Nagios: System and Network Monitoring

By Wolfgang Barth

Book Overview

Good system administrators recognize problems long before anyone asks, 'Hey, is the Internet down?' Nagios, an open source system and network monitoring tool, has emerged as the most popular solution for sys admins in organizations of all sizes. It's robust but also complex, and Nagios: System and Network Monitoring, 2nd Edition, updated to address Nagios 3.0, will help you take full advantage of this program. Nagios, which runs on Linux and most *nix variants, can be configured to continuously monitor network services such as SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, SSH, and FTP. It can also supervise host resources (processor load, disk and memory usage, running processes, log files, and so on) and environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity. This book is your guide to getting the most out of this versatile and powerful monitoring tool. Inside Nagios, you ll learn how to: Install and configure the Nagios core, all standard plugins, and selected third-party plugins Configure the notific

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593271794
• ISBN13: 9781593271794
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 719 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 9.2"