How to Use the Auto Discovery Wizard in Nagios XI
Nikolas Lopez
Technical Writer
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.
This video provides a guided walk-through covering each step of the Auto Discovery wizard:
You can also refer to this documentation for full details:
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