Pro Nagios 2.0

Nagios 2.0 Administration explains how to install and administer Nagios, and architect Nagios installations. The book also covers how to deploy agents and plug-ins, and monitor a variety of different assets. These assets include applications across a variety of platforms and operating systems, Additional topics include security, redundancy and failover, integration with other tools (like MRTG and Snort), and plug-in development.

Real-world configurations and supporting materials enable you to deploy Nagios and integrate other tools on a step-by-step basis Simplifies deployment and installation by providing examples of real-world monitoring situations and explains how to configure, architect, and deploy EM solutions to address these situations Shows how to create your own Nagios plug-ins, to monitor devices for which Nagios doesn't provide plug-ins

Autorentext
James Turnbull is the author of five technical books about open source software and a longtime member of the open source community. James authored the first and second books about Puppet, and works for Puppet Labs, running client services. James speaks regularly at conferences including OSCON, Linux.conf.au, FOSDEM, OpenSourceBridge, DevOpsDays and a number of others. He is a past president of Linux Australia, has run Linux.conf.au and serves on the program committee of Linux.conf.au and OSCON. James is Australian but currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His interests include cooking, wine, political theory, photojournalism, philosophy, and most recently the Portland Timbers association football team.

Inhalt
Installation.- Basic Object Configuration.- Security and Administration.- Using the Web Console.- Monitoring Hosts and Services.- Advanced Commands.- Advanced Object Configuration.- Distributed Monitoring, Redundancy, and Failover.- Integrating Nagios.- Developing Plug-ins.