What’s Included In Nagios CSP

The Nagios Core Services Platform (CSP) download includes a number of Open Source Nagios monitoring projects in a unified download format.

Nagios Core Services Platform

In addition to including individual Open Source Software components, the Nagios CSP distribution includes a pre-made virtual machine of a free edition of Nagios XI – our flagship monitoring solution that provides smart monitoring wizards, advanced reporting, and insightful dashboards. 

Nagios CSP Open Source Components

The Nagios CSP distribution includes the following Open Source monitoring components:

1. Nagios Core – The Open Source monitoring engine trusted by 1M+ users worldwide
2. Nagios Plugins – The official Nagios Plugins project that works in combination with Nagios Core to monitor key services, applications, and network devices
3. Nagios Mod Gearman – An addon for Nagios Core that allows for extreme scalability in monitoring large IT environments
4. NDOUtils – The database backend for Nagios Core that allows for a powerful UI with dashboards and multi-user access
5. NSClient++ – A Windows agent that allows Nagios Core to monitor Windows workstations, laptops, and servers
6. NCPA – A cross-platform agent that allows Nagios Core to monitor Windows, Linux, and Mac systems
7. NRPE – A server agent for allowing Nagios Core to monitor remote Linux and Unix systems
8. NSCA – A server agent for Nagios Core that provides a method for accepting passive check data from external sources

Bonus Addons

Nagios CSP also includes popular community-contributed Nagios monitoring agents, visualization tools, configuration tools, and alternative frontends, including:

1. NagVis – A mapping, diagramming and visualization tool for Nagios Core
2. Ngtbx – A tool for monitoring Windows hosts with Nagios Core
3. NagEventLog – An agent to allow Windows Event Logs to be monitored with Nagios Core
4. NagiosWSC – A plugin and .NET web service to enable querying of multiple windows machines via WMI
5. Nagios-statd – An addon consisting of a Python daemon and client that allow you to easily check remote host information (load, users, filesystem, processes, etc.)
6. NCAP – A third-party collector for remote NRPE checks that allows Nagios Core to scale monitoring
7. NC_NET – A Windows monitoring agent for Nagios Core that can perform both passive and active checks, WMI checks, and can run external scripts
8. NRPE-Py – A Python implementation of the NRPE agent with SSL support & authentication
9. NRPE_NT – A native Windows implementation of the NRPE agent
10. NRDP – A flexible passive check data transport mechanism and processor for Nagios that works over HTTP/HTTPS
11. NConf – A PHP based web-tool for configuring Nagios Core
12. NagiosQL – A PHP based web interface for configuring Nagios Core
13. Nag2web – A PHP/MySQL web front-end for configuring Nagios Core and Nagios XI
14. NCPL – A web solution for configuring Nagios Core that gives you centralized control over remote Nagios systems from a central server
15. Thruk – An alternative web interface for Nagios Core
16. Lilac-Reloaded – A web based configuration tool for Nagios Core

Bonus Plugins

Nagios CSP also includes popular community-contributed Nagios plugins for monitoring databases, systems, network devices, and more, including:

1. check_linux_stats – Plugin for monitoring Linux system performance (cpu, mem, load, disk usage, disk io, network usage, open files and processes)
2. check_o365licenseusage – Nagios plugin for monitoring Office 365 license usage
3. check_azuresql – Nagios plugin for monitoring Microsoft Azure state backup and metrics
4. check_mssql_health – Nagios plugin for monitoring Microsoft SQL Server health and metrics
5. check_webinject – Nagios plugin for monitoring WebInject web transactions
6. check_vmware_snapshots – Nagios plugin for monitoring VMware snapshots
7. check_db2_health – Nagios plugin for monitoring DB2 database health and metrics
8. check_mysql_health – Nagios plugin for monitoring MySQL database health and metrics
9. check_oracle_health – Nagios plugin for monitoring Oracle database health and metrics
10. check_logfiles – Nagios plugin for monitoring log files for patterns
11. check_ntp_health – Nagios plugin for monitoring NTP servers
12. AWS ECS Cluster Monitor – Nagios plugins for monitoring Amazon ECS clusters
13. AWS Cloudwatch Metrics – Nagios plugins for monitoring Amazon Cloudwatch
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