Nagios is Winner of InfoWorld's 2008 BOSSIE Award

Nagios is honored as being one of Infoworld's Best of Open Source Software ("BOSSIE") 2008 Award winners. Nagios won the "Server Monitoring" category as seen here. Full article linking to all the OSS winners can be found here. Thanks to everyone in the community for making Nagios such a huge success!

NETWAYS Nagios Conference Agenda Online

The agenda for the NETWAYS Nagios Conference, which runs Sept 11-12 in Nuremberg, Germany is now online. The conference will cover a large variety of topics around Nagios, with just over 50% of the presentations being held in English. You can view the agenda, as well as register for the conference by visiting http://www.netways.de/de/nagios_konferenz/.

Training Survey Winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in the training survey a few weeks back. Your input will help us to provide better training options to the Nagios community in the future. Congrats to the three winners of the Amazon gift certificates: David Fredo, Eujon Sellers, and Daniel Nijs!

New Nagios Users Group on LinkedIn.com

Hey Nagios Users! A new Nagios users group has just created on LinkedIn. For those who haven't used LinkedIn before, its a great way to keep track of your professional contacts. Click here to join the group and connect with other Nagios pros. Thanks to Jeff Surofsky for this great idea.

Nagios 3.0.3 Released

Nagios 3.0.3 has just been released to fix a few bugs present in 3.0.2. Read the Changelog and download Nagios 3.0.3 now.

Survey: Nagios Training Offerings

Nagios Enterprises and Groundwork Open Source are determining the feasibility of offering Nagios training services. In order to ensure future Nagios training offerings meet your expectations, we are asking Nagios users to complete a short survey. The survey will help us to determine the training topics and methodologies which are of the most interest to the Nagios community. Participants who complete the entire survey will be automatically entered in a drawing to win one of three $50 USD Amazon gift certificates. Click here to take survey.

Awesome Nagios Hack: R2-D2 Integration

This has got to be the coolest Nagios hacks I've seen over the years. Some Japanese Nagios users rigged up an R2-D2 DVD projector with Nagios to help visualize system problems. See it in action at Gizmodo.

NETWAYS Nagios Conference - September 11-12, 2008

Don't miss out on the chance to attend the third NETWAYS Nagios Conference on September 11-12, in Nuremberg, Germany. Previous conferences have been a huge success and you can expect the same this year. This conference - presented by NETWAYS - offers a rare opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with Nagios experts while networking with professionals from various industries. Speakers include: Ethan Galstad, Ton Voon, Wolfgang Barth, and more. Call for Papers is still open. Register before 30 June, 2008 to get the Early bird discount. For more information, registration, or to submit a presentation visit http://www.netways.de/nagios_konferenz/.

Nagios 3.0.2 and 2.12 Released

New releases of both Nagios 3.x and 2.x have been made today. Nagios 2.12 includes a fix for an XSS vulnerability discovered by the SUSE Linux team. Nagios 3.0.2 includes the XSS fix, as well as fixes for a number of bugs affecting earlier Nagios 3.x releases. Read the Changelogs for more information and download a new release here.

Nordic Nagios Meet in Stockholm, Sweden - June 3-4, 2008

Don't miss the chance to attend the upcoming Nagios Nordic Meet 08 in Stockholm, Sweden June 3-4. Come and meet key individuals from the open source community and discuss the future of their OSS Projects, technical news, market trends and listen to case studies focusing on business value. Speakers include: Ethan Galstad - founder of Nagios, Tobias Oetiker - founder of RRD Tools, Balazs Scheidler - founder of SysLog-NG, Andreas Ericsson - developer and member of Nagios Enterprises advisory board, and more. For more information, or to register, visit http://www.nordicnagiosmeet.wmr.se/.

Nagios 3.0.1 Released

Nagios 3.0.1 - the first bug fix to the 3.x stable branch - has just been released. Read the Changelog and download Nagios 3.0.1 now.

Nagios 3.0 Released

Nagios 3.0 (stable) has just been released! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release by suggesting features, testing code, and submitting patches. Read the Changelog and download Nagios 3.0 now.

Nagios 2.11 Released

Nagios 2.11 has been released and includes a number of fixes for bugs that were present in 2.10. You can see the Changelog here and download it here. The 2.x branch will soon become legacy (stable) code, as 3.0 is just about to be released.

Nagios 3.0rc3 Released

The third release candidate for Nagios 3.0 (3.0rc3) has just been released. RC3 contains a number of fixes for bugs present in RC2, as well as some speed improvements. 3.0 final is not far away at this point. Read the Changelog for a description of changes made and download RC3 now.

Nagios Voted 2007 Monitoring Application of the Year

Nagios has been voted Monitoring Application of the Year for 2007 by LinuxQuestions.org members! Thanks to all those who voted and to everyone who has made Nagios such a great success!

Nagios 3.0rc2 Released

The second release candidate for Nagios 3.0 (3.0rc2) has just been released. RC2 contains a number of fixes for bugs present in RC1. Read the Changelog for a description of changes made and download RC2 now.

Nagios 3.0rc1 Released

The first release candidate for Nagios 3.0 (3.0rc1) has been released. It contains fixes for a few bugs present in beta 7 and puts things closer to a stable release. Check out the Changelog and download it now. Happy Holidays and may your pagers be silent during the festivities!

Nagios 3.0b7 Released

Nagios 3.0b7 has been released to fix a few bugs present in beta 6. Check out the Changelog and download it now. We're closing in on a release candidate for Nagios 3, as I don't plan on changing any more major portions of the code.

Nagios Enterprises Launches

I'm pleased to announced that Nagios Enterprises has been launched to provide professional solutions - including support and consulting services - for Nagios. This is an exciting moment for both myself and the Nagios project. Woohoo! Here we go...

Nagios 3.0b6 and NDOUtils 1.4b7 Released

The march towards a stable 3.0 release continues! Nagios 3.0b6 has just been released - it includes bug fixes, new macro code that should help with performance in large installations, and some new features discusses at the NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz. Check out the Changelog and download it now. NDOUtils 1.4b7 has also been released to work with the latest beta of Nagios and contains some fixes for bugs that were present in the previous release. Enjoy!

Nagios 2.10 Released

Nagios 2.10 has been released and includes a number of fixes for bugs that were present in 2.9. You can see the Changelog here and download it here.

NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz October 11-12

As a reminder, the NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz 2007 is happening later this week - Thursday and Friday. Last year's conference was fantastic and I'm looking forward to meeting even more Nagios users in person this time around. If you can't attend the conference in person, you can purchase access to live streams of conference sessions from Linux Magazin here.

Nagios 3.0b5 Released

Nagios 3.0b5 has been released to fix some bugs present in beta 4. Check out the Changelog and download it now.

Nagios 3.0b4 Released

Nagios 3.0b4 has been released to fix a few bugs present in beta 3. There are also some improvements in the cached host check logic that should help with performance. Check out the Changelog and download it now. NDOUtils 1.4b6 has also been released to work with the latest beta of Nagios and contains a bugfix for segfaults that were occurring in the prior release.

Nagios 3.0b3 Released

Nagios 3.0b2 had a big bug that affected notifications (they weren't being sent out properly), so I made a new 3.0b3 release today. Check out the Changelog and download it now. NDOUtils 1.4b5 (released yesterday) will work fine with Nagios 3.0b3. For those of you in the U.S., enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

Nagios 3.0b2 Released

A new beta release of the Nagios 3 code has just made it out. 3.0b2 fixes a few bugs present in beta 1 and includes some more improvements to the new host check logic. Check out the Changelog and download it now. NDOUtils 1.4b5 was also released to stay current with internal changes made in Nagios 3.0b2, so get that as well if you need it.

Nagios 3.0b1 Released

The first beta release of the Nagios 3 code is finally here. Nagios 3.0b1 fixes some bugs present in the previous alpha release, and includes a few new features to boot. You can see the Changelog here and download the 3.0b1 release here.

Nagios is a Community Choice Awards Finalist - Vote Today!

Nagios is one of the 2007 SourceForge Community Choice Awards finalists in the 'Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins' cateogy! Thanks to everyone who nominated it! Now that the nomination process is complete, the voting begins to determine the Community Choice Award winners in each category. Vote for Nagios and your other favorite OSS apps by visiting http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/vote.php

WebReboot Enterprise Discounts for Nagios Users

Servprise is now offering Nagios users a 10% discount off their WebReboot Enterprise product - a high-density version of the Webreboot that provides hardware-safe remote reboot and power control of servers. Available in 24, 48, or 80 port configurations. Click here for details.

NSCA 2.7.2 Released

I just released NSCA 2.7.2 today to fix a possible bug with a multi-process NSCA daemon not accepting new clients and eating CPU due to the untimely death of child processes. The patch was pretty old (over a year), but I missed it until another user brought it to my attention. Get the latest version of NSCA here.

Nagios 3.0a5 Released

A new alpha release of the Nagios 3 code has just made it out. 3.0a5 fixes a few bugs present in 3.0a4 and includes support for soft passive host checks, initial non-UP/OK states, and enhanced timeperiod definitions that should make rotation on-call schedules much easier to define. Check out the Changelog and download it now. NDOUtils 1.4b4 was also released to stay current with internal changes made in Nagios 3.0a5, so grab it if you need it.

NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz 2007 registration begins

Registration for the 2007 NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz has begun. The conference is held in Nuremberg, Germany from October 11-12. More information can be found at http://www.netways.de/de/nagios_konferenz/.

Nagios Site Back Up

Arggh! Nothing like admins making changes that break things right before a 3-day holiday weekend and not telling anyone. The Nagios.org site was moved (unknown to me) Saturday morning and left in a broken state. I moved the site to a new provider, so DNS changes should finish propagating by this afternoon.

Nagios 3.0a4 Released

The fourth alpha release of Nagios 3 is now available for more testing. As mentioned before, this is development code, so be careful when deployng it. Read the Changelog for changes since alpha 3. You can download the alpha release here.

Open Source, Nagios, and Corporate Responsibility

Will Hurley posted an interesting blog article at TalkBMC titled " Welcome to Opensville, Population Zero. He talks about how some companies build their products on Open Source projects like Nagios, but fail to give back to the respective communities. Very interesting read that should provoke some good discussions.

New Releases: Nagios 2.9, Nagios 3.0a3, and NDOUtils 1.4b3

A couple of new releases today... Nagios 2.9 (stable) was just released to fix a few bugs present in the Nagios 2.8. Nagios 3.0a3 (development) was released as the latest alpha snapshot of the Nagios 3 code. And NDOUtils 1.4b3 was released with support for the latest Nagios 3 alpha code. Read the Changelog for a detailed list of changes that have been made in the Nagios releases. You can download the latest releases here.

Nagios 3.0a2 Released

The second alpha release of Nagios 3 is now available for more testing. This is development code, so I wouldn't recommend replacing your stable Nagios 2.x installation with it yet. Read the Changelog for changes since alpha 1. You can download the alpha release here. SourceForge seems to be having intermittent problems today, so be patient when downloading...

NRPE 2.8b1 Available For Testing

I just released NRPE 2.8b1 for testing. The only significant changes since version 2.7.1 is the addition of new PDF documentation that describes in detail how NRPE works and how to get it installed. I'd love to hear what people think of the new installation docs, as I want to make it easy for new folks to get started using the addon. You can see the documentation online here and download the latest beta release here.

eValid Web Application Monitoring

I'm pleased to announce that Nagios users can get a 10% discount on purchases of eValid's Web Application Monitoring Solution. eValid allows you to perform browser-based functional tests of your applications from the perspective of an end user. The monitoring engine includes a number of powerful features like record/playback capability, validation, timing, and batch mode operations. Click here for more information.

Nagios 2.8 and NRPE 2.7.1 Released

Nagios 2.8 has just been released! This latest stable release fixes several bugs that were present in versions 2.7 and earlier (see the Changelog). NRPE 2.7.1 was also released with a minor bugfix to prevent compilations errors under AIX. You can download the new releases here.

Nagios 3.0a1 Released

The first official alpha release of Nagios 3 is now available! This is development code, so I wouldn't recommend replacing your stable Nagios 2.x installation with it yet. Lots of improvements have been made since Nagios 2.x. Read What's New for more information. You can download the alpha release here.

Nagios Community Site Open

NagiosCommunity.org has just been launched. It's a new site that will hopefully prove to be useful for Nagios users. The blog will be used to communicate development information more effectively and the wiki is a user-run ecosystem of tutorials, presentations, event information, etc. Check it out and start contributing!

NRPE 2.7 Released

NRPE version 2.7 has just been released. The new release allow the NRPE daemon to continue if non-fatal configuration errors are encountered, and should detect the location of SSL header and library files better. You can download the new release of NRPE here.

Ton Voon @ FOSDEM 2007

If you're headed to the FOSDEM 2007 conference in Brussels this coming weekend, make sure to check out Ton Voon's "Lightning Talk" about the Nagios Plugins. Ton will give a quick introduction to Nagios and the Plugins and give a "how to write a plugin in 8 minutes" demonstration. More details can be found here.

Opengear Gateway and Console Server Discounts

Opengear is offering Nagios users a 10% discount off their IM4200 gateways and CM4000 console servers, which provide secure access to and control of servers, routers, switches and power devices in your remote data centers. They provide secure out-of-band access to your hosts and network devices, so you can still manage things while they're being Slashdotted. Both products include an embedded NSCA client and NRPE server for easy integration into your Nagios-based monitoring infrastructure. Very cool stuff! Click here for more information.

Nagios-Based Monitoring Appliance by azeti

azeti is offering discounts on its Nagios-based azeti-A monitoring appliance, which provides a reliable and easy-to-use monitoring solution. Includes 100% web-based configuration, live updates, and optional support plan. This is an excellent option for folks that don't want to install and configure Nagios on their own. Click here for more information.

Nagios Book by Wolfgang Barth In Second Printing

Wolfgang Barth's "Nagios: System and Network Monitoring" book has sold out of its first printing and is now going into its second printing. No Starch Press is still offering Nagios users a discount when ordering the book - click here for more information. Kudos to Wolfgang and NoStarch for the excellent book!

New Nagios Solution Providers

FrontLine Internet Security and Comunet Pty Ltd are the latest companies to become Nagios Solution Providers. FrontLine has offices in California and Comunet is based in Australia. If you are in need of professional support for Nagios, check out their service offerings. More information can be found here.

NSCA 2.7.1 Released

A bug affecting NSCA versions 2.6 and 2.7 has been fixed with a new 2.7.1 release. The bug prevented the NSCA daemon from working properly in single process mode. The new release can be downloaded here.

Enviromux Discounts for Nagios Users

NTI is offering Nagios users a 5% discount off regular prices for their ENVIROMUX-SEMS-16 server environment monitoring system. The Enviromux can monitor a variety of environmental conditions such as temp, humidity, liquid presence, motion, intrusion, and vibration. Rackmountable, with 16 external sensors, and much more. Click here for more information.

NDOUtils 1.4b2 Released

I just released a new version of the NDOUtils addon. The 1.4b2 release fixes a few bugs present in beta 1 and includes some sample SQL scripts for querying data. Use caution when using this addon, as it may cause Nagios to hang or segfault. Requires Nagios 2.7 or the latest Nagios 3 pre-alpha CVS code.

Nagios 2.7 Released

Nagios 2.7 has just been released! This latest stable release fixes a few bugs present in versions 2.6 (see the Changelog). You can download the new release here.

NDOUtils 1.4b1 Released

Finally! After many moons I have finally gotten around to fixing some bugs and documenting DB structures for the NDOUtils addon. NDOUtils 1.4b1 (that's beta 1) has been released and can be downloaded here. The new release support both Nagios 2.x and the Nagios 3 alpha CVS code. Treat it as experimental, as a number of things have changed since the 1.3 release.

AQL SMS Messaging Discounts for Nagios Users

Happy New Year Nagios users! I'm happy to announce that (aq) limited is now offering Nagios users 50 free credits when signing up for aql.com messaging services. Click here for more information.

WebReboot Discounts for Nagios Users

I am pleased to announce that Servprise is offering Nagios users a 10% discount off their WebReboot product, which allows you to remotely reboot and power on/off servers. Great for recovering from BSODs, power outages, virus outbreaks, etc. Click here for more information.

New NSCA and NRPE Releases

New versions of both the NSCA and NRPE addons have been released. New features in NRPE 2.6 include a more graceful connection shutdown, ability to have timeouts return an UNKNOWN status, and ability to handle dead client connections. NSCA 2.7 fixes a segfault that can occur with a malformed command line. You can download the latest release of both addons here.

Nagios 2.6 Released

Nagios 2.6 has just been released! This latest stable release fixes a few bugs present in versions 2.5 and earlier (see the Changelog). You can download the new release here.

NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz 2006 Over

The NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz 2006 was a great success! Thanks to all who attended, presented, and helped out - it was great to meet many of you. A special thanks to all the folks at NETWAYS for organizing and hosting the conference. I've posted a few of the pics I took here - the conference site has more for you to check out.

Nagios Tutorial at Linux-Kongress

There will be a two day tutorial on network monitoring with Open Source tools during this years Linux-Kongress which takes place in Nürnberg, Germany from Sep 5th to Sep 8th, 2006. The tutorial will be in German and will include NET-SNMP, NAGIOS, MRTG, syslog-ng and Ethereal. More information can be found here.

Nagios Integrated into Network Security Toolkit

Ron Henderson, one of the NST (Network Security Toolkit) team developers, has informed me that Nagios has been integrated into the latest version of NST v1.4.2. For more information visit http://networksecuritytoolkit.org/.

Nagios 2.5 Released

Nagios 2.5 has been released to fix some bugs present in 2.4 and earlier (see the Changelog). You can download the new release here.

Swissphone SMS Discounts for Nagios Users

I am pleased to announce that Swissphone is offering Nagios users a 10% discount off their SMS and paging messaging services, which include email-to-SMS notifications and an OCX/XML interface for status tracking and bidirectional communication. Click here for more information.

NRPE 2.5.2 Released

A new version of the NRPE (2.5.2) has been released that fixes a few bugs present in 2.5.1. You can download the latest release here. To all of you U.S. residents - have an enjoyable 4th of July weekend (sans Nagios alerts).

Upcoming Conferences

Conferences! Subhendu Ghosh and Benoit Mortier will be presenting at the upcoming Libre Software Meeting 2006 in Nancy, France that runs from July 4th-8th. Ton Voon, Wolfgang Barth, and Ethan Galstad will be presenting at the NETWAYS Nagios Konferenz 2006 in Nuremberg, Germany that runs from September 21st-22nd. If you're able to attend one or more of these conferences it would be a great opportunity to meet some of the influential folks in the Nagios community. Visit the events page for more information on these upcoming conferences.

New Nagios Book by Wolfgang Barth

Wolfgang Barth has written an excellent book on Nagios titled "Nagios: System and Network Monitoring", which I would certainly recommend to both new and seasoned Nagios users. No Starch Press is offering Nagios users a discount when ordering the book - click here for more information.

Nagios 2.4 Released

Nagios 2.4 has been released to fix some relatively minor bugs present in 2.3.1 and earlier (see the Changelog). The new release can be obtained here. Happy monitoring!

Nagios Solution Providers

I am happy to announce that Qlusters, Altinity, and Truepath Technologies are the first Nagios Solution Providers^TM to offer enterprise class support, integration, and monitoring services for Nagios users. Check out the Nagios Solution Providers page for more information.

Nagios 1.4.1 and 2.3.1 Released

New versions of both the Nagios 1.x and 2.x code branches have been released and contain a fix for another content length (buffer) overflow that could affect the CGIs. Nagios 2.3.1 and (for people running 1.x versions) 1.4.1 can be downloaded here. The Changelog for both releases can be found here. Thanks to Sean Finney and the Debian folks for this patch.

Nagios 1.4 and 2.3 Released

New versions of both the Nagios 1.x and 2.x code branches have been released and contain a fix for a content length (buffer) overflow that could affect the CGIs under certain web servers (although probably not Apache). Nagios 2.3 and (for folks running 1.x versions) 1.4 can be downloaded here. The Changelog for both releases can be found here.

MinneBar Event

If you're located in the Saint Paul/Minneapolis area, register for the (free) MinneBar (un)conference on Saturday, May 6th. I'll be there and would love to meet you!

Nagios 2.2 Released

Nagios 2.2 (stable - hopefully) has just been released and can be downloaded here. This release fixes a segfault (introduced in 2.1) which can occur during flapping service notifications, so you should definitely upgrade if you're running Nagios 2.1. The Changelog can be found here.

NRPE 2.5 and NSCA 2.6 Released

New versions of the NRPE (2.5) and NSCA (2.6) addons have been released. The new NRPE release fixes a few bugs in 2.4 and supports an allowed_hosts option in the config file (this was supported in earlier NRPE releases, but later removed). The NSCA release fixes a segfault, and adds support for reloading config via a SIGHUP and chroot jail. You can download both addons here.

Nagios 2.1 Released

Nagios 2.1 (stable) has just been released and can be downloaded here. A number of bug fixes have been made since the 2.0 release, so you are encouraged to upgrade if you're currently using Nagios 2.x. The Changelog can be found here.

Nagios and Splunk Integration

I am pleased to announce that Splunk and the Nagios project are working together to ensure integration between each software application. You can find out more about Splunk's troubleshooting products and the collaboration with the Nagios project here.

Nagios 2.0 Released

Nagios 2.0 (stable) has been released and can be downloaded here. The Changelog can be found here. Patches to the Nagios 2.0 code will go towards a 2.1 release in the future, and new features, changes, etc. will be applied to Nagios 3.0.

Reliable Response Discounts for Nagios Users

I am pleased to announce that Reliable Response is offering Nagios users a 20% discount off their notification server, which integrates with Nagios and provides advanced notification and tracking features. Click here for more information.