Chapter 3. Djagios – a Nagios Clone in Django

In this chapter, we'll be creating a server status monitoring solution similar to Nagios. It is understandable if you have never heard of Nagios as it is not something that comes up in day-to-day conversations between web developers. In a nutshell, Nagios can tell you the status of your servers (which can be in the thousands) in one screen. You can configure alerts based on conditions, for example, if some critical server becomes unresponsive, so that you can be on top of problems before your users start to notice any service degradation. Nagios is an amazing piece of software that is used by millions of organizations around the world.

Our goal in this chapter is to create something similar, albeit ...

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