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

Checking Program Loadtime With autoIT in Nagios xi This document describes how to time program start times in Windows with autoIT. Documentation - Checking Program Loadtime With autoIT in Nagios xi   Final Thoughts For any support related questions... Read More

Configuring FTP For NSClient++ Deployment This document describes how to configure an FTP server running on your Nagios xi installation. It is intended for use by Nagios xi Administrators who wish to implement FTP on Nagios xi. If your using Nagios... Read More

Configuring NSClient++ This document describes how to configure the NSClient++ agent so it can be monitoring by Nagios xi or Nagios Core. Documentation - Configuring NSClient++   Enabling NRPE With NSClient++ This document describes how to configure... Read More

How To Check For Windows Updates With Nagios xi This document describes how to use Nagios xi to monitor for high priority updates from Microsoft on a remote Windows host. This includes critical and security updates, service packs, and update rollups.... 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

NSClient++ Installation NSClient++ is an open source agent you install on Windows servers and desktops, it allows you to monitor the Windows Operating System using different modules. After you have successfully installed the NSClient++ on the target... 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

Nagios xi - Monitoring Windows Using NSClient++ This document describes how to monitor Microsoft Windows using the NSClient++ monitoring agent.  Documentation - Monitoring Windows Using NSClient++   Final Thoughts For any support related questions... Read More

Using NSClient++ For Passive Checks This document describes how to setup NSClient++ in a way that allows Nagios administrators to monitor remote Windows machines using passive checks. Documentation - Using NSClient++ For Passive Checks   Final... 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

Problem Description After running the Windows Server wizard you notice that the Windows memory usage checks have values that do not match up with the physical memory in the server.   Explanation The checks created by the wizard use the check_nt... 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 KB article discusses NRPE and the network packet size used in the different versions of the client and the check_nrpe plugin.     Nomenclature The following explains the terms used in this document. Client / Agent This is what is... Read More

Overview This KB article discusses NRPE v3 and the ability to use a config file for command line arguments. NRPE v3 has two major improvements over previous versions: Increased packet size up to 64K (referred to as v3 packet) Previous versions... Read More

Overview This KB article discusses NRPE v3 and the new security features implemented in that version. A 2048-bit DH key is used instead of a 512-bit key The ssl_version directive lets you set which versions of SSL/TLS you want to allow (TLSv2+ by... Read More