Nagios XI plugin

Monitor key metrics from your Nagios environment.

Note: This plugin is an on-premises plugin.

What is an on-premises plugin?

An on-premises plugin connects a service running in your internal network to SquaredUp. They require an agent installed on a machine that has access to your internal network.

This plugin streams data from your Nagios XI environment into SquaredUp. In your Nagios environment, metrics about your hosts are called "services", which is why the plugin creates objects of type host and service. The plugin comes with Data Streams to show you CPU usage and Memory usage of your hosts.
You can also visualize the status of your hosts or services with the Nagios XI Health Data Stream.

How to add the Nagios XI plugin

1. In SquaredUp browse to Settings > Plugins > Add plugin and search for the plugin.

2. Display Name:

   Enter a name for your plugin. This helps you to identify this plugin in the list of your plugins.

3. Base URL:

   Enter the full URL to your Nagios XI instance, for example https://your-host/nagiosxi

4. API Key:

   Enter the API key you created in your Nagios instance.

   Note: Nagios API keys are user-specific. Make sure you created the API key with a user account that has access to all the data you want to see.

5. Agent Group:

   Select the Agent Group that contains the agent(s) you want to use.

6. Leave the checkbox for Automatically create a workspace ticked, this will create a new workspace for this plugin containing out of the box dashboards and scopes.

7. Optionally, select whether you would like to restrict access to this plugin instance. By default, restricted access is set to off.

   Restrict access to this workspace?

   The term plugin here really means plugin instance. For example, a user may configure two instances of the AWS plugin, one for their development environment and one for production. In that case, each plugin instance has its own access control settings.

   By default, Restrict access to this plugin? is set to off. The plugin can be viewed, edited and administered by anyone. If you would like to control who has access to this plugin, switch Restrict access to this plugin? to on.

   Use the Restrict access to this plugin? dropdown to control who has access to the workspace:

   • By default, the user setting the permissions for the plugin will be given Full Control and the Everyone group will be given Link to workspace permissions.

   • Tailor access to the plugin, as required, by selecting individual users or user groups from the dropdown and giving them Link to workspace or Full Control permissions.

   • If the user is not available from the dropdown, you are able to invite them to the plugin by typing in their email address and then clicking Add. The new user will then receive an email inviting them to create an account on SquaredUp Cloud. Once the account has been created, they will gain access to the tenant.

   • At least one user or group must be given Full Control.

   • Admin users can edit the configuration, modify the Access Control List (ACL) and delete the plugin, regardless of the ACL chosen.

   Plugin access levels

   Access Level:

   Link to workspace	User can link the plugin to any workspace they have at least Editor permissions for. Data from the plugin can then be viewed by anyone with any access to the workspace. User can share the plugin data with anyone they want. User cannot configure the plugin in any way, or delete it.
   Full Control	User can change the plugin configuration, ACL, and delete the plugin.

   See Access control for more information.

8. Click Save.