Step 8 - Configure Nagios on remote hosts - Windows

There are two ways of doing this :

1) nrpe_nt is a windows version of the nrpe (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor) daemon for unix-like operation systems. It provides methods to execute Nagios service checks on a windows host and report the results back to your Nagios host.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nrpent/


2) Installing NSClient

To monitor win2k/nt machines you need to install the NSClient addon from
http://nsclient.ready2run.nl/ .

1) Follow the below steps to install NSClient on win2k/nt machines.

i. copy pNSClient.exe in any directory on the machine you want to
monitor. ie. (c:\nsclient).
ii. Open a dos prompt in the installation directory
iii. Run the following command : >pNSClient /install
iv. Start the service 'Netsaint NT Agent' in the services applet
of the control panel.

2) ftp/sftp the check_nt file from LinuxBin directory to the nagios
server's plugin directory i,e /usr/local/nagios/libexec in this case.

You can also set a password to NSclient , so that the nagios server can
authenticte first before running a check. Configurig this is suggestable 'cos
no one else can run a check on our server except our nagios server.

To configure this you need to add a registry key and reboot the server. Follow
the below process.

i) Edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NSClient\Parms\password key
and set the password as its value.

ii) Reboot the server.


Extras:

Nagios Web Interface,Frontend or GUI Tools

Nagios PHP

Nagios PHP is an alternative PHP Web interface for Nagios, written using SMARTY as its template engine.

Downloads and Documentation
http://nagios-php.sourceforge.net/

NaWui

NaWui stands for Nagios Administration Web User Interface.It is a Web frontend written in PHP to manage Nagios configurations and Database records. Database connectivity is supported using plugins, which simplifies the way records are stored.

Downloads and Documentation
http://www.stigma.dyndns.org/NaWui

Nagmin

NagMIN is a enterprise class Network Monitoring System, Powered by Nagios, WebMIN, RRDtool, Nmap, Fping, Net::SNMP, Syslog-NG and other open source software providing web-based administration, and enhanced web portal to help you manage your network.

Downloads and Documentation
http://nagmin.sourceforge.net/

Nagat

Nagat, or Nagios Administration Tool, is a webbased solution written in PHP for configuring Nagios, a host and service monitor.

Downloads and Documentation
http://nagat.sourceforge.net/

Nagios Web Config

A PHP/MySQL based front-end for Nagios 2.x setup. Complete with the ability to add/remove hosts, hostgroups, contacts, contactgroups, services, timeperiods and commands

Downloads and Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagiosweb/

NagEdit

PHP & mySQL based tool to creat config Files for Nagios. No further need to create config files by hand, just use this Web Front End.

Downloads and Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagedit

NagiosQL

NagiosQL is a web based administration tool for Nagios 2.x. It helps you to easily build a complex configuration with all options, manage and use them. NagiosQL is based on a webserver with PHP, MySQL and file access to the Nagios configuration files.

Downloads and Documentation
http://www.nagiosql.org/

nag2web

A PHP/MySQL web front-end for Nagios 2.x setup. With the ability to add/remove/edit the config items. The web front-end for NAGIOS has the ability to test the config. We want to build a simple possibility to find and show all the features in NAGIOS.

Downloads and Documentation
http://nag2web.de/

gng

Gng (Gnome Nagios Gui) can display host, parent link, icon, hostgroup map, user map, rectangle, line and text info.

Downloads and Documentation
http://gng.sourceforge.net/