Automatic Agent Deployment   Introduction The Automatic Agent Deployment feature allows you to deploy select monitoring agents to one or more monitorable systems at one time. This feature is also useful for conducting periodic agent version checks... Read More

Monitoring Linux using NCPA Overview Before you can use the instructions outlined in this document, you must first install NCPA on the target Windows / Linux / AIX / Mac OS X machine you wish to monitor. Instructions for installing NCPA can be found... Read More

Monitoring Office 365 Subscription Services Overview You can now monitor your Microsoft Office 365 subscription services with Nagios xi. Metrics such as Mailbox Usage, Group Activity, and Product Usage are now visible and thresholds can be configured... Read More

Nagios as a PC Health Monitor - NWC14 For organisations with limited budget or resources, Nagios can be a great tool to monitor the health of the their PC fleet. This presentation will cover real world examples of how integrating Nagios, NSClient++... Read More

Passive Monitoring with Nagios - NWC14 Whereas active monitoring receives all the attention, passive monitoring is the be-all, end-all to truly managing by exception. This session will present three scenarios for passive monitoring including:... Read More

SNMP Explained - NWC15 How does the snmp protocol work and how can it be used within Nagios?       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support.nagios.com/forum/ Read More

Overview This article describes how time period inheritance works in Nagios Core. The name directive must be defined in the parent object for inheritance to work. The parent object is being referenced by the use directive. The name directive is not... Read More

Nagios Log Server - Using An Output To Create Nagios xi Passive Objects This document describes how to use a Nagios Log Server Output to create Passive Host and Service objects in Nagios xi. This document provides an example of how Nagios Log Server... Read More

Adding Reports For Nagios Network Analyzer in Nagios xi This document describes how to add reports for Nagios Network Analyzer in Nagios xi. Documentation - Adding Reports For Nagios Network Analyzer in Nagios xi   Final Thoughts For any support... Read More

10,000 Services (and growing!) Across the State of Ohio - NWC14 This presentation will cover how Agile Networks developed a customized Nagios xi Installation that handles the monitoring for a state wide distribution of routers, point to point and... Read More

Nagios xi - Accessing And Utilizing The Core Config Manager This video shows how to Access and Utilize the Core Configuration Manager (CCM) at a basic level in Nagios xi.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the... Read More

Adding Services To Pre-existing Switch or Router When a switch or router is already being monitored by Nagios xi, but you need to add an additional service, the limitations of MRTG's functionality keeps that service from being monitored. This... Read More

Adding Windows Disk Usage Checks In xi This document is a basic introduction by example of how to monitor additional drives on a Windows client. This shows you how to use Core Configuration Monitor (CCM) to make quick changes without needing to re... Read More

Automated Host Management In Nagios xi This document describes how to automate adding and removing hosts and services in Nagios xi from the command line. Documentation - Automated Host Management In Nagios xi   Final Thoughts For any support related... Read More

Tech Talks with Nagios: FAQ: Best Practices for Managing Configs? This video discusses the best practices you can utilize when managing your configs in Nagios xi.         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios... Read More

Overview This KB article will explain how the Business Process Intelligence (BPI) component uses the XML cache file. If you are not familiar with BPI, please refer to the following documentation: Using Nagios BPI     What Is The BPI Cache The BPI... Read More

Business Process Integration This document describes how to install the community-developed Business Process Addons with Nagios xi. Business Process Addons are comprised of two addons - Business Process View and Business Impact Analysis. These addons... Read More

Changing Host Alive Check This document is intended for administrators whose machines refuse ICMP Ping requests and require a different schema for determining if a particular host is truly down. Documentation - Changing Host Alive Check   Final... Read More

Changing The Check Interval Of A Service In Nagios xi This video tutorial will demonstrate how to change the check interval of a Service in Nagios xi, via directly and through the Nagios Core Config Manager.         Final Thoughts For any... Read More

Overview 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... Read More

Configuring Global Event Handlers This document describes how to configure Nagios® xi™ to run global event handler scripts in order to process host and service state changes, alerts, and notification information. Global event handlers allow admins... Read More

Configuring Inbound Checks This document describes how to configure inbound checks in Nagios xi. Inbound checks are used in federated and distributed monitoring environments, as well as environments where the monitoring server receives passive check... Read More

Configuring Outbound Checks This document describes how to configure outbound checks in Nagios xi. Outbound checks are used in federated and distributed monitoring environments, as well as environments where the monitoring server sends passive check... Read More

Configuring Passive Services With Nagios xi This document describes how to configure passive service checks within Nagios xi. Passive checks are data that external applications submit to Nagios for the purpose of monitoring and alerting. Passive... Read More

Nagios xi - Core Config Manager - Bulk Modification Tool Got a lot of things to monitor? The bulk modification tool easily lets you modify everything at once. Watch this short, easy tutorial to figure out how.         Final Thoughts For any... Read More

Nagios xi - Core Config Manager - Bulk Renaming Tool Rename your hosts and services and keep all the old performance data. Learn how in this easy tutorial.        Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support... Read More

Nagios xi - Core Config Manager - Escalation Wizard Escalate the alerts. Get past the level 1 person to make the most out of your monitoring needs.         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums... Read More

Nagios xi - Core Config Manager - Host Groups Manage host groups in the Core Config Manager with this easy walkthrough tutorial video.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http:/... Read More

Core Config Manager - How It Works Learn the basics of functioning the Core Config Manager in Nagios xi, a powerful tool that manages your configuration files for Nagios Core.         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit... Read More

Nagios xi - Core Config Manager - Service Groups Learn how to do service groups in Nagios xi on the Core Config Manager the easy way.         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http:/... Read More

Overview This guide explains different ways to make mass changes in Nagios xi. Occasionally admins need to change a specific settings for a huge quantity of services or hosts, and this change can't be made from a template. Although we highly... Read More

Nagios xi Distributed Monitoring Overview The goal of distributed monitoring is to allow your Nagios xi environment to monitor a large infrastructure, but methods of achieving this type of solution can get complicated. Using a third-party solution... Read More

Nagios xi - Excluding Hosts And Hostgroups This document describes how exclude hosts and host groups in Nagios xi using Core Configuration Manager (CCM). Documentation - Excluding Hosts And Hostgroups     Final Thoughts For any support related... Read More

Exporting the Config Database This document describes how to manually export the Nagios xi configuration database. Manual exports are useful when debugging configuration problems - including failures of xi to apply new configuration changes made... Read More

Overview Nagios xi has dashlets called Gauges that appear on the Performance Graphs tab of a host or service details. Here is an example of the gauges that appear for a bandwidth service:     On the guages that appear above, you can see the... Read More

Group Deployment of Service Checks - NWC15 This presentation will show how you can create groups of checks like CPU metrics, Oracle metrics or IIS metrics and push them to all of the hosts that require them.  The presentation will provide a script... Read More

Host and Service Details Overview This document explains how to utilize the different features of the Nagios® xi™ interface to view detail information about hosts and services. The Details menu offers many different ways to view the status of your... Read More

Hostgroup Inheritance In Nagios xi This video will demonstrate how to manage hostgroups and hostgroup inheritance in Nagios xi.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support... Read More

How SNMP Traps Work In Nagios xi Learn how SNMP traps work in Nagios xi so you can monitor your critical IT infrastructure!         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support.nagios... Read More

How to Integrate SNMP Traps With Nagios xi This document describes how to configure Nagios® xi™ to receive and process SNMP traps from external devices. Monitoring SNMP traps allows system administrators to monitor real-time events and network... Read More

How to Integrate the Bischeck Plugin Extension with Nagios xi This document describes how to install and configure the Bischeck plugin extension for use with Nagios® xi™ in order to dynamically monitor Linux machines with time-based thresholds.... Read More

How To Monitor A Websensor EM08 This document describes how to monitor environmental conditions (temperature, relative humidity, and light level) with Nagios xi and a Websensor EM08 from eSensors. Using Nagios xi to monitor a Websensor EM08 will... Read More

How to Monitor an AKCP SensorProbe2 using SNMP This document describes how to monitor an AKCP sensorProbe2 device with Nagios® xi™ in order to be alerted when temperature, humidity, or other environmental variables exceed specific thresholds. This... Read More

How To Monitor Apache ActiveMQ With Nagios xi This document describes how to use custom Apache ActiveMQ plugins and checks to monitor your Apache ActiveMQ server with Nagios xi. Specifically, this document shows you how to set up Nagios xi to get up... Read More

How to Monitor Apache Cassandra Distributed Databases This document describes how to configure Nagios® xi™ to monitor Apache Cassandra distributed database implementations in order to ensure that data, as well as the hardware housing it, is... Read More

How To Monitor Devices Using The NCPA Agent and Wizard This document describes how to use Nagios® xi™ to actively monitor machines via the NCPA agent (Nagios Cross Platform Agent). NCPA is an advanced, cross-platform agent that can be installed on... Read More

How To Monitor JMX With Nagios xi This document will cover how to monitor java application servers as well as how to configure check_jmx within Nagios® xi™ in order forusers to be notified when java applications are not functioning properly.... Read More

How To Monitor Website Defacement With Nagios xi This document describes how use the Website Defacement Wizard to monitor your websites for defacement, modification and malicious insertions with Nagios® xi™. The Website Defacement Wizard provides... Read More

How to Restart A Windows Service With NRPE This document describes how to restart services in Windows using Nagios xi with NSClient++/NRPE. This allows you to automate the process of starting, stopping and restarting Window Services. Documentation -... Read More

Overview This KB article shows you how to use certificate authority (CA) certificates with the check_ldaps plugin.   Problem When you try and execute the check_ldaps plugin: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ldaps -H dc01.domain.local -b ''... Read More

How To Use Deadpool In Nagios xi This document will describe how to use the Deadpool feature in Nagios xi to automatically remove failed hosts and/or services from the Nagios xi monitoring configuration. Documentation - How To Use Deadpool In Nagios... Read More

How to Use the NSCA Addon This document describes how to enable and use the NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor) addon with Nagios xi to allow remote Nagios servers and applications to send passive host and service check results to a Nagios xi server... Read More

How Nagios xi Works This video will briefly explain how Nagios xi works and how you can simply monitor anything in your environment.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support... Read More

Importing Config Files From Nagios Core into Nagios xi This document describes how to migrate and import Nagios Core configuration files into Nagios® xi™. Importing configuration files is only required in instances where administrators wish to... Read More

Installing MSSQL Wizard And Plugin Prerequisites This document describes how to install the prerequisites for the MSSQL wizards and plugins. These wizards and plugins are used to monitor vital metrics and ensure that MSSQL databases are functioning... Read More

Installing The AIX Agent This document describes how to install the AIX monitoring agent on target AIX servers. Documentation - Installing The AIX Agent   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at:... Read More

Installing The Linux Agent This document describes how to install the Linux monitoring agent on target RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, SLES, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, and Debian Linux servers. Other Linux distributions may be added in the future. Documentation -... Read More

Installing The Solaris Agent This document describes how to install the Solaris monitoring agent on target Solaris servers. This allows organization to monitor vital metrics and ensure that their Solaris servers are functioning properly. Currently... Read More

Installing the xi Mac OS/X Agent This document describes how to install the OS/X agent for monitoring with Nagios. Documentation - Installing the xi Mac OS/X Agent   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support... Read More

Integrating autoIT With Nagios This document describes how to automate and monitor Windows actions, tasks, and tests using autoIT and Nagios. AutoIT is an extremely powerful scripting recorder and editor and this is an example of how it can be used.... Read More

Introduction to Event Handlers This document describes how to use event handlers in Nagios xi to take predefined actions when the hosts or services you are monitoring change state. Event handlers are used to automate processes taken when there is a... Read More

Introduction: Getting Started with Nagios xi This presentation will provide an introduction to the capabilities, features, and benefits of Nagios xi. The presentation will also cover differences between Nagios Core and Nagios xi, as well as how... Read More

Overview Some Nagios xi users showed interest in setting up a license status check in xi. Having such a check makes perfect sense.  If you were notified that your license is about to expire, you would renew it on time thus avoiding any possible... Read More

Log Monitoring with Swatch This document describes how to use the Simple Log Watcher (Swatch) in conjunction with Nagios in order to be notified when certain events are noted in the system log. Documentation - Log Monitoring with Swatch   Final... Read More

Managing Plugins In Nagios xi These documents describe how to manage plugins on your Nagios xi system, including: finding and installing new plugins, defining commands, and using them in your services. Plugins are a great way to extend the... Read More

Purpose This document is intended to describe how to manually maintain external object configuration files with Nagios xi. External object configuration files are object definitions which are processed by Nagios xi but are not maintained or managed... Read More

Migrating From Nagios Core This document describes the basic steps involved in migrating an existing Nagios Core installation to Nagios xi. Documentation - Migrating From Nagios Core   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit... Read More

This article has been retired due to obsolescence and is no longer used. Please visit Support.nagios.com for additional resources. Please note that Mod-Gearman dropped support for Nagios Core in March of 2022. xi integration with Mod-Gearman is also... Read More

Problem Description You manually make changes to the configuration files located in /usr/local/nagios/etc/ however you later find that after applying configuration in Core Configuration Manager (CCM) these changes are lost.   Explanation Nagios xi... Read More

Monitor Active Directory with LDAP This document describes how to monitor Microsoft Windows Active Directory using LDAP. The LDAP protocol is used to test the ability to connect and bind to a member instance. Documentation - Monitor Active... Read More

Monitoring A Nagios xi Server Nagios administrators often need to ensure that their primary monitoring server is operating properly and can reach the Internet to send alert notifications via email and other methods. This document describes how to... Read More

Monitoring AIX With Nagios This document describes how to monitor AIX servers using Nagios. Documentation - Monitoring AIX With Nagios   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support... Read More

Monitoring Apache Tomcat With xi This document describes how to add custom Apache ActiveMQ plugins and checks to your Nagios xi server. Documentation - Monitoring Apache Tomcat Servers With Nagios xi   Final Thoughts For any support related... Read More

Monitoring Hosts Using NRPE and NRPE Monitoring Wizard This document describes how to monitor hosts with Nagios xi by using NRPE and NRPE Monitoring Wizard. This document is intended for use by Nagios xi Administrators who want to setup custom... Read More

Monitoring Hosts Using SSH This document describes how to monitor hosts with Nagios xi by using SSH to execute monitoring plugins and scripts on remote machines. Documentation - Monitoring Hosts Using SSH   Final Thoughts For any support related... Read More

Monitoring Linux Using SNMP This document describes how to monitor Linux machines with Nagios xi using SNMP. SNMP is an “agentless” method of monitoring network devices and servers, and is often preferable to installing dedicated agents on target... Read More

Monitoring a MongoDB Database This document describes how to monitor MongoDB databases with Nagios xi in order to monitor the number of collections and/or objects in the database, as well as size of the database. The information you collect by... Read More

Monitoring OS/X with Nagios xi This document describes how to monitor OS/X with Nagios xi. Documentation - Monitoring OS/X with Nagios xi   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support... Read More

Monitoring Performance Counters in Nagios Using NCPA This article describes how you can monitor Windows Performance Counters in Nagios xi. This article will show you how to do this using Core Configuration Manager (CCM). This article is going to... Read More

Monitoring Unconfigured Objects Passive check results for hosts and services that are submitted to Nagios by external agents and application using the NSCA or NRDP APIs are not processed by the monitoring engine until they are configured in Nagios xi... Read More

Monitoring Using the Full Power of Nagios xi Enterprise - NWC15 This presentation will take a close look at how the Enterprise Edition of Nagiosxi is used within Landis+Gyr to monitor systems, applications, and utility networks. You will get a... Read More

Monitoring VMware Virtualization Using vMA - NWC14   NOTE: Monitoring VMware virtualization using vMA is obsolete. Please see Monitoring VSphere. Anyone who has tried to monitor VMware virtualization using the existing Nagios plugins available will... Read More

Monitoring VMware With Nagios xi This document describes how to use Nagios xi to monitor VMware ESX, ESxi, vSphere, and vCenter Server with the VMware monitoring wizard. This document will show you how to set up your Nagios xi system to monitor... Read More

Monitoring Websites With Nagios xi This document describes how to monitor websites effectively with Nagios® xi™. There are three different wizards to help you monitor your websites. The Website Wizard is used to monitor the steady-state aspects of... Read More

Nagios xi - Monitoring Windows With NCPA Learn how to monitor your Windows environment with the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA). Mahad shows you how to install the agent and configure Windows monitoring in fewer than 5 minutes.        ... Read More

Nagios xi - Monitoring Windows With SNMP Learn easy, simple SNMP monitoring for your entire Windows environment. Aaron walks you through the steps both in Nagios xi and a Windows machine.        Final Thoughts For any support related questions... Read More

Overview Agents are programs that help aid Nagios with monitoring.  Most often they are used to get information from remote machines or devices.   Agents There are several agents for Nagios, generally the agents work with Nagios Core and Nagios xi... Read More

Passive Monitoring with NRDS This document describes how to passively monitor hosts with Nagios xi by using NRDS. Documentation - Passive Monitoring with NRDS   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums... Read More

Passive Monitoring With NRDS_Win This document describes how to passively monitor Windows hosts using NRDS_Win. NRDS_Win is a lightweight client which can process Nagios plugins and pass back check results. This passive agent sends results back to... Read More

Problem Description Certain services in Microsoft Windows use special characters in the service name like MSSQLFDLauncher$UWCX01. This causes problems with Nagios as it thinks the $ is part of a variable.     Resolving The Problem Using NCPA Your... Read More

Overview This KB article explains how to configure Nagios xi to receive SNMP Traps that come in via IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6). It is a requirement to have already followed this guide to install all the SNMP Trap pre-requisites:... Read More

Overview This KB article explains how to configure Nagios xi to receive SNMP traps from Nagios Network Analyzer (NNA). It is assumed that Nagios xi is already configured to receive SNMP traps, if it is not please follow the steps in this... Read More

Nagios xi Redundancy And Security Planning This goal of this documentation is to provide you with a comprehensive list of configuration settings that need to be taken into account when planning a Nagios xi deployment. This document is specifically... Read More

Restarting A Linux Service With NRPE This document describes how to automatically restart problematic services on Linux servers using NRPE. Documentation - Restarting A Linux Service With NRPE   Final Thoughts For any support related questions... Read More

Restarting Linux Services With NCPA This document describes how to automatically restart problematic services on Linux servers using the Nagios Cross-Platform Agent (NCPA). Documentation - Restarting Linux Services With NCPA   Final Thoughts For any... Read More

Restarting Windows Services With NCPA This document describes how to automatically restart problematic services on Windows machines using the Nagios Cross-Platform Agent (NCPA). Documentation - Restarting Windows Services With NCPA   Final Thoughts... Read More

Overview This guide explains how to restore the monitoring configuration to the defaults as shipped with xi. You may want to perform this if you've somehow messed up your configurations irreparably, or simply want to reset a test system.   ... Read More

Running Auto-Discovery Jobs With Nagios xi This video will demonstrate how to use the Auto-Discovery Wizard in Nagios xi to run jobs.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support... Read More

Sending SNMP Traps This document describes how to configure Nagios xi to SNMP traps to other management hosts or network management systems whenever host or service state changes (alerts) occur. Documentation - Sending SNMP Traps   Final Thoughts... Read More

SNMP Monitoring Series The following is a series of SNMP monitoring videos for Nagios xi.                         Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support.nagios... Read More

Nagios xi - SNMP v3 Trap Configuration This KB article explains how to configure your Nagios xi server to accept SNMP v3 traps. By default the Nagios xi server will accept inbound SNMP v2 traps from any device. SNMP v3 traps will not be accepted by... Read More

SNMP Traps With NXTI This document describes how to use the Nagios xi SNMP Trap Interface (NXTI) to monitor and manage incoming SNMP Traps. NXTI was introduced with Nagios xi 5.5 and is enabled with the Enterprise edition license of Nagios xi.... Read More

Overview Nagios xi, as well as the Linux command line interface, have some reserved characters that need to be escaped in specific ways. Special characters are a group of characters that carry out special instructions, like the dollar sign $ which... Read More

Understanding And Using Configuration Wizards In Nagios xi This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators that wish to get a thorough understanding of how Configuration Wizards work in Nagios xi. Documentation - Understanding And Using... Read More

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... Read More

Understanding User Macros This document describes how to implement and use user macros in a working environment. This is useful for users who want to obfuscate sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, etc. User macros are helpful in... Read More

Overview This KB article explains how to upgrade the Linux NRPE Agent for Nagios xi that has been previously installed following these instructions. Documentation - Installing The Linux Agent   Upgrade Steps An upgrade to NRPE v3.x is completed by... Read More

Uploading and Managing MIBS Learn how to upload and manage MIB files in Nagios xi, including how to import SNMP trap definitions upon upload or at a later time.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios... Read More

Using Auto-Discovery In Nagios xi This document describes how to use Auto-Discovery in Nagios xi to locate hosts and devices that are not already being monitored by Nagios xi. Documentation - Using Auto-Discovery In Nagios xi     Final Thoughts For... Read More

Using Nagios BPI This document describes how to fully utilize the Nagios Business Process Intelligence (BPI) component for Nagios xi. Documentation - Using Nagios BPI   Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support... Read More

Using Nagios xi As A Security Tool - Software Versions This video will demonstrate how to use Nagios xi as a Security Tool via Software Versions using the example of Java.com.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit... Read More

Using Nagios xi As A Security Tool - Website Defacement This video will demonstrate how to use Nagios xi as a Security Tool via Website Defacement.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at:... Read More

Using Recurring Downtime In Nagios xi This video tutorial will demonstrate how to configure Recurring Downtime in Nagios xi.       Final Thoughts For any support related questions please visit the Nagios Support Forums at: http://support.nagios... Read More

Overview This KB article explains how to use external scripts / plugins with NSClient++. NSClient++ has a lot of built in functionality however you will likely run into a situation where you need to use a script to provide additional monitoring... Read More

Using The Config Import Prep Tool This document describes how to use the Nagios® xi™ configuration file import prep tool to prepare an installation for migration from Nagios Core to Nagios xi. The prep tool is used to pre-process native Nagios... Read More

Using The Core Config Manager For Host Management This document describes how to manage hosts and host groups using the Nagios® xi™ Core Config Manager. While monitoring wizards make it easy to set up new hosts in Nagios xi, the Core Config... Read More

Overview This document describes how to manage services using the Nagios xi Core Config Manager. While monitoring wizards make it easy to set up new services in Nagios xi, the Core Config Manager allows for more precise control over service... Read More

Using the Negate Plugin This document is designed to assist Nagios administrators in understanding and using the Negate plugin in Nagios® xi™. The Negate plugin allows for any standard plugin output to be reversed and is very useful with hosts or... Read More

Using The SNMP Walk Wizard This document describes how to use the SNMP Walk Wizard, it briefly explains SNMP and how to reference a MIB file or OID. Documentation - Using The SNMP Walk Wizard     This video demonstrates monitoring temperature,... Read More

WatchGuard Wizard Usage This document describes how to setup your WatchGuard device and your Nagios xi server to allow for quick and easy monitoring of your WatchGuard device. Documentation - WatchGuard Wizard Usage   Final Thoughts For any support... Read More

Problem Description When a query is submitted with a correct set of credentials, but a user does not have access to the WMI class, absolutely NO output is returned by wmic.   Explanation When a Windows user is added to a group, that user is given an... Read More

Using NCPA For Passive Checks This document describes how to configure the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA) to send passive check results to Nagios xi or Nagios Core using Nagios Remote Data Processor (NRDP). Documentation - Using NCPA For Passive... Read More

Overview Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) is an agent used by Nagios xi for communicating with remote hosts. Remote hosts are operating systems like Linux and Windows.   This KB article explains: How Nagios xi sends requests to the NRPE Agent... Read More

Overview This article shows you several methods of sending a trap to your Nagios server to test SNMP Trap functionality. Sometimes when troubleshooting an SNMP Trap issue, it can be very helpful to remove the actual device that could be causing... Read More

Third-Party Plugins Overview This is an article on how to install an example 3rd-party plugin on the xi server and details on creating the command and arguments in the Core Config Manager. This document also describes how to manage plugins on your... Read More

Introduction The Web Transactions configuration wizard in Nagios xi uses WebInject to handle transaction logic. Please reference the WebInject instructions below when setting up the Web Transactions wizard.   Table of Contents 1 - Software... Read More