About Nagios Exchange

Simple. There was no official Nagios site that provided similar functionality. For many years, community-contributed addons were listed directly on the Nagios downloads page. Nagios Enterprises recognized the need to provide the Nagios Community with an awesome official platform dedicated to Nagios projects. The Nagios Exchange was created to serve that purpose – a centralized hub where the community can share, discover, and collaborate on Nagios plugins, addons, and extensions.

There are hundreds of addons and plugins for Nagios available across the web. If you can’t find what you need on Nagios Exchange, try a Google search or check community forums and repositories. When you find a useful plugin or addon, we encourage you to create an account and share it on this site so others in the community can benefit from your discovery. Contributing helps grow the Nagios ecosystem and makes resources easier to find for everyone!

Thanks for contributing! Here’s how to upload your plugin or addon:

1. Register for an account on Nagios Exchange
2. Log in to your account
3. Click “Submit a Project”
4. Fill out the form with your plugin or addon details and attach any necessary files
5. Click “Submit Your Project”
6. Your submission will go into a review process
7. Your plugin or addon will appear in the directory once it has been reviewed and approved

First off, kudos to you for contributing to the Nagios community! To claim and manage a project that’s already listed on Nagios Exchange, follow these steps:

1. Register for an account on Nagios Exchange
2. Log in to your account
3. Find your plugin or addon in the directory
4. Click the “Claim This Project” button next to the project
5. Submit your claim of ownership
6. Once verified, you’ll be able to manage and update your project directly

Keeping your project information up to date helps the entire Nagios community. Thank you for your contribution!

Not a problem! All submissions go through a review process, so the team can help place your listing in the appropriate categories. Most categories have an “Other” or “Miscellaneous” section where you can post your project if you’re unsure where it belongs. The review team regularly evaluates uncategorized listings and moves them into their proper categories as needed.

Add your project to the most relevant primary category. After you submit your listing, you’ll have the option to have it appear in multiple categories. For example, a Linux plugin that checks system load could be listed in both the “Linux” and “CPU Usage and Load” categories. This helps users find your project no matter how they’re browsing the directory.

We’re working on that and will hopefully have the file size limit increased soon. If you need to host larger files on our site, email us at exchange at nagios.org and we’ll get you set up.

Nagios Enterprises built the bulk of the site infrastructure and is responsible for its maintenance. We can’t take all the credit though. First and foremost, it’s the Nagios Community that gets the most kudos for building so many great addons for Nagios. We received inspiration and assistance from many of our great partners and others in order to bring this site to fruition. This site is a testament to true community, great partners, and good people. Rock on.