Integration Overview
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- Web-Based Configuration provides advanced configuration features
- Monitoring Wizards make it easy to monitor new devices, applications, and services
- Customizable Dashboards allow for per-user customization
- Integrated Performance Graphs provide trending and capacity planning information
- Advanced Reports provide data insight and exporting capabilities
- Data Visualizations enable powerful analysis of patterns and problems
- Nagios Core Import functionality makes it easy to migrate from Nagios Core
- ... and many other features
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See Also: External Commands, Passive Checks, Event Handlers, Plugins
One of the reasons that Nagios is such a popular monitoring application is the fact that it can be easily integrated in your existing infrastructure. There are several methods of integrating Nagios with the management software you're already using and you can monitor almost any type of new or custom hardware, service, or application that you might have.
Integration Points
To monitor new hardware, services, or applications, check out the docs on:
To get data into Nagios from external applications, check out the docs on:
To send status, performance, or notification information from Nagios to external applications, check out the docs on:
- Event Handlers
- OCSP and OCHP Commands
- Performance Data
- Notifications
Integration Examples
I've documented some examples on how to integrate Nagios with external applications:
- TCP Wrappers (security alerts)
- SNMP Traps (Arcserve backup job status)