Administrator Guide

Advanced Topics

Backing Up and Restoring

This document describes how to back up a Nagios Fusion installation and restore a Nagios Fusion installation from a previously made backup. Backups are an important aspect of administration and maintenance of your system. They can easily facilitate the migration of a Nagios Fusion installation between a virtual server and physical server, and the design of a fail-over or disaster recovery instance of Nagios Fusion

Backing Up and Restoring Fusion - 2026R2

Backing up and Restoring Fusion - 2024 & 2026R1

Using the REST API

This document provides a directory of REST API endpoints in Nagios Fusion 2026R2 along with details on required and optional parameters, example calls, and example responses.The Fusion REST API can be used to fetch data and programmatically manage various aspects of the system.

Using the Nagios Fusion REST API - 2026R2

Using a Proxy Server

If you wish to use an HTTP forward proxy for maintenance checks, activation, and/or fused server polling, you can refer to this guide.

Using a Proxy Server - 2026R2

Using SSL/TLS

Using TLS for the Web UI

This document will describe how to setup SSL/TLS. This document is also to be used an initial point for troubleshooting SSL connections. It is intended for use by Nagios Fusion Administrators who require encryption:

Configuring SSL with Nagios Fusion - 2026R2

Configuring SSL with Nagios Fusion - 2024 & 2026R1

Using TLS with AD and LDAP

This document describes how to use SSL/TLS with Active Directory (AD) AND LDAP in Nagios Fusion 2024.

Using SSL/TLS with Active Directory and LDAP in Nagios Fusion - 2026R2

Using SSL/TLS with Active Directory and LDAP in Nagios Fusion - 2024 & 2026R1

Using TLS with Event-Based Collection

This document describes how to configure SSL/TLS with Nagios Fusion 2026R2 for use with Event-Based Data Collection.

Configuring TLS for Event-Based Data Collection in Nagios Fusion 2026R2