nagwin

How can I change the password of nagiosadmin user?

  • Open a DOS command prompt
  • Change working directory to the Nagwin installation directory\bin 
  • Run the following command to update the password:

 

htpasswd2 -b /etc/lighttpd/htpasswd nagiosadmin new-password

How can I get notified by e-mail in Nagwin ?

Nagwin has blat smtp mailer included. The first step is to let blat save your smtp server settings for later use:

 

bin/blat -SaveSettings -f from-address -server your.smtp.server -u login -pw password

 

How to monitor Nagwin itself ?

As you use Nagwin to monitor other hosts, you may wonder how the Nagwin itself can be monitored. This can be achieved by checking status.dat file age and existence of key processes. Here is a recipe to establish an out-of-band monitoring of Nagwin:

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