How does Nagios handle different types of monitoring alerts?

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Nagios can handle different types of monitoring alerts based on their severity and type. Here are common ways in which Nagios deals with different types of monitoring alerts:

Severity levels: Nagios can handle different levels of severity for monitoring alerts. For example, for alerts with lower severity levels, Nagios can choose to send email notifications to administrators and display the alert information on the monitoring dashboard. For alerts with higher severity levels, Nagios can opt to send SMS or phone notifications to administrators, and can also automatically execute some predefined emergency actions.
Alarm type: Nagios can process different types of monitoring alerts differently. For example, for network failure alarms, Nagios can automatically run network troubleshooting programs and attempt to automatically restore network connections; for alerts of high server loads, Nagios can automatically run load balancing programs to reallocate loads.
Automated processing: Nagios also allows for the configuration of automated processing rules to handle monitoring alerts. For example, Nagios can be configured to automatically execute scripts or commands to resolve issues when receiving certain types of alerts, thereby reducing the workload of manual alert handling by administrators.

In general, Nagios can customize the handling of monitoring alerts based on severity level, type, and specific rules to ensure a timely and effective response to monitoring alarms and resolve issues.