Nagios XI

Administrator Guide

Getting Started

Installation

System Configuration

Updates

User Management

Monitoring Configuration

Agents

Monitoring Windows

Extending Nagios

System Management

Advanced Topics

Developer Tools

Video Tutorials

Monitoring Windows

NSClient++

After you have successfully installed the NSClient++ on the target machine you can run the Monitoring Wizard in the Nagios XI. Select the Windows Desktop or the Windows Server Wizard, according to your needs and follow the directions.

NSClient++

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.

Using NSClient++ For Passive Checks

Mass Deploy NSClient++

This document describes how to mass deploy the NSClient++ agent. To accomplish this goal, we'll show how Microsoft's SCCM 2007 can be used to silently push NSClient++ and it's configuration files to many workstations.

Mass Deploy NSClient++

Configure FTP for Nagios

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 to monitor a windows environment, you can use FTP as a component to deploying NSClient++.

Configure FTP for Nagios

WMI Client

This document describes how to install the WMI client on the Nagios XI server. The WMI client is a requirement for monitoring Windows machines using WMI.

Installing The WMI Client For XI

Monitoring Windows With WMI

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) allows for agentless monitoring of Windows machines. Nagios XI supports WMI monitoring, which provides admins with a simple method of monitoring their Windows servers and workstations without having to install or configure agents. This document describes how to monitor Windows machines with Nagios XI using WMI.

Monitoring Windows With WMI

Monitoring Windows Event Logs With Nagios XI

Want to monitor Windows event logs using Nagios XI? This document takes you through the process of monitoring event logs using the NagEventLog agent.

Monitoring Windows Event Logs With Nagios XI

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.

Adding Windows Disk Usage Checks In XI

Nagios XI – Installing MSSQL Wizard Prereqs

This document describes how to install the prerequisites for the MSSQL wizards and plugins.

Installing MSSQL Wizard Prereqs