Table of Contents; Nagios Core Administration Cookbook; Nagios Core Administration Cookbook; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Understanding Hosts, Services, and Contacts; Introduction; Creating a new network host; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ...

There's more ... See also; Creating a new HTTP service; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating a new e-mail contact; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Verifying configuration; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating a new hostgroup; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating a new servicegroup; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating a new contactgroup; Getting ready.

How to do it ... How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Creating a new time period; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Running a service on all hosts in a group; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; 2. Working with Commands and Plugins; Introduction; Finding a plugin; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Installing a plugin; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Removing a plugin; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ...

There's more ... See also; Creating a new command; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Customizing an existing command; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Using an alternative check command for hosts; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works; There's more ... ; See also; Writing a new plugin from scratch; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; 3. Working with Checks and States; Introduction; Specifying how frequently to check a host or service; Getting ready; How to do it ...

How it works ... There's more ... ; See also; Changing thresholds for PING RTT and packet loss; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Changing thresholds for disk usage; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works; There's more ... ; See also; Scheduling downtime for a host or service; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Managing brief outages with flapping; Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; See also; Adjusting flapping percentage thresholds for a service; Getting ready; How to do it ...