Setup Windows Host - Nagios Newbie
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:57 pm
Hello, I am very new to Nagios Core and have what is hopefully an easy question to answer. I have Nagios Core 4.3.4 up and running but my next step that I am trying to accomplish is to add some Window hosts that I would like to monitor.
I see documentation about adding a Windows host and it references downloading and installing NCPA on the Windows server. I have downloaded that and started the install process but now the setup is asking for an API token. I have no idea of how to come up with an API token.
Like I mentioned, I am very new to Nagios Core so do not assume that I know anything about it really or what needs to be setup beforehand to get other hosts added. If anyone can guide me in the right direction on what needs to be done so I can add Window hosts for monitoring that would be greatly appreciated. I am not very familiar with Linux either, as my primary job function is network/firewall related.
Surely simply adding a host is not a complicated thing to do? At this point we are just evaluating Nagios Core to see if it would be a good fit for us and not being able to add any other hosts to monitor is making it hard to evaluate.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
I see documentation about adding a Windows host and it references downloading and installing NCPA on the Windows server. I have downloaded that and started the install process but now the setup is asking for an API token. I have no idea of how to come up with an API token.
Like I mentioned, I am very new to Nagios Core so do not assume that I know anything about it really or what needs to be setup beforehand to get other hosts added. If anyone can guide me in the right direction on what needs to be done so I can add Window hosts for monitoring that would be greatly appreciated. I am not very familiar with Linux either, as my primary job function is network/firewall related.
Surely simply adding a host is not a complicated thing to do? At this point we are just evaluating Nagios Core to see if it would be a good fit for us and not being able to add any other hosts to monitor is making it hard to evaluate.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!