts when a printer is offline, low on supplies, or experiencing errors, allowing for quick intervention. Proactive monitoring helps reduce downtime, optimize resource usage, and extend the lifespan of printers, ensuring smooth and efficient operations in any business environment.
- [How to Monitor a Switch with Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/monitor-switch-nagios-xi/): Monitoring a switch with Nagios XI is critical for maintaining a stable and efficient network. Switches are central to network communication, and issues such as high traffic loads, port failures, or connectivity disruptions can severely impact business operations. By monitoring key metrics like bandwidth usage, interface status, packet loss, and CPU utilization, IT teams can detect problems early and prevent network slowdowns or outages. Nagios XI provides real-time alerts and performance insights, enabling proactive troubleshooting and capacity planning. Effective switch monitoring ensures network reliability, improves troubleshooting efficiency, and helps maintain seamless connectivity across all devices.
- [Nagios Log Server 2024R2 – Features and Improvements](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-log-server-r2-features-and-improvements/): In this video, we explore the latest updates and improvements in Nagios Log Server, highlighting new features that enhance performance, security, and usability. You'll learn about improved log processing efficiency, enhanced search capabilities, and upgraded dashboard customization options. Whether you're a long-time user or just getting started, this video will keep you informed about the newest enhancements in Nagios Log Server. Watch now to see what's new!
- [How to Monitor Windows 7 Using SNMP with Nagios XI](https://library.nagios.com/videos/monitor-windows-7-using-snmp/): Monitoring Windows 7 using Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) with Nagios XI is essential for maintaining system performance, security, and reliability. SNMP allows real-time tracking of critical metrics such as CPU usage, memory consumption, and network activity, enabling IT teams to detect issues early and prevent potential failures. Proper monitoring helps optimize resource utilization, reduce downtime, and improve troubleshooting efficiency. Additionally, SNMP integration with Nagios XI provides centralized visibility, ensuring proactive system management and minimizing risks associated with outdated or unmonitored devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcO3R7DI-Ds Additional Resources Need some more help but not sure where to start? We've got you covered: Nagios Video YouTube Channel: Learn how to use Nagios Monitoring Solutions with our step-by-step tech tutorials. Nagios Webinars: Gain key insights, learn how to use Nagios Monitoring Solutions, and stay informed about the latest updates. Nagios Support Forum: A place where you can ask questions and get technical support for your Nagios Monitoring Solutions. Happy monitoring!
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework (John Lowry)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-using-nagios-as-a-security-monitoring-framework-john-lowry/): John Lowry's presentation - "Using Nagios as a Security Monitoring Framework" during the Nagios World Conference 2013. For more information on the conference, visit nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Integrating On-Call Schedules with Nagios (James Clark)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-integrating-on-call-schedules-with-nagios-james-clark/): James Clark's presentation - "Integrating On-Call Schedules with Nagios" during the Nagios World Conference 2013.
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Developing Nagios XI Components and Wizards (Jake Omann)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-developing-nagios-xi-components-and-wizards-jake-omann/): https://youtu.be/tBqj4j52an8
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Monitoring: How to Grow Up and Not Worry About Things (Fernando Honig)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-monitoring-how-to-grow-up-and-not-worry-about-thinkgs-fernando-honig/): Fernando Honig's presentation - "Monitoring: How to Grow Up and Not Worry About Things" during the Nagios World 2013. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Ask Nagios! An Open Discussion On Future Directions and Technology (Ethan Galstad & Scott Wilkerson)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-ask-nagios-an-open-discussion-on-future-directions-and-technology-ethan-galstad-a-scott-wilkerson/): https://youtu.be/4YKKAwEAyhs
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Nagios, AWS, and Hosted VoIP or How to Automatically  Scale Your Platform to Match Your Demand (Eric Loyd)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-nagios-aws-and-hosted-voip-or-how-to-automatically-scale-your-platform-to-match-your-demand-eric-loyd/): https://youtu.be/7DH9zw8c8fw
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – The All-in-One Nagios Solution (Dave Williams)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-the-all-in-one-nagios-solution-dave-williams/): https://youtu.be/xfTBCY3WS78
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – The Nagios Light Bar (David Stern)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-the-nagios-light-bar-david-stern/): https://youtu.be/_2hM7oVGq5I
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – From ‘Bare [Virtual] Metal’ to Nagios Core on Amazon Web Services (Eric Loyd)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-from-barevirtual-metal-to-nagios-core-on-amazon-web-services-eric-loyd/): https://youtu.be/zj5d66zSKUo
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Scaling Nagios Core 4x (Daniel Wittenburg)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-scaling-nagios-core-4x-daniel-wittenburg/): https://youtu.be/qQg_EyyWrDs
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – How a Handmade Marketplace Grew Its Monitoring with Nagios (Avleen Vig)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-how-a-handmade-marketplace-grew-its-monitoring-with-nagios-avleen-vig/): https://youtu.be/PdxvuzcLmBU
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – What’s New in Nagios Core 4 (Eric Stanley)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-whats-new-in-nagios-core-4-eric-stanley/): Eric Stanley's presentation - "What's New in Nagios Core 4" during the Nagios World Conference 2013.
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – What to Monitor and Alert on in a Production System (Arup Chakrabarti)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-what-to-monitor-and-alert-on-in-a-production-system-arup-chakrabarti/): https://youtu.be/OCtGlp2M6wI
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Visualizing Your Monitoring Data (Andy Brist)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-visualizing-your-monitoring-data-andy-brist/): https://youtu.be/N_TwBXNrp2M
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Nagios API’s (Andy Brist & Eric Stanley)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-nagios-apis-andy-brist-a-eric-stanley/): https://youtu.be/kFJrEdeCqfg
- [Nagios World Conference 2013 – Keynote and Welcome to Nagios World Conference 2013 (Ethan Galstad)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nagios-world-conference-2013-keynote-and-welcome-to-nagios-world-conference-2013/): https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ilrgRNuTys
- [NWC North America 2012 – A Deep Dive into Nagios Analytics (Alexis Le-Quoc)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-a-deep-dive-into-nagios-analytics-alexis-le-quoc/): Alexis Le-Quoc's presentation - "A Deep Dive into Nagios Analytics" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Javascript Meets Nagios: Interactive Data Exploration for Post-Mortems (Alexis Le-Quoc)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-javascript-meets-nagios-interactive-data-exploration-for-post-mortems-alexis-le-quoc/): Alexis Le-Quoc's presentation - "Javascript Meets Nagios: Interactive Data Exploration for Post-Mortems" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Managing Your Heroes: The People Aspect of Monitoring (Alex Solomon)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-managing-your-heroes-the-people-aspect-of-monitoring-alex-solomon/): Alex Solomon's presentation - "Managing Your Heroes: The People Aspect of Monitoring" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Why Dynamic and Adaptive Thresholds Matter – Anders Haal](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-why-dynamic-and-adaptive-thresholds-matter-anders-haal/): Anders Haal's presentation - "Why Dynamic and Adaptive Thresholds Matter" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Redundant and Load-Balanced Monitoring With Merlin (Andreas Ericsson)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-redundant-and-load-balanced-mopresentationsnitoring-with-merlin-andreas-ericsson/): Andreas Ericsson's presentation - "Redundant and Load-Balanced Monitoring With Merlin" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios Is Down And Your Boss Wants To See You (Andrew Widdersheim)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-is-down-and-your-boss-wants-to-see-you-andrew-widdersheim/): Andrew Widdersheim's presentation - "Nagios Is Down And Your Boss Wants To See You" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Configuring Nagios With Chef (Bryan McLellan)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-configuring-nagios-with-chef-bryan-mclellan/): Bryan McLellan's presentation - "Configuring Nagios With Chef" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Scaling Nagios Core at Fortune 50 Company (Daniel Wittenberg)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-scaling-nagios-core-at-fortune-50-company-daniel-wittenberg/): Daniel Wittenberg's presentation - "Scaling Nagios Core at Fortune 50 Company" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – 2002 Called; They Want Their RRDTool Shell Scripts Back (Dave Josephsen)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-2002-called-they-want-their-rrdtool-shell-scripts-back-dave-josephsen/): Dave Josephsen's presentation - "2002 Called; They Want Their RRDTool Shell Scripts Back" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Stop Being Lazy And Write An Event Broker Module Already (Dave Josephsen)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-stop-being-lazy-and-write-an-event-broker-module-already-dave-josephsen/): Dave Josephsen's presentation - "Stop Being Lazy And Write An Event Broker Module Already" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Experiences with Embedding Nagios on RaspberryPi (Dave Williams)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-experiences-with-embedding-nagios-on-raspberrypi-dave-williams/): Dave Williams' presentation - "Experiences with Embedding Nagios on RaspberryPi" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios Implementation Case: Eastman Kodak (Eric Loyd)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-implementation-case-eastman-kodak-eric-loyd/): Eric Loyd's presentation - "Nagios Implementation Case: Eastman Kodak" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Keynote and Welcome (Ethan Galstad)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-keynote-and-welcome-ethan-galstad/): Ethan Galstad's keynote presentation during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios Distributed Monitoring for Web Applications using WebInject (Fernando Honig)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-distributed-monitoring-for-web-applications-using-webinject-fernando-honig/): Fernando Honig's presentation - "Nagios Distributed Monitoring for Web Applications using WebInject" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios: Providing Value Throughout The Organization (Jared Bird)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-providing-value-throughout-the-organization-jared-bird/): Jared Bird's presentation - "Nagios: Providing Value Throughout The Organization" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios and Mod Gearman In A Large-Scale Environment (Jason Cook)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-and-mod-gearman-in-a-large-scale-environment-jason-cook/): Jason Cook's presentation - "Nagios and Mod Gearman In A Large-Scale Environment" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Rational Configuration Design To Prevent Irrational Problem Solving (John Murphy)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-rational-configuration-design-to-prevent-irrational-problem-solving-john-murphy/): John Murphy's presentation - "Rational Configuration Design To Prevent Irrational Problem Solving" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios and Another Layer of Indirection (John Sellens)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-and-another-layer-of-indirection-john-sellens/): John Sellens' presentation - "Nagios and Another Layer of Indirection" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Workshop: “Non-Obvious” Nagios (John Sellens)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-workshop-qnon-obviousq-nagios-john-sellens/): John Sellens's presentation - "Workshop: 'Non-Obvious' Nagios" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on Nagios World Conferences, visit our website at nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios in the Agile/Devops/Continuous Deployment World (Kishore Jalleda)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-in-the-agiledevopscontinuous-deployment-world-kishore-jalleda/): Kishore Jalleda's presentation - "Nagios in the Agile/Devops/Continuous Deployment World" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Bulk Management Of Hosts And Services In Nagios XI (Ludmil Miltchev)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-bulk-management-of-hosts-and-services-in-nagios-xi-ludmil-miltchev/): Ludmil Miltchev's presentation - "Bulk Management Of Hosts And Services In Nagios XI" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – The Importance of Visual Representation of Monitoring Data (Marcel Hecko)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-the-importance-of-visual-representation-of-monitoring-data-marcel-hecko/): Marcel Hecko's presentation - "The Importance of Visual Representation of Monitoring Data" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.
- [NWC North America 2012 – Nagios Fusion 2012 (Mike Guthrie)](https://library.nagios.com/videos/nwc-north-america-2012-nagios-fusion-2012-mike-guthrie/): Mike Guthrie's presentation - "Nagios Fusion 2012" during the Nagios World Conference North America 2012. For more information on the conference, visit www.nagios.com/conference.