Nagios Fundamentals

Day 1

1. Nagios XI 5 Installation
-> Linux OS Level Dependencies
-> Nagios XI installation Process
-> File Locations and Directory Structure

2. Nagios XI 5 Basics
-> Overall Nagios Architecture
-> Basic Approach to Configuration in Nagios
-> Monitoring Engine Overview

3. Monitoring Linux Machines
-> Using NRPE Agent to Monitor Linux Machines
-> Using SSH to monitoring Linux Machines
-> Using SNMP to Monitor Linux Machines
-> RAM, CPU, Processes, and Disk Space Monitoring

4. Monitoring Windows Machines
-> Using NSClient++ Agent to Monitor Windows Machines
-> RAM, CPU, Processes, and Disk Space Monitoring
-> Using WMI for Windows Monitoring
-> Using SNMP for Windows Monitoring

5. Monitoring Network Devices
-> Using Basic SNMP for network monitoring
-> Router, Switches, Firewall and Storage Devices

Day 2

1. Performance Charts, Graphs and Dashboards
-> Using Performance Charts in Nagios XI
-> Graph Explorer in Nagios XI
-> Simple Dashboards in Nagios XI

2. Alerts, Notifications and Escalations
-> Creating On-Screen Alerts and email notifications
-> Defining escalation flow for issues in Nagios

3. Additional Tools
-> BBMap
-> Minemap
-> Network Status Map

4. Reports
-> Standard Executive Summary Reports
-> Host and Service Availability Reports

5. Backup and Restore
-> Creating Backups for Nagios
-> Restoring Nagios from an old Backup