What’s New in Nagios XI 2024R2
Nagios XI 2024R2 introduces a variety of fixes, updates, features, security patches, and enhancements that are sure to prove of value. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at what’s new in R2 and provide links to related documentation so you can get started with the new features right away. Let’s take a look!
New Monitoring Wizards
Three great new wizards join the ranks in XI 2024R2: Kubernetes, Zabbix Agent, and the Generic Plugin Wizard. We’ve also updated the NSClient++ Wizard.
Kubernetes with NCPA
This Premium wizard enables you to monitor Kubernetes clusters via the NCPA agent. Available metrics include Nodes Active, Daemon Sets, Deployments, Jobs Failed, Pod Restarts, Replica Sets, Stateful Sets, TLS, PVC, and Unbound PVS. You can learn more about the initial setup here:
Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters with Nagios XI and NCPA
Zabbix Agent
With the new Zabbix Agent Wizard, one of XI 2024R2’s Premium features, you’ll be able to leverage your existing Windows and Linux Zabbix agents to set up comprehensive monitoring in Nagios XI:
Monitoring Zabbix Agents with Nagios XI
Generic Plugin Wizard
The new Generic Plugin Wizard provides a quick way to set up monitoring using custom plugins. This enables you to create a command to execute your custom plugins, and setup a Nagios check for it without the need to go to the Core Config Manager.
This document provides step-by-step details on using the wizard:
Using the Generic Plugin Wizard in Nagios XI
NSClient++ Wizard
Also worth mentioning is that we added support for check_nrpe to the NSClient++ Wizard and updated its status from Legacy, making it once again a current wizard.
SSO
A big request we’ve seen over time from our users is an SSO option, and we’re excited to introduce Single Sign-on via Microsoft Azure Active Directory in 2024R2. You can access this feature in Admin > External Sign-On(SSO) menu and can learn more about setting it up here:
Configuring SSO in Nagios XI 2024R2
NagVis Enhancements:
- Most Map elements now have relative positioning
- The Edit Map menu can now be accessed with a right-click
- Added missing support in NagVis for Nagios custom variables with an NDO backend
Nagios Core Updated
The Nagios Core engine at the heart of Nagios XI has been updated to 4.5.9.
NCPA v3 Support for Deploy Agent
The Auto Deployment feature, which enables you to push NCPA (the Nagios Cross Platform Agent) to remote hosts right from the Nagios XI UI, previously only supported NCPA v2, an older version of the agent. Now you can also deploy NCPA v3, the latest version, with the tool. This enables you to take advantage of all of the updates that went into v3, while still leveraging the convenience and centralized control of Auto Deployment.
Introducing Premium
In Nagios XI 2024R2, we’re introducing a new Premium Features model. Premium Features are a benefit of active license Maintenance. To ensure continued access to these features, we suggest you renew your Nagios XI license annually. In the event that your license expires, simply renew your license, and the full list of Premium Features will regain functionality automatically. The Premium features include:
- Single Sign-On (SSO) via MS Azure AD
- The Remote Workers Nagios Mod-Gearman management interface
- Premium Wizards
- Prometheus
- vSphere
- Oracle Tablespace, Serverspace, and Query
- MSSQL Server, Database, and Query
- Kubernetes
- HyperV
- Docker
- Cloud VM (DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, Linode, Azure, and Rackspace)
- Amazon EC2 and S3
- Zabbix Agent
- OpenAI Usage
Changelog
You can find the full Changelog here if you’d like to review all the changes, including details on bug fixes and security patches:
Getting Started
If you’re new to Nagios XI and want to take 2024R2 for a spin, you’ll find the free, fully functional trial version here:
Another great resource is this article, which provides tips and resources to help you make the most of your free trial:
If you’d like a guided personal tour of XI geared toward your unique requirements or a hands-on remote session with one of our techs to help you get a few things set up, we’d love to offer you a free Demo or Quickstart. To set this up, or for any other help you may need, feel free to email [email protected] so we can give you a hand. Our sales and technical teams will do all they can to help you maximize your free trial!
