Using a cloud-based folder (eg a folder within your sync’d Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive) means its possible to a) synchronise the contents of your desktop across multiple devices, b) make it available from elsewhere, and c) back it up. Previously I wrote instructions that, as at the time of writing this article (February 2022), …
To add a Windows PC/server to the Nagios networking monitoring system there are a few options. In this article are instructions for a solution using a NCPA client on the Windows machine with an NCPA integration and config files on the Nagios Core machine On Windows Firstly, download, install and configure the NCPA client on …
These instructions no longer work for MacOS – but these do Using a cloud-based folder (eg a folder within your sync’d Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive) means its possible to a) synchronise the contents of your desktop across multiple devices, b) make it available from elsewhere, and c) back it up. On MacOS X First …
Install Raspbian as per other post Install pre-requisites Install Java Install the rng-tools to speed up startup and make a minor modification by uncommenting the following line and saving with Ctrl+X, Y, <ENTER> Restart the rng-tools to reload the changed config Install the Unifi Controller Add, validate and update the repositories Install the unifi software …
Amazon Alexa devices don’t respond to ping so the default check-host-alive command doesn’t establish whether Alexa is up or down. She does respond, however, to NMAP requests and these instructions provide a way to do that.
Introduction Having got email notifications working from Nagios and being inundated with emails that I will no doubt ignore I got to thinking about how I could automate various other tasks depending on the state of the network. Nagios “knows” what’s up and what’s not. I have various devices on my network that can switch …
This post is based on an article I read at https://www.unixmen.com/send-alerts-nagios-core-using-gmail-yahoo/ and assumes a working Nagios installation with at least a basic configuration as described here. However, I found that my configuration required some amendments to get it working. I found them by trial and error so decided to record my steps here for future …
This post describes the steps and principles involved in updating the default Nagios configuration to add a network host with a single service. It assumes a running Nagios system has already been setup as described here. Nagios Core is configured by editing text files which reside in one of the following directories: To direct Nagios …
What is Nagios? Nagios is a network monitoring and alerting system. Nagios Core is free and open-source. 1. Install OS and configure basic setup This is a topic worthy of an article that applies to a wider audience so I’ve written it separately – drop this entire article in here if you need these instructions …