What is NCPA?
NCPA (Nagios Cross-Platform Agent) is an Open Source Nagios monitoring agent designed to provide users with the most flexibility for monitoring any device. NCPA is a universal cross-platform agent that comes pre-configured with dozens of metrics and functions that seamlessly integrate with Nagios monitoring solutions. NCPA also comes with a fully accessible API interface and real-time GUI graphing capabilities.
NCPA is easy to install and covers a large spectrum of applications and monitoring metrics, making NCPA the most flexible monitoring agent available to date. NCPA combines the features and functionality of multiple industry-standard monitoring agents to provide System Administrators with a single tool capable of monitoring their entire infrastructure.
| Features \ Edition | NCPA | NRDS Agent | NSClient ++ | NRPE |
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| Graphical User Interface |
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| Active Check Metrics |
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| Passive Check Capabilities |
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| Flexible API Access |
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| Seamless Integration with Nagios XI |
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| Integration with Nagios Core via NRDP |
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| Official Nagios Enterprises Monitoring Agent |
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| Pre-configured Monitoring Metrics |
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| Integration with NRDS Configuration Protocol |
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NCPA is designed to be installed on multiple operating systems, making it the best choice for System Administrators looking to simplify the management of the IT infrastructure monitoring system. Instructions for installing NCPA on network devices can be found in the technical documentation:
Documentation - How to Install NCPA
Below is a link to directly download the installers for NCPA.
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/ncpa/download.php
| CPU Core count CPU Usage percent (per core) Idle time (per core) System time (per core) User time (per core) |
System Hostname/nodename Machine OS version OS type OS release number |
| Processes & Services Number of X Processes Running where X is user definable Service Name: Running or Not Running |
Users User Count User List |
| Swap Memory Swap Memory Used Swap Memory Total Swap Memory Percent Used Swap Memory Free |
Virtual Memory Virtual Memory Available Virtual Memory Total Virtual Memory Percent Used Virtual Memory Free Virtual Memory Used |
| Logical Disks **Per Logical Volume Metrics (Smart detection of volumes) Total size Used percent Used bytes Free bytes Volume name |
Physical Disks **Per Physical Disk Metrics (Smart detection of disks): Read time Read count Read bytes Write time Write count Write bytes |
| Network Interfaces **Per Interface Metrics (Smart detection of interfaces): Packets sent Packets received Inbound packets dropped |
Network Interfaces Outbound packets dropped Inbound errors Outbound errors Bytes sent Bytes received |
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Article ID: 111
Created On: Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:19 PM
Last Updated On: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:07 PM
Authored by: jolson
Online URL: https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/ncpa-an-agent-comparison-111.html