Ganglia is aimed at monitoring compute grids, i.e. a bunch of servers working on the same task to achieve a common goal – such as a cluster of web servers. Nagios is aimed at monitoring anything and everything – servers, services on servers, switches, network bandwidth via SNMP etc etc.
What is plugin in Nagios?
What Are Plugins? Plugins are compiled executables or scripts (Perl scripts, shell scripts, etc.) Nagios uses the results from plugins to determine the current status of hosts and services on your network. Nagios will execute a plugin whenever there is a need to check the status of a service or host.
How do I install Nagios XI plugins?
Install Your Plugin Installing a new plugin in Nagios XI is very simple. Navigate to Admin > System Extensions > Manage Plugins. Click the Browse button to select the new plugin you want to install.
Why do you need plugins in Nagios?
Plugins are standalone extensions to Nagios Core that make it possible to monitor anything and everything with Core. Plugins process command-line arguments, perform a specific check, and then return the results to Nagios Core.
What are examples of plugins?
Examples include the Adobe Flash Player, a Java virtual machine (for Java applets), QuickTime, Microsoft Silverlight and the Unity Web Player. (Browser extensions, which are a separate type of installable module, are still widely in use.)
What language are Nagios plugins written in?
Perl is a programming language that is most commonly used in scripts designed for system administration or applications. It can also be used to develop web applications. Several Nagios plugins are written in Perl and there are components of various Nagios products that are written in Perl.
What are plugplugins in Nagios Core?
Plugins are standalone extensions to Nagios Core that make it possible to monitor anything and everything with Core.
What can you monitor with Nagios Core?
Monitor just about anything that runs on electricity. What Is A Plugin? Plugins are standalone extensions to Nagios Core that make it possible to monitor anything and everything with Core. Plugins process command-line arguments, perform a specific check, and then return the results to Nagios Core.
What is the difference between ganglia and Nagios?
Nagios is a host/service/network monitoring program written in C and released under the GNU General Public License. Ganglia and Nagios can be primarily classified as “Monitoring” tools. Nagios is an open source tool with 60 GitHub stars and 36 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Nagios’s open source repository on GitHub.
What can I do to enhance my Nagios install?
Optionally enhance your Nagios install with community-developed frontends or trick out your Nagios install with hundreds of additional Nagios projects that extend core functionality.
