Nagios Best Practise

[Wizkids]

Hi all!


I have installed Nagios on my network, and i have some "noob" questions for you all..

I would like to get some Best practise information about the setup, i would like to have a list of different kinds of server types such as:

Web Server:
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Exchange Server:
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etc:
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etc:
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In thoose lists i would like to have the things that should be monitored, for example...

The best way to monitor an exchange server :

Exchange Server:
- Disk Space (C:)
- CPU Load (%)
- Memory Usage (%)
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something like that, soo when i setup an new server in my network i just look upon this list and see what type of server it is, and then BAM! i know what to setup via Nagios...

Can some of you maybe write me one "list" / "best practise" back ? That would be AWESOME!

Thanks!

[tonyyarusso]

I would imagine the easiest way of going about this would be just to use the configuration wizards made available in XI. Could you let us know what things you need wizards for that are not yet available on http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Ad ... on-Wizards?

[mguthrie]

Generally what most people do for a base monitoring configuration is to run either the Linux Wizard or Windows Server wizard with an agent installed on the remote machine. The wizards setup a base set of checks that generally include system metrics as well as a few other monitoring processes.

See the following URL for agent installation, then try one of the wizards to get the best idea.
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... agents.php

A "best practice" is a very relative concept because of the flexibility of Nagios. You'll have you determine what hosts and services are critical to your company, and determine the notification settings that will allow the appropriate response time. I might suggest browsing through our Admin manual.

http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... nistrator/

[rdedon]

In addition, you will find this useful as well:
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/guides/user