You only need 1 CPU, 1GB RAM, and 8GB Storage. Nagios has been optimized very well over the years.We have even run Nagios XI stably on AWS on a t2.micro instance with a few dozen checks running. If you are using VMware you can get the OS+Nagios XI ready to go in an OVA. Use a Gen1 VM any don’t use dynamic memory. Since I am talking about Microsoft shops in this article, I will use Hyper-V. Download CentOS 7 Minimal (no GUI needed).Right now, we like CentOS 7 Minimal as it is stable, completely open source, and tried and true for running Nagios XI. Nagios XI used to only be supported on RHEL and CentOS but is now fully supported on Oracle Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu. This guide is for the Linux and Nagios newbie so we will cover everything. Starting from nothing, you can start monitoring in only a few steps.
Getting started with Nagios XI Free is actually one of the simplest Linux tasks out there. There is no Windows version of Nagios XI available so sysadmins have to use Linux. We have seen some resistance from enterprises that are mostly Microsoft Windows shops. XI is the more polished, easy to use product over the community Nagios Core software.
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Please Note: This guide is intended for testing and evaluation only.Īt MCS, we strongly feel that Nagios XI is the best IT monitoring software available and has been for quite a long time.
Monkey CentOS, Hyper-V, nagios Getting Started with Nagios XI Free is Extremely Easy!