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Nagios Core

Overview

What is Nagios Core?

Nagios provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components. Multiple APIs and community-build add-ons enable integration and monitoring with in-house and third-party applications for optimized scaling.

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Old reliable solution

Rating: 7 out of 10
May 7, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In our organization, we use Nagios Core to monitor servers and applications for our clients. We also use it to monitor our and our customers' infrastructure for which we are c...
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Technician
Nagios Core10 years of experience

anything or everything just monitor in Nagios Core

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 6, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
To monitor the critical business application services. get better control over the servers. Basically, Nagios Core helps us to act quickly and to reduce the impact of any bu...
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Team Lead
Nagios Core13 years of experience

Nagios [Core]: Best Open Source Monitoring Tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 23, 2021
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Yes, our organization uses Nagios [Core] to monitor all infrastructure and it works finely in a diverse environment. It has very good documentation from implementation to moni...
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Pavan Mehare
Administrator - Information Technology
Linux Administrator
Amdocs
Nagios Core2 years of experience

Nagios for the win

Rating: 6 out of 10
May 17, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nagios as our alternative Network Monitoring Software for our data centers and out branches. It helps you monitor branch with down wan links so that you can escalate it...
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Administrator
Nagios Core5 years of experience

Nagios Core--The best free monitoring solution around!

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 22, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nagios Core as our core monitoring solution company-wide. We are alerted if any critical systems go offline or are exceeding thresholds set for disk usage, load average...
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Manager
Nagios Core11 years of experience

Nagios Core - sit back and monitor at ease!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 14, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nagios Core is currently being used by our infrastructure teams and enterprise monitoring. We have about 50 users accessing the app, with 3 people serving as admins. The tool ...
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D. Robert Hamilton
Technician - Information Technology
IT Senior Client Services Engineer
DTE Energy
Nagios Core5 years of experience

Industry standard monitoring

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 11, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nagios is our enterprise monitoring solution for all servers and network devices that supporting staff needs to be alerted on. It is used by most of our IT staff, as well as o...
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Chris Saenz
Engineer - Information Technology
Lead System Engineer
Azusa Pacific University
Nagios Core8 years of experience

Excellent tool that's widely used - and best of all, it's free!

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 7, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nagios is an excellent open-source tool. There is a large community of users who have developed scripts and make them available for other users for just about anything you cou...
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Employee
Nagios Core10 years of experience

Absolutely essential for any sys admin and IT department, plus it's FREE

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 28, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nagios is used to monitor and report on the utilization of our network and server hardware. It's primarily used for our IT department and DevOps team. We use it to monitor swi...
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Executive
Nagios Core10 years of experience

Nagios - Open Source Versatile Infrastructure Alerting Solution

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 22, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nagios is used primarily in the Information Technology department, where it is used for proactive monitoring of server and network infrastructure and associated services.
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Professional
Nagios Core10 years of experience

Simple to use - good value for your money

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 21, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Device availability (Uptime/Downtime) both real time and overtime, SNMP monitoring (CPU utilization, memory, temperature, fan status, disk capacity, etc.), latency tests.
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Manuel Ayala
Director - Information Technology
IT Director-Global Telecom Ops
Honeywell Inc
Nagios Core2 years of experience

If you require reliability in your IT infrastructure then you need Nagios!

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 17, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nagios to monitor our internal IT infrastructure in our headquarters and remote office. Nagios being open source has great benefits by providing vast amounts of configu...
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Verified user
Administrator
Nagios Core12 years of experience

Nagios quick review

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 17, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In my case, Nagios is used as early alert on sensitive equipment in our data center such as servers, switches, routers and firewall, even on precision air conditioner, all of ...
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Alejandro Rojas
Manager - Information Technology
Gerente de Tecnologia
ABC Color
Nagios Core10 years of experience

Powerful Monitoring tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 25, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nagios along with several hundred custom checks to monitor our environment and customer environments. We have been running Nagios Open source for 15 years, I have been ...
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Steven Peterson
General Manager - Engineering
Senior Systems Analyst
Mainstream Technology Group
Nagios Core5 years of experience

Nagios Core : A viable alternative....if you have the time

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 21, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
As an alternative to a paid solution, Nagios Core was implemented as a monitoring tool for several servers. The solution if successful would have been rolled out to all server...
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Verified user
Administrator
Nagios Core2 years of experience
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Technician in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
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Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Services Company, 201-500 employees
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Pricing

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Single License

Free

On Premise

Single License

Free

Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Nagios Core?

Nagios provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components including applications, services, operating systems, network protocols, systems metrics, and network infrastructure. Multiple APIs provide for simple integration with in-house and third-party applications. Thousands of community-developed add-ons extend monitoring and native alerting functionality. Third-party add-ons are available for monitoring in-house applications, services, and systems.

The vendor says Nagios is the industry standard In IT Infrastructure Monitoring. The vendor says the powerful Nagios Core 4 monitoring engine provides a high level of performance, and that its high-efficiency worker processes allow for scalability and monitoring effectiveness. It is designed to provide a central view of a company's entire IT operations network and business processes. Multi-user access to web interface allows stakeholders to view relevant infrastructure status. User-specific views ensures clients only see the infrastructure components they’re authorized for.

Nagios Core Features

  • Supported: Advanced Graphs & Visualizations
  • Supported: Performance & Capacity Planning Graphs
  • Supported: Configuration Wizards
  • Supported: Advanced Infrastructure Management
  • Supported: Configuration Snapshot Archive
  • Supported: Advanced User Management
  • Supported: Service-Level Agreement (SLA) Reports
  • Supported: Extendable Architecture

Nagios Core Integrations

Nagios Core Competitors

Nagios Core Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Polish

Frequently Asked Questions

Nagios provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components. Multiple APIs and community-build add-ons enable integration and monitoring with in-house and third-party applications for optimized scaling.

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM), and N-able Risk Intelligence are common alternatives for Nagios Core.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 7.7.

The most common users of Nagios Core are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Nagios, a popular IT infrastructure monitoring tool, has proven to be a valuable asset for organizations across various departments. With its robust monitoring capabilities and ease of setup, Nagios has become a go-to solution for many users. Users have found Nagios useful for a wide range of use cases, including monitoring applications and computing resources, gaining insights through reporting features, and proactively detecting potential issues. Nagios' ability to handle a large number of servers and services without stability issues has been commended by users. It also offers hassle-free implementation of plugins behind firewalls, supporting both Pull and Push Monitoring methods. The customization options in Nagios allow users to create plugins in various programming languages, making it adaptable to their specific needs. Integration with other technologies like MySQL, NRDP, Pnp4Nagios, and Grafana further enhances its functionality. For example, Nagios can be integrated with MySQL for storage and retrieval, NRDP for push alerting, Pnp4Nagios for RRD graphing, and Grafana for aggregated graphing, dashboards, heat-maps, and alerts.

Nagios plays a vital role in monitoring infrastructure for multiple departments within organizations. It is widely used by network operations teams to monitor infrastructure 24/7 and configure alerts for application status. Users have also found Nagios instrumental in identifying bottlenecks and patching issues during the testing phase. With its ability to monitor a diverse range of server operating systems and components like disk space, CPU and memory utilization, network availability, Kerberos replication, Active Directory, Novell NDS driver monitoring, among others; Nagios provides comprehensive coverage for system monitoring needs. It saves time by automating server space checks and sending real-time information to the IT team. Additionally, Nagios proves its worth in data centers by issuing early alerts on sensitive equipment such as servers, switches, routers, firewalls, and air conditioners. The tool is also used by various departments like Data Center Operations, Provisioning, Operations, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Monitoring to ensure the health and performance of their respective areas. Overall, Nagios stands out as an excellent open-source monitoring tool with a large community of users and scripts available for monitoring diverse applications, servers, websites, and services.

Flexibility and Configurability: Many users have praised Nagios for its extreme flexibility and configurability. They appreciate the ability to customize the monitoring according to their specific needs, including agent and agentless monitoring solutions with a variety of plugins.

Intuitive User Interface: The simplicity and ease of use of Nagios' user interface are highly praised by users. They mention that the interface is intuitive and easy to read, allowing them to quickly understand the monitoring status and identify any issues.

Extensibility through Plugins: The extensibility of Nagios through plugins, scripts, and customizations is highly valued by users. They mention that they have been able to add any needed functionality using plugins and scripts, making Nagios more flexible than other monitoring systems.

Dated and Unattractive User Interface: Several users have criticized Nagios for its dated and unattractive user interface, which they find less appealing. The interface is in need of a major overhaul to improve usability and streamline the experience. Some users have suggested improvements to make it less confusing and easier to navigate.

Reliance on Community-Driven Plugins: Users have expressed frustration with the reliance on open source community-driven plugins for third-party applications and hardware support in Nagios. This can lead to unpolished or broken plugins, requiring additional time to configure. Configuring and deploying these plugins was troublesome for some users, requiring patience to connect all the various components.

Steep Learning Curve: The learning curve for Nagios can be steep, especially for those not familiar with Linux. The configuration process can be messy and prone to accidental breakage, making it challenging for new users. Additionally, some background knowledge of Linux is required during the initial configuration process.

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Nagios - Oldie but goodie

Rating: 3 out of 10
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March 02, 2016
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Vetted Review
Verified User
Nagios Core
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have used Nagios for over 10 years. It has been a great tool to monitor and react to emergencies and is flexible and easy to implement. Nagios allows us to connect to each of our servers and connect to all the services, ports, metrics, etc., for each server we have.
Pros and Cons
  • Trusted
  • Easy to implement
  • Many plugins already written
Likelihood to Recommend
Nagios is great if you're just learning about monitoring and want something that has been used for years. I have installed it in almost every company that I have worked for and it has been a great portal to the health and well being of our systems. At this point it is archaic software and there are better ways to implement monitoring (Sensu, Zabbix, Datadog, etc).
Return on Investment
  • Open sourced, so it's free.
  • Ugly UI so not something to show an executive team.
  • Great for understanding overall system health.
Alternatives Considered
Nagios was the best in the past and why I chose it for many of the companies I've worked for. Also, coming in to a company, there is almost always a Nagios server installed and since everyone knows the software it's easy to write plugins for it. But, in 2015, Nagios is a dinosaur and needs to be replaced with better, more scalable solutions.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
12
The uptime of servers is essential to all parts of the business. Allowing everyone to see the uptime and accessibility of the infrastructure allows them to see how our servers are running. Everyone from support to IT to operations to business analysts are allowed a view to our Nagios installation.
Support Headcount Required
2
Users will need to know linux, a command line interface editing tool (vi, emacs, pico, etc) and how to correctly edit conf files. It is rather quick and easy to do. For more dynamic work the conf files will need to be setup correctly, which can be tedious but worth it.
Business Processes Supported
  • Monitoring server status
  • Dynamic data checking
  • Dashboard view of server status.
Innovative Uses
  • Can alert on anything with custom written alerts
  • Can send data to other products (cacti, graphite, etc)
  • n/A
Future Planned Uses
  • Continue to deploy to new servers
  • Build out new environments
  • Find new ways to send data to other products.
Likelihood to Renew
2
Nagios is awesome yet antiquated and we plan to use other products that are free and open source that will do the same thing.
Products Replaced
No
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
The features of Nagios are ever expanding and allow users to see a full view of their infrastructure. Nagios has been around for YEARS now and many people within the industry have used and implemented it on their servers. It is easy to find employees that have used it in the past.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
Well, now that their our so many other companies and products out there doing the same thing as Nagios, we would probably go with an open source product. We would probably go with sensu and then connect that to Pagerduty or VictorOps to do alerting. We would also send data on to our Graphite/Grafana infrastructure to anaylze the data.
Premium Support
No
We don't believe it is worth the extra money.
Support Rating
3
It's good and they are able to answer our questions that we have.
Bug Resolution
No
Exceptional Examples of Nagios Core Support
We were having an issue with creating a new configuration for a server that didn't have any plugins. I was able to reach out to Nagios Enterprises and get successfully configure the check to do what we needed it to do. Their support was very informed and ultimately fixed my problem.
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