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

User Management

Understanding User Permissions

Managing users and their permissions is an important task for Nagios administrators - especially in multi-tenancy setups. This document describes Nagios XI user rights or permissions and how to effectively manage permissions to ensure security and obtain a web interface tailored to various individuals needs.

Understanding XI User Rights

Users And Contacts

Advanced Nagios administrators who have experience with managing existing Nagios Core installations or wish to migrate from Nagios Core to Nagios XI may wish to better understand how contacts and users differ, as well as the details of how they are joined through configuration settings. This document describes the relationships between users and contacts in Nagios XI.

XI Users And Contacts

Multi-Tenancy

The ability to configure Nagios to monitor multiple clients' systems, while segregating user permissions and access rights, is an important feature for many organizations and managed service providers. This guide shows you how to configure Nagios XI to support multi-tenancy.

XI Multi-Tenancy