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Nagios Core

Open SourceGPL-2.0

The classic among open-source monitoring systems

Difficulty
●●● Advanced
Last check
2026-08-07

Description

Nagios Core is the original open-source monitoring system and has been an industry standard for IT infrastructure monitoring for over two decades. It offers host and service monitoring, notifications, event handlers, and an extensive plugin ecosystem. Nagios has a huge community and serves as the foundation for many other monitoring solutions.

Preview

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Platforms

WebLinuxDocker

Replaces the following proprietary tools

DatadogNagios Core
New RelicNagios Core
PagerDutyNagios Core

Self-Hosting

Nagios Core can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. Visit the official documentation for installation instructions.

Documentation →

Tags

#klassiker#plugins#netzwerk#infrastruktur#c

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