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Instant Nagios Starter

By : Michael Guthrie
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Instant Nagios Starter

By: Michael Guthrie

Overview of this book

<p>Whether your project is large or small, the world demands reliability from its information technology. Nagios provides an effective solution to monitor any type of technology, whether it is hardware, software, or business processes. No company wants to lose face because of poor reliability; it is better to know where the problems are before your customers do!.</p> <p>Instant Nagios Starter is a powerful tool, teaching you how to use Nagios as a monitoring solution and how it can be set up for intelligent monitoring as well as incident response.</p> <p>You will learn the fundamentals of how Nagios works and getting Nagios up and running in your environment. Get introduced to the key functionalities of Nagios and learn how to implement them for effective monitoring. With installation and setup broken down into easy-to-follow steps, you will be equipped with all the resources you’ll need to extend Nagios’ capabilities for any of your monitoring needs. Furthermore, learn to efficiently utilize the different tools that Nagios employs for monitoring, alerting as well as incident management.</p>
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

People and places you should get to know


Nagios is a project with an enormous ecosystem of plugins, add-ons, and extensions, and the community that surrounds it is enormous. With such a broad community, knowing where to start looking for resources is extremely important. If you need help with Nagios, the following section provides the whereabouts of some people and places that will prove invaluable.

Official sites

Articles and tutorials

Communities

Blogs

  • Nagios entperises tech blog for new developments, documentation, and tutorials: labs.nagios.com

  • Begin Linux: Linux Training for the Desktop and Server at www.beginlinux.com

  • Rock Beats Server. Active Nagios community member John Murphy's tutorials and tech tips at roshamboot.org

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