Directory

Execute a remote command via SSH

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to log into a remote machine via SSH and issue a command.

Write a file to disk

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to write a file to a local directory with appropriate permissions.

Run event chain x times for each item

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to run an event chain, allowing context variable to be passed.

Submit a HTTP request

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to submit a HTTP GET/POST request and evaluate the return code.

Load metadata to a context variable

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to read a persistent metadata value and copy it to a context variable.

Run a PHP script

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to evaluate a block of custom PHP code.

Restart this step of the event chain

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to restart the currently defined step in an event chain.

Run an event chain

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to run an event chain, allowing a context variable to be passed.

Run a SQL query

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to run a SQL query against a DNS address with credentials.

Save a context variable to metadata

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to save a variable from the current context as a metadata key/value pair.

Send an email notification

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to send an email message to a list of recipients.

Upload a file

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to upload a file using either FTP or SFTP.

Send a NRDP check result

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to send a NRDP check result to a Nagios NRDP server.

Send a SNMP trap

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to send a SNMP trap to a designated destination.

Set context variable

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to update the value of an event chain context variable during runtime.

Set metadata value

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to update (insert) a key/value pair in the metadata table.

Run a shell script

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to evaluate the returned output from a designated shell script.

Skip to block

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to skip ahead to a specific block in an event chain.

Sleep or wait

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to cause a currently running event chain to sleep for x number of seconds.

Stop processing this event chain

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to halt the currently running event chain.

Perform an operation on a Windows machine

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to run a specified net RPC command on a remote Windows machine.

Perform a file or directory operation

This action can be added into Nagios Reactor to perform one of several file operations.

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Mail Log Dashboard

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This document describes how to upgrade your Nagios Fusion installation quickly and easily from the web interface. This allow users to upgrade to latest version of Nagios Fusion which provides users with the newest features, critical patches, bug fixes, an ...

Nagios - Writing a Custom Worker

This document describes the high-level steps for writing a custom Nagios Core 4 worker. Nagios Core workers are a new concept to Nagios Core 4 and there may be a situation when you would want to write a worker to preform a specialized tasks. This docum ...

Nagios Log Server - How To Configure SSL

This document will describe how to setup Nagios Log Server to use SSL to provide encrypted connections to the Nagios Log Server. This document can also be used as an initial point for troubleshooting SSL connections. This document is intended for use b ...

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This document describes how to upgrade an existing Nagios Log Server installation with the latest updates and patches. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators, Nagios Authorized Resellers, and implementation partners.

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This document is designed to provide an explanation of what Nagios Log Server is, how it can be used, and to define terminology related to it. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server users and administrators.

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This document describes how to manually install Nagios Log Server from source on a clean system. These directions assume that you are using a current version of a RHEL compatible system.   This document is written for administrators who are looking to ...

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This document describes how to add or modify users your Nagios Log Server Users through the Administration section. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who need to create or modify users.

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Nagios Log Server - Managing Indices

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Nagios Log Server - Managing Clusters

This document describes how to manage your Nagios Log Server Clusters through the administration section. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators. It describes how to manage and troubleshoot Nagios Log Server Clusters.

Nagios Log Server - Managing Backups and Maintenance

This document describes how to manage your Nagios Log Server Backups and Maintenance. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators. It describes how Administrators can create and manage backups and Repositories and how to manag ...

Nagios Log Server - Listening On Privileged Ports

This document describes how to configure Nagios Log Server to listen on privileged ports (ports below 1024). This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who would like configure Nagios Log Server to listen on ports below 1024 ...

Nagios Log Server - Configuring Inputs

This document describes how to add Inputs to Nagios Log Server. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who want to customize their Nagios Log Server Inputs.

Nagios Log Server - Configuring Input Filters

This document describes how to customize Nagios Log Server Input Filters. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators and Users who want to customize their Nagios Log Server Input Filters.

Nagios Log Server - Changing Data Store Path

This document describes how to change the data store path from it's default location in Nagios Log Server. This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who would like to either change the default path that data in stored in in ...

Nagios Log Server - Analyzing Logs

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Nagios Log Server - Alerting On Log Events

This document describes how to create alerts in Nagios Log Server and have them sent to a Nagios monitoring server with NRDP, Nagios Reactor to automate alert responses, send as a SNMP trap or simply send as an alert email. This document is intended fo ...

Nagios Log Server - Adding Additional Instances To Clus...

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Nagios Log Server - Sending nxlogs with SSL

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Nagios Core - Installing on Centos 7

This document describes how to install Nagios Core 4.1.1 and Nagios Plugins 2.1.1 on Centos 7 minimal. This document is intended for use by anyone who wishes to install Nagios Core on a Centos 7 minimal machine.

Nagios XI - Installing Nagios XI In An Offline Environ...

The purpose of this documentation is to provide a guide for installing Nagios XI in an offline environment. The procedure in this document is currently in BETA phase, we do not guarantee these for production at this point, as we are still doing some fina ...

check_maxdb

This plugin checks various states of the MaxDB database. This plugin executes the following checks for MaxDB Databases percentage free in Log Area percentage free in Data Area database status failed backups You need the databa ...

Configuring Downtime In Nagios XI

The purpose of this document is to show how you can schedule downtime for a service, host, hostgroup, or servicegroup within Nagios XI. Scheduling downtime is an effective way to prevent unnecessary or unwanted notifications from being received during a p ...

Nagios XI - Understanding The User Macros Component

This document describes how to use the User Macros component in Nagios XI. The component exposes the user and system macros available in Nagios Core to multiple areas of Nagios XI, allowing for more flexible configurations. This document is intended fo ...

Nagios Trumps Dooms Day

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Nagios XI - Best Practices