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This document describes how to create various alerts in Nagios Log Server, such as sending them to a Nagios XI or Nagios Core monitoring server using Nagios Remote Data Processor (NRDP), sending an email, sending SNMP traps and executing scripts.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators and users looking for information on how to setup alerting in Nagios Log Server.
Alerting On Log Events - 2024R2
This document describes how to use queries and filters to drill down to see the exact information you are looking for using Nagios Log Server Dashboards.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server administrators and users who wish to better understand querying, filtering and drilling down the data in Nagios Log Server.
This document describes how to backup and restore a Nagios Log Server cluster.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who wish to understand the different backup and restore methods available.
Backing Up And Restoring Nagios Log Server - 2024R2
This document describes how to change the data store path from its default location in Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who would like to change the default path where data is stored in on their Nagios Log Server instance.
Changing Data Store Path - 2024R2
Changing Data Store Path NLS - 2024R1
Changing Data Store Path - v2 (Legacy)This document describes how to customize Nagios Log Server Filters, it is intended for use byNagios Log Server Administrators.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who want to customize their Nagios Log Server Filters.
This document describes how to configure Nagios Log Server for Multi-Tenancy. Multi-tenancyallows you to restrict which hosts your users are able to see.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators who wish to configure Multi-Tenancy in Nagios Log Server.
Configuring Multi-Tenancy - 2024R2
This document describes how to add Inputs to Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who want to customize their Nagios Log Server Inputs.
This document describes how to configure Nagios Log Server to listen on privileged ports (ports below 1024).
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who would like configure Nagios Log Server to listen on ports below 1024 which are privileged in Linux. This can be useful if you have legacy devices that can only send on specific ports (e.g. syslog on port 514).
Listening On Privileged Ports - 2024R2
This document describes how to manage and identify key information on your Nagios Log Server Cluster.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators looking for overall health and status information regarding the Nagios Log Server instances and overall cluster.
This document describes how to manage your Nagios Log Server Indices for your Nagios LogServer cluster.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators. It describes how to manage and gather information about specific indices.
This document describes how to manage your Nagios Log Server Instances.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators, it describes how to view statistics and manage Nagios Log Server Instances. It also provides information that can assist with troubleshooting.
This document describes how to create and manage queries in Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who need to create or modify queries.
This document describes how to manage your Nagios Log Server Snapshots and Maintenance.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators. It describes how Administrators can create and manage snapshots and snapshot repositories.
Managing Snapshots and Maintenance - 2024R2
Managing Snapshots and Maintenance - 2024R1 and NLSv2 (Legacy)
This document describes how to add or modify Nagios Log Server users accounts.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who need to create or modify users.
This document describes how to setup Nagios Log Server to monitor a new log source.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators and users to setup Nagios Log Server to receive logs from a source.
Monitoring A New Log Source - 2024R2
This document describes requirements and performance needs such as disk space, memory, processor speed for Nagios Log Server based on cluster size and the amount of log data read per day.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators while planning or creating their Nagios Log Server cluster.
Performance and Storage Walkthrough - 2024R2
This document describes how to export or schedule reports in Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who need to automate reporting.
Scheduling Reports in Nagios Log Server - 2024R2
Scheduling Reports in Nagios Log Server - 2024R1
Scheduling Reports in Nagios Log Server - v2 (Legacy)This document describes how to configure your ESXi server to send syslog messages to the Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by VMware Administrators who would like to send their ESXi syslog messages to Nagios Log Server for storage and analysis.
Sending ESXi Logs To Nagios Log Server - 2024R2
This document describes how to configure Mac OS X to send logs to Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who wish to configure Mac OS X to send logs to Nagios Log Server./p>
Sending Mac OS X Logs To Nagios Log Server - 2024R2
This document describes how to setup encryption between Nagios Log Server and syslog on Linux using self signed certificates.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who would like encryption between NLS and their Linux clients running syslog. Encryption ensures that the traffic between the Linux machine and Nagios Log Server is not sent in plain text.
Sending syslog With SSL/TLS - 2024R2
Sending syslog With SSL/TLS - 2024R1
Sending syslog With SSL/TLS - v2 (Legacy)This document describes how to configure Windows to send logs to Nagios Log Server.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server Administrators who want to receive logs from a Windows machine.
Sending Windows Logs To Nagios Log Server - 2024R2
This document discusses the snapshot repository requirements in Nagios Log Server and some of the pit falls you may come across.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators that need a deep understanding of the snapshot repository and how it is affected by different network technologies.
Snapshot Repository Considerations - 2024R2
This document is designed to provide an explanation of what Nagios Log Server is, how it can be used, and to define terminology related to it.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Log Server users and administrators.
Technical Overview and Terminology Definitions - 2024R2
Technical Overview and Terminology Definitions - 2024R1
Technical Overview and Terminology Definitions - v2 (Legacy)
This document describes how Nagios Log Server sends emails and explains how to configure your email settings. Nagios Log Server uses email to send alerts.
This document is intended for use by Nagios Administrators who want to understand in detail how emails are sent by Nagios Log Server.
Understanding Email Sending - 2024R2