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Learning Nagios 3.0. A comprehensive configuration guide to monitor and maintain your network and systems

Learning Nagios 3.0. A comprehensive configuration guide to monitor and maintain your network and systems

Wojciech Kocjan, Nagios Enterprises

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  • Learning Nagios 3.0
    • Table of Contents
    • Learning Nagios 3.0
    • Credits
    • About the Author
    • About the Reviewer
    • Preface
      • What This Book Covers
      • What You Need for This Book
      • Who is This Book For
      • Conventions
      • Reader Feedback
      • Customer Support
        • Downloading the Example Code for the Book
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Introduction
      • Introduction to Nagios
      • Benefits of Monitoring Resources
      • Main Features
      • S oft and Hard States
      • Whats New in Nagios 3.0?
      • Summary
    • 2. Installation and Configuration
      • Installation
        • Upgrading from Previous Versions
        • Prerequisites
        • Obtaining Nagios
        • Setting up Users and Groups
        • Nagios Compilation
        • Registering Nagios as a System Service
      • Nagios Configuration
        • Main Configuration File
        • Macro Definitions
        • Configuring Hosts
        • Configuring Services
        • Configuring Commands
        • Configuring Time Periods
        • Configuring Contacts
        • Templates and Object Inheritance
        • Introduction to Notifications
      • Summary
    • 3. Using the Nagios Web Interface
      • Setting up the Web Interface
        • Configuring the Web Server
        • Accessing the Web Interface
        • Troubleshooting
      • Using the Web Interface
        • Tactical Overview
        • Status map
      • Managing Hosts
        • Status
        • Host Information
      • Managing Services
        • Status
        • Service Information
      • Managing Downtimes
        • Downtimes Status
        • Scheduling Downtimes
      • Managing Comments
      • Nagios Information
        • Process Information
        • Performance Information
      • Reports
      • Summary
    • 4. Overview of Nagios Plugins
      • Standard Network Plugins
        • Checking If a Host is Alive
        • Testing Connectivity over TCP and UDP
      • Monitoring Email Servers
        • POP3 and IMAP Checks
        • SMTP Daemon Testing
      • Monitoring Network Services
        • FTP Server
        • DHCP Tests
        • Verifying the Nagios Daemon
        • Testing Web Sites
      • Monitoring Database Systems
        • MySQL
        • PostgreSQL
        • Oracle
        • Other Databases
      • Storage Space
        • Virtual Memory Monitoring
        • Monitoring IDE/SCSI SMART
        • Checking Disk Space
        • Testing Free Space for Remote Shares
      • Resource Monitoring
        • System Load
        • Checking Processes
        • Monitoring Logged-in Users
      • Miscellaneous Plugins
        • APT Updates Checking
        • UPS Status Checking
        • LM Sensors
        • Dummy Check Plugin
        • Manipulating Other Plugins' Output
      • Summary
    • 5. Advanced Configuration
      • Maintainable Configurations
      • Configuration File Structure
      • Defining Dependencies
      • Using Templates
      • C ustom Variables
      • Flapping
      • Summary
    • 6. Notifications and Events
      • Effective Notifications
      • Escalations
      • External Commands
      • Event Handlers
      • Modifying Notifications
      • Adaptive Monitoring
      • Summary
    • 7. Passive Checks and NSCA
      • What are Passive Checks?
      • Configuring Passive Checks
      • P assive ChecksHosts
      • Passive ChecksServices
      • Troubleshooting Passive Checks
      • What is NSCA?
      • Obtaining NSCA
      • Compiling NSCA
      • Configuring the NSCA Server
      • Sending results over NSCA
      • Security Concerns
      • Summary
    • 8. Monitoring Remote Hosts
      • Monitoring over SSH
      • Configuring SSH
      • Using the check_by_ssh Plugin
      • Performing Multiple Checks
      • Troubleshooting SSH-Based Checks
      • Introduction to NRPE
      • Obtaining NRPE
      • Compiling NRPE
      • Configuring the NRPE Daemon
      • Installing NRPE as a System Service
      • Configuring Nagios for NRPE
      • NRPE and Command Arguments
      • Other Approaches
      • Troubleshooting NRPE
      • Summary
    • 9. SNMP
      • Introduction to SNMP
      • Data Objects
      • Working with SNMP and MIB
      • Graphical Tools
      • Setting up an SNMP Agent
      • Using SNMP from Nagios
      • Receiving Traps
      • Additional Plugins
      • Summary
    • 10. Advanced Monitoring
      • Monitoring Windows Hosts
      • NSClient++
      • Performing Tests via check_nt
      • Performing Checks with NRPE Protocol
      • Passive Checks using NSCA Protocol
      • Distributed Monitoring
      • Obsessive Notifications
      • Configuring Nagios Instances
      • Freshness Checking
      • Summary
    • 11. Extending Nagios
      • Introduction
      • Active Checks
      • Writing Plugins the Right Way
      • Checking Websites
      • Monitoring VMware
      • Your Own Notifications
      • Managing Nagios
      • Using Passive Checks
      • Summary
    • Index
  • Title: Learning Nagios 3.0. A comprehensive configuration guide to monitor and maintain your network and systems
  • Author: Wojciech Kocjan, Nagios Enterprises
  • Original title: Learning Nagios 3.0. A comprehensive configuration guide to monitor and maintain your network and systems
  • ISBN: 9781847195197, 9781847195197
  • Date of issue: 2008-10-17
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3b7p
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing