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Getting Started
Installation
- System Requirements
- Ports and Protocols
- Installation Options
- Using the Virtual Machine
- Installing Nagios XI with VMware Workstation
- Installing Nagios XI with VMware ESX vSphere
- Converting The VMware Image To VirtualBox
- Installing Nagios XI with Hyper-V
- Manual Installation
- Installing Nagios XI via RPM
- Installing Nagios XI In An Offline Environment
Updates
System Configuration
- Initial Setup
- General Program Options
- Changing The XI System Time
- Customizing the XI Landing Page
- Email Settings
- Understanding Email Sending
- Configuring Email Notifications
- Inbound Commands
- Setting Up Microsoft SMTP with OAuth 2.0
- Setting up Gmail SMTP With OAuth 2.0
- Configuring Core Contacts To Use XI's phpmailer SMTP Settings
- SMS Alerting
- Twilio SMS Integration
- MultiTech MTR API Integration
- Using DUO 2FA
- Configuring Downtime In Nagios XI
- XI Notification Escalations
- Security Credentials
- License Settings
- Nagios XI - Best Practices
Agents
Monitoring Configuration
- Using Monitoring Wizards
- Using Auto-Discovery In Nagios XI
- Bulk Host Import Wizard Usage
- Core Configuration Manager (CCM)
- Maintaining Manual Object Configuration Files
- Business Process Intelligence (BPI)
- Notification Variables
- Changing Host Alive Check
- Using the Deadpool In Nagios XI
- Using the Negate Plugin
- Using NRDP With Nagios XI
- Understanding User Macros
- Understanding The User Macros Component
- Using The SNMP Walk Wizard
- Excluding Hosts And Hostgroups In Nagios XI
- Log Monitoring with Swatch
- Monitoring Hosts Using SSH
- Monitoring Hosts Using NRPE
- Monitoring Linux Using NCPA
- Monitoring Linux Using NRPE (Legacy)
- Monitoring Linux Using SNMP
- Monitoring AIX With Nagios
- Monitoring Apache ActiveMQ
- Monitoring Apache Tomcat With Nagios XI
- Monitoring a Cassandra Database
- Monitoring Docker Containers
- Monitoring GlassFish With Nagios XI
- Monitoring JBoss/WildFly With Nagios XI
- Monitoring JMX
- Monitoring a MongoDB Server
- Monitoring a MongoDB Database
- Monitoring A Nagios XI Server
- Monitoring Oracle Databases
- Monitoring OSX
- Monitoring Switches and Routers
- Monitoring VMware
- Monitoring WatchGuard
- Monitoring WebLogic With Nagios XI
- Monitoring Websensor EM08
- Monitoring Websites
- Monitoring Website Defacement
- Passive Monitoring With NRDS
Monitoring Windows
- NCPA
- NSClient++
- Monitoring Windows Event Logs
- Adding Windows Disk Usage Checks In XI
- Installing MSSQL Wizard Prereqs
- Monitoring Microsoft SQL
- Checking For Windows Updates
- Passive Monitoring with NRDS_Win
User Management
Visualizations
- XI Details Overview
- XI Dashboards
- XI Views
- XI Tools
- Generating Graphs With Nagios XI
- Generating Reports With Nagios XI
- How To Generate SLA Reports
- Using the Nagios XI World Map
- Using NagVis
System Management
- Directory Structure
- Log Locations and Descriptions
- Backing Up And Restoring
- Boosting Performance
- Repairing Database
- Database Optimization
- Managing Remote Nagios XI Servers
- How to Change Default Passwords
Advanced Topics
- High Availability
- Monitoring A Nagios XI Server
- Integrating MNTOS With Nagios
- Migrating From Nagios Core
- SNMP Trap Integration
- Distributed Monitoring
- Passive Checks
- Exporting the XI Configuration Database
- Amazon EC2 Cloud
- Automated Host Management
- Restarting a Linux/Windows Service with XI
- Integrating XI with Slack
- Authenticating with Active Directory
- Monitoring Active Directory with LDAP
- Configuring SSL with Nagios XI
- Using SSL with XI Active Directory
- How To Use Capacity Planning
- Integrating Mod_Security With XI
- Introduction to Event Handlers
- Redundancy And Security Planning
Developer Tools
- Global Event Handlers
- Accessing and Using the REST API
- Accessing The Backend API (Legacy)
- Writing Custom Wizards
- Component Development
- Integrating autoIT with Nagios
- Checking Program Loadtime With autoIT
- Actions Component
- Contributing To Nagios Translations
Extending Nagios XI
Checking For Updates
You can easily check if you have the latest version from within Nagios XI by navigating to the Admin > System Information > Check for Updates menu.
Obtaining The Latest Release
The latest release for Nagios XI can be found at the Nagios XI Downloads page.
Upgrading XI
Manually Upgrading
A quick guide on how to upgrade an existing Nagios XI installation to the latest release.
Manually Upgrading Your Nagios XI Install
Upgrading Using the Web Interface
This document describes how to upgrade your Nagios XI installation quickly and easily from the web interface. This allow users to upgrade to latest version of Nagios XI which provides users with critical patches, bug fixes, and resolved security vulnerabilities.