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	* [http://support.nagios.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Nagios support wiki]		* [http://support.nagios.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Nagios support wiki]
	* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios/ Nagios] at SourceForge

	==References==		==References==

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	Demos of Nagios software can be accessed [http://demos.nagios.com/ here].		Demos of Nagios software can be accessed [http://demos.nagios.com/ here].

	==~~Companies~~ using Nagios==		==Entities using Nagios==

	Examples of ~~companies~~ that use Nagios include:		Examples of entities that use Nagios include:

	AT&T, British Oceanographic Data Centre, CERN, Comcast, DHL, Idealab, International Committee of the Red Cross, L'Oreal, Linksys, MCI, Müller, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Oxford University Library Services, Peavey, Portland State University, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Puig, Research Studios Austria FG, Shell, Siemens Healthcare, Toshiba France, United Agri Products, United Drug, Yahoo!		AT&T, British Oceanographic Data Centre, CERN, Comcast, DHL, Idealab, International Committee of the Red Cross, L'Oreal, Linksys, MCI, Müller, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Oxford University Library Services, Peavey, Portland State University, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Puig, Research Studios Austria FG, Shell, Siemens Healthcare, Toshiba France, United Agri Products, United Drug, Yahoo!

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{{Infobox software
| name = Nagios
| title = Nagios
| logo = [[File:Nagios_Logo.jpg‎]]‎
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Ethan Galstad
| developer = Nagios Enterprises, LLC
| released = {{release date and age|1999|03|14}}<ref name="NagiosStart">{{cite web |url=http://www.netsaint.org/changelog.php |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060501150621/http://www.netsaint.org/changelog.php |archivedate=1 May 2006 |title=NetSaint Change Log |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</reF>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = yes
| programming language = C
| operating system = Cross-platform
| platform =
| size =
| language =
| status =
| genre = Asset management software<br />Network management software
| license = GNU General Public License
| website = [http://www.nagios.org/ Nagios.org]
}}

'''Nagios''' (referred to as '''Nagios Core''' officially) is a popular open-source web-based [[network monitoring]] and asset management software application. Nagios offers complete monitoring and alerting for servers, switches, applications, and services, and it watches hosts and services, alerting users when things go wrong and again when they get better. Nagios was originally designed to run under Linux, but now also runs well on other Unix variants.

A commercial version of the software called Nagios XI is also available by the development team Nagios Enterprises.

==Product history==

Nagios, originally created under the name ''NetSaint'', was written and is currently maintained by Ethan Galstad, along with a group of developers actively maintaining both official and unofficial plugins. Nagios is actually a recursive acronym: "Nagios Ain't Gonna Insist On Sainthood",<ref name="NagiosAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.nagios.org/about/history |title=Nagios - Nagios History |publisher=Nagios Enterprises, LLC |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref> "Agios" is also a transliteration of the Greek word ''άγιος'' which means "saint."

NetSaint was first released by Galstad as version 0.0.1 in March of 1999<ref name="NagiosStart" />, thinking "there might be approximately one dozen other people who might be interested in the application."<ref name="NagiosAbout" /> A corresponding SourceForge project was set up for NetSaint on May 3, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios/ |title=Nagios |publisher=SourceForge.net |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref> In March 2002, the final release under the "NetSaint" name took place as version 0.0.7.<ref name="NagiosStart" />, followed by a name change to "Nagios" due to a trademark dispute over the use of "Saint."<ref name="GalstadInt">{{cite web |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Interview-Ethan-Galstad-The-Nagios-future-958826.html |title=Interview: Ethan Galstad - The Nagios future |author=Walker-Morgan, Dj |publisher=The H |date=24 March 2010 |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>

Nagios went on to win the June 2005 SourceForge Project of the Month award, with Galstad citing the critical work done by its contributors to the software and its plug-ins for its success.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2005-06.php |title=Project of the Month, June 2005 - Nagios |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=June 2005 |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>

Nagios Enterprises, the entity responsible for the software's development, revealed in March 2012 that its Nagios software was the winner of "Network Monitoring Application Of The Year" award in the 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards, <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9253304.htm |title=Nagios Wins Network Monitoring Application Of The Year Award |publisher=PRWeb |date=6 March 2012 |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref> after previously winning the award in 2007 and 2008.<ref name="NagiosAbout" />

==Features==

Major features of Nagios Core include<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nagios.org/about/features |title=Nagios - Nagios Features |publisher=Nagios Enterprises, LLC |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>:

* monitoring of in-house and custom applications, services, and systems
* detailed status information of IT infrastructure
* e-mail and SMS support
* alerts and event handlers
* trending and capacity planning
* flexible reporting
* multi-tenant capabilities
* user-based security
* extendable architecture
* scalability

==Hardware/software requirements==

Base requirements for the installation of GLPI include:

* a machine running Linux (or UNIX variant) that has network access
* an installed C compiler if installing from source code
* if not using Nagios' included CGIs, a web server (preferably Apache) and Thomas Boutell's gd library version 1.6.3 or higher

More information about the requirements for installing the core Nagios software can be found in [http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/3/en/about.html#requirements the documentation].

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

You can take a tour of [http://www.nagios.org/about/screenshots Nagios screenshots] on the website.

Videos about the Nagios software line can be found on the [http://www.youtube.com/nagiosvideo/ Nagios YouTube channel]. Additional links to multimedia concerning Nagios can also be found on [http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Multimedia/Videos the Nagios site].

Demos of Nagios software can be accessed [http://demos.nagios.com/ here].

==Companies using Nagios==

Examples of companies that use Nagios include:

AT&T, British Oceanographic Data Centre, CERN, Comcast, DHL, Idealab, International Committee of the Red Cross, L'Oreal, Linksys, MCI, Müller, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Oxford University Library Services, Peavey, Portland State University, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Puig, Research Studios Austria FG, Shell, Siemens Healthcare, Toshiba France, United Agri Products, United Drug, Yahoo!

A full directory of Nagios users and testimonials can be found at the [http://users.nagios.org/directory Nagios website].

==Further reading==

* {{cite web |url=http://www.nagios.org/about/propaganda/books |title=Nagios - Nagios Books |publisher=Nagios Enterprises, LLC}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.nagios.org/documentation |title=Nagios - Nagios Documentation |publisher=Nagios Enterprises, LLC}}

==External links==

* [http://support.nagios.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Nagios support wiki]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagios/ Nagios] at SourceForge

==References==
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