Restarting a Linux/Windows Service from Nagios xi

Administrators can now effectivly restart a remote Windows Host’s services via Nagios xi. The following is a guide on how to do so including setting up an event handler to restart any service which goes into a critical state:

Windows –
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting_Windows_Services_With_NRPE.pdf

Linux –
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Restarting_Linux_Services_With_NRPE.pdf

A Nagios Exchange posting including the Event Handler may be found at:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Event-Handlers/Windows-Service-Restart-Event-Handler/details