Index
A
- $ARG1$ / There's more...
- $ARG2$ / There's more...
- acknowledgement / There's more...
- action_url directive / How it works...
- address / How it works...
- address directive / How to do it...
- alias / How it works..., How it works...
- allowed_hosts directive / There's more...
- Apache HTTPD server
- URL / Getting ready
- Assume Initial States / How it works..., How it works...
- Assume State Retention / How it works..., How it works...
- Assume States During Program Downtime / How it works...
- authenticated contacts
- authorized_for_all_hosts directive / How to do it..., How it works...
- authorized_for_all_host_commands directive / How it works...
- authorized_for_all_services directive / How to do it..., How it works...
- authorized_for_all_service_commands directive / How it works...
- authorized_for_configuration_information directive / How it works...
- authorized_for_read_only directive / There's more...
- authorized_for_system_commands directive / How it works...
- authorized_for_system_information directive / How it works...
- Availability Report
- about / Viewing and interpreting availability reports, How to do it...
- service state breakdowns / How to do it...
- Report period / How it works...
- Report time Period / How it works...
- Assume State Retention / How it works...
- Assume Initial States / How it works...
- Assume States During Program Downtime / How it works...
- Include Soft States / How it works...
- First Assumed Host State or First Assumed Service State / How it works...
- Backtracked Archives / How it works...
B
- Backtracked Archives / How it works..., How it works...
C
- -c parameter / There's more..., There's more...
- c, service dependency / How it works...
- calpe.naginet router / Getting ready
- cfg_dir directive / How to do it...
- cfg_file directive / Getting ready
- CGI Security and Authentication
- URL / Introduction
- checks
- scheduling, from web interface / Scheduling checks from the web interface, How to do it...
- check_by_ssh plugin / Introduction, Using check_by_ssh with key authentication instead of NRPE, How it works...
- check_cluster command / How it works...
- check_cluster plugin / Monitoring individual nodes in a cluster
- check_command / How it works..., There's more..., How it works...
- check_command definition / How it works...
- check_command directive / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- check_command plugin / Introduction, How to do it..., Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss, Getting ready
- check_dummy command / How it works...
- check_http / Creating a new HTTP service
- check_http plugin / Getting ready, There's more..., There's more...
- check_http_alt command / How it works...
- check_http_altport command / Customizing an existing command
- check_imap command / How it works...
- check_interval / How it works..., How it works...
- check_load plugin / Using check_by_ssh with key authentication instead of NRPE
- check_mysql_query plugin / There's more...
- check_nagios plugin / How it works...
- check_nrpe command / How to do it...
- check_nrpe plugin / Introduction, How it works...
- check_nrpe request / There's more...
- check_nrpe requests / How to do it...
- check_period / How it works..., How it works...
- check_period plugin / How to do it..., How it works...
- check_ping command / Getting ready, How to do it...
- check_ping program / There's more...
- check_pop command / How it works...
- check_rsync_backup / There's more...
- check_smtp command / How it works...
- check_snmp plugin / Introduction
- check_snmp_linux_procs command / How it works...
- check_ssh command / How to do it..., How it works, There's more..., How to do it...
- check_ssh plugin / There's more...
- check_ssh script / Defining macros in a resource file
- check_ssh_altport command / How it works...
- check_swap plugin / How to do it...
- check_total_procs command / How it works...
- c notification / How it works...
- command
- new command, creating for plugin / Creating a new command, How it works...
- command_line directive / How it works..., How it works...
- command_name directive / Defining macros in a resource file
- Comment / How to do it...
- Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) / Getting ready
- configuration
- placing, under version control / Keeping configuration under version control, How it works...
- simplifying, inheritance used / Using inheritance to simplify configuration, How to do it..., How it works...
- configuration files
- grouping, in directories / Grouping configuration files in directories, How it works..., There's more...
- config_file definition / How to do it...
- contactgroup
- creating / Creating a new contactgroup
- creating, steps for / How to do it..., How it works...
- contact rotation
- automating / Automating contact rotation, How to do it..., How it works...
- contacts / How it works...
- contacts directive / How it works...
- contact_group definition / How to do it...
- contact_groups / How it works...
- contact_name / How it works...
- contact_name directive / How it works...
- corinth.naginet host / How it works...
- corsica.naginet server / There's more...
- corsica.naginet web server / Getting ready
- CRITICAL state / There's more..., How it works...
D
- d, host dependency / How it works...
- database services
- monitoring / Monitoring database services, Getting ready, How to do it...
- debugging log file
- debug_level directive / How it works...
- default_statusmap_layout directive / How it works...
- default_user_name directive / How it works...
- dependent_host_name directive, host dependency / How it works...
- dependent_service_description directive, service dependency / How it works...
- directories
- configuration files, grouping in / Grouping configuration files in directories, How it works..., There's more...
- d notification / How it works...
- Domain Name System (DNS) / Creating a new network host
- Domain Name System (DNS) zone / There's more...
- DOWN notification / How it works...
- DOWN state / How to do it...
- downtime / There's more...
- Drawing Layers / There's more...
- Drawing Layers option / There's more...
E
- --expect / There's more...
- e-mail contact
- creating / Creating a new e-mail contact, How to do it..., How it works...
- email / How it works...
- escalation
- defining, for repeated notifications / Defining an escalation for repeated notifications, Getting ready, How it works...
- event handler script
- eventhandlers directory / How it works...
- event_handler command / How it works...
- execution_failure_criteria directive, host dependency / How it works...
- execution_failure_criteria directive, service dependency / How it works...
F
- failed checks
- First Assumed Host State or First Assumed Service State / How it works..., How it works...
- first_notification / How it works...
- flapping percentage thresholds
- adjusting, for service / Adjusting flapping percentage thresholds for a service, How it works...
- f notification / How it works...
G
- GD2 library / How it works...
- generic-host template / How it works...
- generic-service template / How to do it...
- GNU m4
- URL / Getting ready
- groups
- used, for configuring host roles / Configuring host roles using groups, How to do it..., There's more...
- building, regular expressions used / Building groups using regular expressions, How to do it..., How it works...
H
- $HOSTADDRESS$ / There's more...
- $HOSTSTATEID
- hostname$ macros / How it works...
- -H option / There's more...
- -H parameter / There's more...
- handle-master-proc-event
- $SERVICESTATE$ argument / How it works...
- $SERVICESTATETYPE$ argument / How it works...
- $SERVICEATTEMPT$ argument / How it works...
- HARD CRITICAL state / How it works...
- hardware device
- monitoring / Monitoring a RAID or other hardware device, How to do it...
- high_flap_threshold / How it works...
- Histogram report / How to do it...
- host
- checking, frequency for / Introduction, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- downtime, scheduling for / Scheduling downtime for a host or service, How to do it..., How it works...
- PING, monitoring / Monitoring PING for any host
- SSH, monitoring / Getting ready
- SSH service check, adding / How to do it...
- web service checks, adding / How to do it...
- host definitions
- building, dynamically / Dynamically building host definitions, How to do it..., How it works...
- host dependency
- establishing / Establishing a host dependency, How to do it...
- directives / How it works...
- host_name directive / How it works...
- dependent_host_name directive / How it works...
- execution_failure_criteria directive / How it works...
- o / How it works...
- d / How it works...
- u / How it works...
- p / How it works...
- notification_failure_criteria directive / How it works...
- hostgroup_name directive / There's more...
- dependent_hostgroup_name directive / There's more...
- hostextinfo object / How it works...
- hostgroup
- creating / Creating a new hostgroup, How to do it..., There's more...
- hostgroups directive / How to do it...
- hostgroup_members directive / There's more...
- hostgroup_name directive / There's more..., There's more..., There's more...
- host roles
- configuring, groups used / Configuring host roles using groups, How to do it..., There's more...
- hosts
- alternative check command, using / Using an alternative check command for hosts, How to do it..., There's more...
- icons, selecting / Choosing icons for hosts, How to do it..., How it works...
- host state
- tracking, with Nagiosgraph / Tracking host and service states with Nagiosgraph, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
- host_name / How it works..., How it works..., How it works...
- host_name directive, host dependency / How it works...
- host_name directive, service dependency / How it works...
- host_notification_commands / How it works...
- host_notification_options / How it works...
- host_notification_period / How it works...
- host_notification_period directive / How it works...
- HTTP service
I
- --invert-regex flag / There's more...
- icons
- selecting, for hosts / Choosing icons for hosts, How to do it..., How it works...
- icon_image_alt directive / How it works...
- Include Soft States / How it works..., How it works...
- individual nodes
- in cluster, monitoring / Monitoring individual nodes in a cluster, How to do it..., How it works...
- inheritance
- used, for simplifying configuration / Using inheritance to simplify configuration, How to do it..., How it works...
- INSTALL document / Getting ready
- ithaca.naginet host / How it works...
J
- janus.naginet router / Getting ready
K
- kill command / How to do it...
L
- last_notification / How it works...
- Layer mode / There's more...
- Layout Method / There's more...
- Liferea
- URL / How to do it...
- local services
- monitoring on remote machine, with NRPE / Monitoring local services on a remote machine with NRPE, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- low_flap_threshold / How it works...
M
- --mrtg option / How it works...
- macros
- defining, in resource file / Defining macros in a resource file, How to do it..., There's more...
- mail services
- monitoring / Monitoring mail services, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- MAIL_LOGIN service / Getting ready
- Makefile syntax / There's more...
- max_check_attempts / How it works..., How it works..., How it works...
- max_debug_file_size directive / There's more...
- mrtg (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher) / Monitoring Nagios performance with Nagiostats
N
- Nagios
- Tuning for Maximum Performance, URL / Introduction
- nagiosadmin user / Getting ready
- Nagios Core
- about / Introduction, Introduction
- configuration / Introduction
- plugin / Introduction
- notifications / Introduction
- URL / Introduction
- macros / How it works...
- Nagios Core configuration
- verifying / How to do it..., How it works...
- Nagios Core objects configuration directory / How to do it...
- Nagios Core reports
- customised reports, writing / Writing customized Nagios Core reports, How to do it...
- Nagios Core server
- securing, tips for / Introduction
- redundant monitoring host, setting up / How to do it..., How it works...
- Nagios Core web interface
- authentication for / Requiring authentication for the web interface, How to do it..., How it works...
- authenticated contacts, using / Using authenticated contacts, How to do it..., How it works...
- Nagios Exchange
- URL / There's more..., There's more..., Introduction
- about / There's more...
- Nagiosgraph
- about / Introduction
- host state, tracking / Tracking host and service states with Nagiosgraph, Getting ready
- service state, tracking / Tracking host and service states with Nagiosgraph, Getting ready
- Nagios log file
- debugging information, writing / Writing debugging information to a Nagios log file
- Nagios performance
- monitoring, with Nagiostats / Monitoring Nagios performance with Nagiostats, How to do it..., How it works...
- Nagios Plugins
- about / Introduction
- Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) / There's more...
- Nagiostats
- used, for monitoring Nagios performance / Monitoring Nagios performance with Nagiostats, How to do it..., How it works...
- NagVis
- about / Introduction, Getting extra visualizations with NagVis
- installing, with NDO backend / How to do it..., How it works...
- NagVis extension / There's more...
- Natural Earth website
- URL / Getting ready
- ndo2db / How it works...
- NDO backend
- NagVis, installing / How to do it..., How it works...
- ndomod / How it works...
- NDOUtils
- about / Introduction, Reading status into a MySQL database with NDOUtils
- installing / How to do it...
- downloading / How to do it...
- Net-SNMP / Getting ready
- network host
- creating / Creating a new network host, Getting ready, How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- network host hierarchy
- creating / Creating a network host hierarchy, Getting ready
- parent-child relationship, configuring for hosts / How to do it..., How it works...
- network map
- using / Using the network map
- using, steps for / How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- using, as overlay / Using the network map as an overlay, Getting ready
- background, setting up / How to do it...
- new time period
- creating, steps for / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- notification history
- about / Viewing and interpreting notification history
- overview / How to do it...
- Histogram report / How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- notifications
- about / Introduction
- periods, configuring / Configuring notification periods, How to do it..., How it works...
- configuring, for groups / Configuring notification for groups, How to do it...
- types, configuring for hosts / How to do it..., How it works...
- escalation, defining for repeated notifications / Defining an escalation for repeated notifications, How it works...
- custom notification method, defining / Defining a custom notification method, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- notification_failure_criteria directive, host dependency / How it works...
- notification_failure_criteria directive, service dependency / How it works...
- notification_interval / How it works..., How it works..., How it works...
- notification_option flag / How it works...
- notification_options directive
- d notification / How it works...
- u notification / How it works...
- r notification / How it works...
- f notification / How it works...
- s notification / How it works...
- notification_period / How it works..., How it works...
- notification_period plugin / How to do it..., How it works...
- NRPE
- local services, monitoring on remote machine / Monitoring local services on a remote machine with NRPE
- listening address, setting / Setting the listening address for NRPE, Getting ready, How it works...
- allowed client hosts, setting / Setting allowed client hosts for NRPE, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- command definitions, creating securely / Creating new NRPE command definitions securely, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- sudo privileges, giving / Giving limited sudo privileges to NRPE, How to do it...
- limited sudo privileges, giving / Giving limited sudo privileges to NRPE, How to do it..., How it works...
- nrpe.cfg parameter / There's more...
- nrpe daemon / How to do it...
- NSCA
- about / Introduction
- passive checks, submitting from remote hosts / Submitting passive checks from a remote host with NSCA, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
O
- o, host dependency / How it works...
- o, service dependency / How it works...
- on-call roster / Automating contact rotation
P
- -p parameter / There's more..., There's more...
- p, host dependency / How it works...
- p, service dependency / How it works...
- packet loss
- thresholds, changing / Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss, How to do it...
- parent-child relationship
- configuring / How to do it...
- parent host / Getting ready
- passive checks
- allowing / Allowing and submitting passive checks, Getting ready, How to do it...
- submitting from remote host, with NSCA / Submitting passive checks from a remote host with NSCA, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- submitting, in SNMP traps response / Submitting passive checks in response to SNMP traps, Getting ready, How to do it...
- Persistent Comment / How to do it...
- PING / Creating a new network host
- monitoring, for host / Monitoring PING for any host, How to do it...
- PING RTT
- thresholds, changing / Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss
- plugin
- about / Introduction
- finding / Finding a plugin
- finding, steps for / How to do it..., How it works...
- installing / Installing a plugin, How to do it...
- downloading / How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- removing / Removing a plugin, There's more...
- new command, creating / Creating a new command, How it works...
- new service, creating / Customizing an existing command, How it works..., There's more...
- new plugin, creating from scratch / Writing a new plugin from scratch, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- PNP4Nagios
- URL / There's more...
- pre-cached object files
- startup times, improving / Improving startup times with pre-cached object files, How to do it...
- precached_object_file directive / How it works...
Q
- QuickStart guide
- URL / Getting ready
R
- RAID
- monitoring / Monitoring a RAID or other hardware device, How to do it...
- redundant monitoring host
- setting up / Setting up a redundant monitoring host, Getting ready
- setting up, for Nagios Core server / How to do it..., How it works...
- regular expressions
- used, for building groups / Building groups using regular expressions, How to do it..., How it works...
- remote hosts
- passive checks submitting from, with NSCA / Submitting passive checks from a remote host with NSCA, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- Report period / How it works..., How it works...
- Report time Period / How it works...
- resource file
- macros, defining / Defining macros in a resource file, How to do it..., There's more...
- retry_interval / How it works..., How it works...
- retry_interval command / There's more...
- retry_interval directive / How to do it...
- r notification / How it works...
- Round Trip Tim (RTT) / How to do it...
- Round Trip Time (RTT) / How to do it...
- rsync module / How it works...
S
- --string / How it works...
- Scaling factor / There's more...
- securing, Nagios Core server
- tips for / Introduction
- Send Notification / How to do it...
- service
- running, on hosts in group / Running a service on all hosts in a group, How to do it..., There's more...
- new service, creating / Customizing an existing command, How it works..., There's more...
- checking, frequency for / Introduction
- downtime, scheduling for / How to do it..., How it works...
- flapping percentage thresholds, adjusting for / Adjusting flapping percentage thresholds for a service, How it works..., There's more...
- service dependency
- establishing / Establishing a service dependency, How to do it...
- host_name directive / How it works...
- service_description directive / How it works...
- dependent_service_description directive / How it works...
- execution_failure_criteria directive / How it works...
- o / How it works...
- w / How it works...
- c / How it works...
- u / How it works...
- p / How it works...
- notification_failure_criteria directive / How it works...
- servicegroup
- creating / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- service state
- tracking, with Nagiosgraph / Tracking host and service states with Nagiosgraph, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
- service state trends
- about / How to do it..., How it works...
- service_description / How it works...
- service_description directive / How to do it...
- service_description directive, service dependency / How it works...
- service_description plugin / How it works...
- service_notification_commands / How it works...
- service_notification_options / How it works...
- service_notification_period / How it works...
- service_notification_period directive / How it works...
- service_perfdata_file_processing_command directive / How it works...
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) / Introduction
- SNMP OID
- creating, to monitor / Creating an SNMP OID to monitor
- custom setup / How to do it...
- SNMP traps / Getting ready
- SNMP Trap Translator / Getting ready
- snmptt handler / How it works...
- snmpwalk command / Getting ready
- s notification / How it works...
- SOFT state / How to do it...
- sparta.naginet.cfg / How it works...
- sparta.naginet server / How it works...
- SSH
- monitoring, for host / Monitoring SSH for any host, How to do it..., There's more...
- alternative SSH port, checking / Checking an alternative SSH port, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- SSH service check
- adding, to host / How to do it...
- startup times
- improving, with pre-cached object files / Improving startup times with pre-cached object files, How to do it..., There's more...
- statusmap_image directive / How it works...
- Sticky Acknowledgement / How to do it...
- Sticky Acknowledgement option / How it works...
- submit_check_result handler / How it works...
- Suppress image map / How it works...
- Suppress popups / How it works..., There's more...
T
- Tactical Monitoring Overview screen / How to do it...
- Tactical Overview
- about / Using the Tactical Overview
- Tactical Monitoring Overview screen / How to do it...
- working / How it works..., There's more...
- Tactical Overview section / How to do it...
- telnet tool / Getting ready
- thresholds
- changing, for PING RTT / Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss
- changing, for packet loss / Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss
- time period
- creating / Creating a new time period
U
- $USER1$ / There's more...
- u, host dependency / How it works...
- u, service dependency / How it works...
- u notification / How it works...
- UNREACHABLE notification / How to do it...
- UNREACHABLE notifications / How it works...
- UNREACHABLE state / How to do it...
- use_regexp_matching directive set / How it works...
V
- version control
- configuration, placing / Keeping configuration under version control, How it works...
W
- -w parameter / There's more..., There's more...
- w, service dependency / How it works...
- web interface
- comments, adding on services / Adding comments on hosts or services in the web interface, How to do it..., How it works...
- comments, adding on hosts / Adding comments on hosts or services in the web interface, How to do it..., How it works...
- configuration, viewing / Viewing configuration in the web interface, How to do it..., How it works...
- checks, scheduling / Scheduling checks from the web interface, How to do it...
- used, for acknowledging problem / Acknowledging a problem via the web interface, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- authentication, using / Requiring authentication for the web interface
- working / How it works...
- WEBMAIL_LOGIN service / There's more...
- web services
- monitoring / Monitoring web services
- checks, adding for hosts / How to do it..., There's more...
- website
- string, returning / Checking that a website returns a given string, How to do it...
- w notification / How it works...