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Nagios is a tool for system and network monitoring. It constantly checks other machines and various services on those machines. The main purpose of system monitoring is to detect and report any system not working properly as soon as possible—so that you are aware of problems before a user runs into them. It is a modular and flexible solution that uses plug-ins to do its job.
The book is an introduction to Nagios that will teach readers to use Nagios with its advanced features. At the same time, readers who have already used earlier versions of Nagios will also benefit because they will learn about the new and advanced features of Nagios 3.
The book is an introduction to Nagios that will teach readers to use Nagios with its advanced features. At the same time, readers who have already used earlier versions of Nagios will also benefit because they will learn about the new and advanced features of Nagios 3.
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Wojciech Kocjan
Wojciech Kocjan is a system administrator and a programmer with 10 years of experience. His expertise includes managing Linux, Sun, and IBM servers. He also has several years of experience in a variety of open source projects.
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Format:Paperback
As a totally new user of Nagios, I found the book very useful in learning how to get started and setting up Nagios, although not complete.
It does cover loads of aspects and later chapters explain on how to expand from simple to advanced system checks and writing your own plug-ins, however it feels like the book was published in a rush, as several places placeholders of X exists, like covering a subject, see page X for more details. Sometimes sentences required a second glance because of odd word structures too.
At the end of the day however, if you can look past these minor issues, the book is absolutely recommendable if you like to have either a reference in paper or just are starting out with Nagios; google is great for examples of how to implement the things the book doesn't cover, it does point you in the right direction however ;)
It does cover loads of aspects and later chapters explain on how to expand from simple to advanced system checks and writing your own plug-ins, however it feels like the book was published in a rush, as several places placeholders of X exists, like covering a subject, see page X for more details. Sometimes sentences required a second glance because of odd word structures too.
At the end of the day however, if you can look past these minor issues, the book is absolutely recommendable if you like to have either a reference in paper or just are starting out with Nagios; google is great for examples of how to implement the things the book doesn't cover, it does point you in the right direction however ;)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Almost great
18 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
From the technical perspective the book is well written. I would even venture to say the book is great for people just getting into Nagios monitoring, as it goes from a basic set up to on-fly configuration modifications with event handlers. I would, if only the book wasn't lacking so much in terms of editing. I'm sorry to say that, but the number of poorly phrased sentences is tremendously high, especially for a UK-based publishing company. Every now and then I had to re-read a sentence once or twice just to understand what is about, which makes it a bit hard to read but you can get used to it, and when you do you'll get a lot of valuable information from this book.
Although in my opinion this books yearns for some editing I can (with a clear conscience) recommend it to anyone deploying Nagios in his IT environment. Even if you already have a working Nagios configuration you will most probably stumble upon some good ideas here to help you make it more maintainable or simply more suited to your organization needs. I know I did.
Although in my opinion this books yearns for some editing I can (with a clear conscience) recommend it to anyone deploying Nagios in his IT environment. Even if you already have a working Nagios configuration you will most probably stumble upon some good ideas here to help you make it more maintainable or simply more suited to your organization needs. I know I did.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Nagios introduction and configuration - for beginners and advanced users
17 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
Book includes information for both nagios newbies and advanced administrators. Everything from installing to advanced configuration in one place. Good troubleshooting which is a big time saver. Many examples with explanations.
This book shows how to do many types of checks and gives practical examples. It also has a very good tutorial on remote host monitoring with screen dumps.
Many chapters include details on how you can add your own nagios functionality. Examples on how to write your own plugins are useful and include many programming languages. They also include my favorite language, Python.
This book shows how to do many types of checks and gives practical examples. It also has a very good tutorial on remote host monitoring with screen dumps.
Many chapters include details on how you can add your own nagios functionality. Examples on how to write your own plugins are useful and include many programming languages. They also include my favorite language, Python.
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