Nagios Core Administration Cookbook

Creating a new network host

In this recipe, we'll start with the default Nagios Core configuration, and set up a host definition for a server that responds to PING on our local network. The end result will be that Nagios Core will add our new host to its internal tables when it starts up, and will automatically check it (probably using PING) on a regular basis. In this example, I'll use my Nagios Core monitoring server with a Domain Name System (DNS) name of olympus.naginet, and add a host definition for a webserver with a DNS name of sparta.naginet. This is all on my local network – 10.128.0.0/24.

Getting ready

You'll need a working Nagios Core 3.0 or greater installation with a web interface, with all the Nagios Core Plugins installed. If you ...