Definitive Nagios training course description

Nagios is an open source application designed to provide system and network monitoring. This hands on course gives a comprehensive coverage of using Nagios to provide monitoring of Linux, Windows and network devices. The course is based on Nagios core but contact us if you would like Nagios XI.

What will you learn

• Install Nagios.
• Configure Nagios.
• Monitor Windows, Linux and Cisco (and other network equipment) using Nagios.
• Configure notifications

Definitive Nagios training course details

Definitive Nagios for engineers

• Nagios architecture

Downloading Nagios, Installing Nagios, Nagios core, plugins, frontends, addons. Nagios XI. Nagios Fusion.
Hands on Installing Nagios.

• Getting started with Nagios

Nagios files, nagios.cfg, minimal.cfg. Starting and stopping Nagios.
Hands on Controlling Nagios.

• Using Nagios

Nagios web interface. Maps, Hosts, host groups, services, service groups, problems. Reports. Configuration.
Hands on Using the web interface.

• Monitoring Linux systems

SSH, NRPE.
Hands on Monitoring Linux system health.

• Monitoring Windows systems

Installing NSClient++, Configuring NSClient++, check_nt plugin, monitoring uptime, CPU, memory, disks, services, processes.
Hands on Monitoring Windows system health.

• Monitoring network devices

SNMP architecture, MIBs. Polling.
Hands on Configuring Nagios for SNMP.

• Agents

Configuring Cisco devices for SNMP support, communities, traps, syslog.
Hands on Monitoring network devices.

• Nagios alerts and notifications

SNMP traps. Email notifications, SMS alerts other messaging

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