Publication date : 07/29/2024

Course : Nagios, network administration

Practical course - 4d - 28h00 - Ref. NAG
Price : 2380 € E.T.

Nagios, network administration




Nagios is an Open Source solution for monitoring servers, networks and applications. This course will teach you best practices for using Nagios, including how to install, configure and adapt it to your environment.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. NAG
  4d - 28h00
2380 € E.T.




Nagios is an Open Source solution for monitoring servers, networks and applications. This course will teach you best practices for using Nagios, including how to install, configure and adapt it to your environment.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Installing and configuring Nagios
Configuring Nagios from a Web interface
Monitor your Linux and Windows servers with Nagios
Key metrics for reporting

Intended audience
Systems and network technicians and administrators. Anyone wishing to set up a supervision system.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Linux, networks and IS.

Course schedule

1
Introduction

  • The challenges of an administration solution.
  • Market solutions. The role of Nagios.

2
Setting up a Nagios solution

  • Identifying needs.
  • Monitoring, QoS metrics and performance management functions.
  • Nagios fundamentals: hosts, services, commands, hostgroups...
  • What can you administer with Nagios?
  • SNMP's place in Nagios administration.
Hands-on work
Case study and demonstration of Nagios, Nagvis, NagiosBPI, NagiosXI, Centreon.

3
Nagios architecture

  • Description of the architecture.
  • Plug-ins and service checks.
  • Authentication of administrators and operators for access to functions.
  • External modules: metrology, plotter, etc.

4
Installing and configuring Nagios

  • Tarball installation and Nagios recompilation.
  • Installation of the standard plug-in set with recompilation.
  • Addition of a plug-in not included in the standard set.
  • How do you develop a plug-in?
  • How do you add complementary bricks?
  • SNMP and in particular traps with the Nagios solution.
  • Setting up a Grapher based on rrdtools.
  • How to use SNMP for supervision?
Hands-on work
Install Nagios and its plug-ins. Manage Linux servers with NRPE and ssh, and Windows servers with NSClient++ and WMI clients.

5
Adapt Nagios to your environment

  • Understanding the graphical interface.
  • Adaptability to the needs of the management solution to be implemented.
  • Customize the graphical interface.
  • Define user profiles and rights. Visibility of the managed system.
Hands-on work
Set up a grapher. Creation of profiles according to the zones to be administered. Set up nagiosmobile, Vshell.

6
Complementary solutions

  • Positioning of various solutions: Centreon, Nagios XI, icinga.
  • Must-have applications.
  • Nagvis, an Ajax-based graphical interface, network flow management with weathermap.
  • Nagios BPI, transform your interface into a view adapted to your business constraints.
Demonstration
Use of Centreon, Nagvis and NagiosBPI.


Dates and locations
Select your location or opt for the remote class then choose your date.
Remote class

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 26 May, 6 Oct.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 26 May, 6 Oct.