Nagios Core Administration Cookbook 2013.pdf

Paperback: 366 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing; 1st New edition edition (January 23, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1849515565
ISBN-13: 978-1849515566

Finding, installing, and writing your own plugins, and learning to reference them as Nagios Core commands for use as host and service checks, including workarounds for making checks through difficult network layouts such as those using Network Address Translation.
Managing notifications to send the right kind of notifications to the right people at the right time, and defining contact methods besides simple email messages, including an example of automatic contact rotation.
In-depth examples of using the standard set of Nagios Plugins for common network monitoring needs, with discussion of generic methods for monitoring the results of SNMP queries.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Understanding Hosts, Services, and Contacts
Chapter 2: Working with Commands and Plugins
Chapter 3: Working with Checks and States
Chapter 4: Configuring Notifications
Chapter 5: Monitoring Methods
Chapter 6: Enabling Remote Execution
Chapter 7: Using the Web Interface
Chapter 8: Managing Network Layout
Chapter 9: Managing Configuration
Chapter 10: Security and Performance
Chapter 11: Automating and Extending Nagios Core