What is Nagios XI and how is it different from Nagios Core

What is Nagios XI and how is it different from Nagios Core

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  sanjay@intuit.my | v1.1 NagiosXI nagios has just gotten better…
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  Introduction • Hybrid enterprise monitoring tool • Award wining and world’s no. 1 • XI is everything Nagios plus more.. • XI is complete WebUI GUI • XI is personalization & customizable • XI is programmable
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  • Everything web • Configuration • Dashboards • Customization • Etc.. • Wizards driven • Guided step by step • Make your own wizards • Extremely cool UIs • Built-in performance graphs • Dashboards, Reports, Views, Management Web
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  • Database backend • No more flat file based • Totally robust, exportable and customizable • Multi-tenant • One server, multiple users • Nagvis ready • Setup any type of graphical meaningful dashboard, straight off the bat • Advance dashboard • Personalized, customized and robust dashboards
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  Features • In addition to Nagios, here are some of the highlights of XI • Available in all versions of XI • Can be further customized to each organizational need
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  • Dashboards • Provide information to respective personnel exactly what matters to them
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  • Views • Like dashboards, except it loads multiple pages dynamically
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  • Multi tenant • Breakout large teams through a single setup Helpdesk Finance with smaller management groups • Create and manage individualized level of views and dashboards IT core IT servers net
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  • Wizards • Create checks in minutes! • Build your own (BYO Wizards)
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  • Wizard list out of the box • DHCP, DNS (with query), Radius • Email • Environmental monitoring • Exchange • Network generic devices • LDAP • Linux, Windows, Mac, Solaris • SMTP servers • MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, Oracle • SNMP – Trap, Walk • Switches/Routers/Firewalls • Raw TCP/IP port • Watchguard • URLs, Web Transaction • VMWare • Printers • Custom ones..(e.g. Wizard for Antivirus checks)
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  • Auto discovery • Add hosts in one go • Check what OS too.. • Schedule adding of new host automatically
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  • Configuration Manager • Get down to details and customize more… • Done through WebUI • Import and export functions • Bulk operations
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  • Nagvis • Visual Nagios • Monitor what you want, how you want it • Now! With dynamic charts
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  • Operations Map • Point in time critical information • Built to mount on walls for easy viewing • Dynamic updates • Customizable with similar concept
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  • User manager • Create multiple users • Create different permission for them • Can be used as contact for notification
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  • Built-in reports • Executive summaries • Availability • State history • Top Alert producers • Notification reports • Raw event logs • Nagios bandwidth usage • Capacity planning tool • Reports can be printed, exported and scheduled to run on a periodic basis • Data visualization • Heatmaps, Cloud, Timeline and Replays • Legacy reports (Nagios Core)
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  • Everything Nagios • What you can do with Nagios you can do it with XI • Monitor just about anything • A little under 2500 readily available free plugins • It can work together with an existing Nagios installation • You can also import config files • You can distribute Nagios to off load XI
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  Scalability • Manage centrally multiple servers • Important when you do tens of thousands of host and services monitoring? • Scale also based on geographical locations and/or distribute load
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  • Centralization • Centrally view and manage multiple Nagios servers (including Nagios Core) • Decentralized management if required • Unlimited scalability • Connects via HTTP(s) • Authentication passthru • Runs on existing servers or separately
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  • Load distribution • Use single NagiosXI/NagiosCore backend • Check thousands of hosts • Check tens of thousands of services • Scale as many servers as you like • Distribute across WAN links
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  Nagios XI nagios hasjust gotten better… Thanks