http://community.nagios.org Where the Nagios Community Connects Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:44:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Visit the link below for instructions on how to add a Linux host to a Nagios server. http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/285-add-linux-host-to-nagios-server http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/30/add-linux-host-to-nagios-server/ Fabio Milano created this tutorial on how to monitor a remote linux system using Nagios and NRPE. Visit the link below: http://www.kernelhardware.org/nagios-nrpe-to-monitor-remote-linux-server/ http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/30/nagios-nrpe-to-monitor-remote-linux-server/ Mike Kniaziewicz offered this "how to"  for setting up passive service checks with Nagios using the NSCA addon. http://tech.ebusinessjuncture.com/?p=230 http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/30/nagios-nsca-and-how-to-set-up-the-addon-for-distributed-monitoring-of-nagios/ Daniel Ali Aman shares tips for creating Nagios icons on a Debian system.  Check out his blog post. http://danielaliaman.com/blog/index.php?blog=2 http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/30/how-to-create-nagios-icons-on-a-debian-system/ I just had a problem. My boss works with four Nagios systems in four separate networks, so used to have to have four browser windows open to see everything.  Because I wanted a centralized view I wrote a little piece of software to help me. I call it NagiosCenter. Take a ... http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/30/nagioscenter-view/ Check out this new plugin for Nagios. http://www.sladder.org/?p=236 This plugin for Nagios uses mplayer to dump a videostream, check the size of it and determine if the streaming service is working or not. http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/29/monitoring-videostreams-with-nagios/ A new resource has just been launched for the Nagios Community. Nagios Planet, an aggregation of news from various Nagios websites, provides a central RSS feed of latest news Nagios Network sites like Nagios Community, Nagios Project, Nagios Ideas, and Nagios Exchange. For more information, or to subscribe ... http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/26/nagios-planet-launches-get-all-your-nagios-news-from-one-place/ I found this on YouTube and thought the Nagios community that would appreciate the humor.  Enjoy the viewing! You will have to follow this link to view the video, as embedding has been disabled. [youtube]9J9-Qr7oz-4[/youtube] http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/24/first-tech-support-guy/ Nagios is a finalist in the SourceForge Community Choice Awards in the "Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins"! Show the OSS community you love Nagios by voting for Nagios in the final phase! http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/23/vote-for-nagios-in-sourceforge-community-choice-awards/ Artur Krzywanski, a sysadmin in London, writes about his unique method of visualizing Nagios monitoring data using PHP and AJAX updates. Read more at http://www.krzywanski.net/archives/125. See the code in action in Arturs' youtube video: [youtube]dJj6JUH8yiA[/youtube] http://community.nagios.org/2009/06/23/dynamic-content-with-ajax-nagios-and-php/