| Learning Nagios 3.0 is a comprehensive configuration | | | | Nagios that will teach readers to use Nagios with its |
| guide to monitor and maintain your network and | | | | advanced features. At the same time, readers who |
| systems. It is a practical guide to setting up the Nagios | | | | have already used earlier versions of Nagios will also |
| 3.0 open source network monitoring tool, installing and | | | | benefit because they will learn about the new and |
| configuring Nagios 3 on various operating systems. It | | | | advanced features of Nagios 3. The focus is on |
| will help understand system monitoring and how Nagios | | | | teaching system administrators to secure their |
| works and to install and configure Nagios to administer | | | | systems in a much improved manner incorporating the |
| your network and system. Nagios 3 is a system that | | | | newer features of Nagios. |
| watches to see whether hosts and services are | | | | It will teach Nagios beginners the basics of installation |
| working properly, and notifies users when problems | | | | and configuration of version 3; it will show professionals |
| occur. Nagios is a tool for system and network | | | | who have already worked on earlier versions of |
| monitoring. It constantly checks other machines and | | | | Nagios the new features of Nagios like inheritance and |
| various services on those machines. The main purpose | | | | also the new internal functions like better check |
| of system monitoring is to detect and report any | | | | scheduling. |
| system not working properly as soon as | | | | The book will help learn, to notify users of current and |
| possible—so that you are aware of problems before | | | | future incidents to protect the availability, performance, |
| a user runs into them. It is a modular and flexible | | | | and security of monitored asset, to pass service and |
| solution that uses plug-ins to do its job.Nagios allows | | | | host check results over the network using NSCA. One |
| both the monitoring of services on its own, and the | | | | would also be able to set up a working and usable |
| receipt of information about computer and service | | | | distributed monitoring system using NSClient++ and |
| statuses from other applications. | | | | NC_Net and develop custom plug-ins responsible for |
| The book is a beginner-level book, which will introduce | | | | doing the checks and analyzing result. Remot checks |
| Nagios to System Administrators who are interested in | | | | can be done using SSH and NRPE. |
| monitoring their systems. It is an introduction to | | | | |