What different plugins and extensions does Nagios offer?
Nagios offers a variety of plugins and extensions, including but not limited to:
- NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor) enables Nagios servers to execute plugins remotely, allowing for the monitoring of the status of remote hosts.
- NSClient++ works similarly to NRPE as a tool that allows Nagios servers to remotely execute plugins.
- Nagios Core: The central monitoring engine of Nagios, responsible for carrying out monitoring tasks and generating alerts.
- Nagios Plugins: A set of plugins used to monitor various services and applications, including checking host CPU usage, memory usage, disk space, and more.
- Nagios Graphs: A tool used to create charts and visually monitor data.
- Nagios Dashboard: A dashboard that provides a centralized view of all monitoring data.
- Nagios Fusion: a tool for centralizing the management of multiple Nagios servers.
- Nagios XI is the commercial version of Nagios, offering additional features and an improved user interface.
In general, Nagios offers a variety of plugins and extensions to meet the monitoring needs of different users.