Nagios XI FAQs

Common Questions

How is Nagios XI Licensed?

The Nagios XI system is comprised of two categories of licensed code: 1) Open Source foundation cores and components like Nagios Core, PNP, and NDOUtils and 2) the Nagios XI UI and system frameworks. The Nagios XI UI and system frameworks are released under a commercial license and contain some code used under license by Nagios Enterprises that cannot be released under an OSS license. Purchasing a Nagios XI license grants you a perpetual license to use the XI UI and system frameworks, including the licensed code.

Is There A Free Edition of Nagios XI?

Yes! Nagios XI is available free of charge for monitoring small environments. Nagios XI installations with a free license are limited to monitoring seven (7) hosts (nodes). There is no limitation on the number of services that can be monitored with a free license. Students may qualify for increased or unrestricted monitoring limits based on their needs and qualifications.

What Support Options Are Available For Nagios XI?

Nagios XI is supported by our team of professionals. Forum support is included in the base license price for Nagios XI. Optional email and phone support contracts are available to customers who require additional support services.

Can Nagios XI Be Deployed To Physical Servers?

Yes! We distribute Nagios XI as a virtual machine to ensure you get it up and running quickly. Manual installation to physical servers running RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora is available to customers that require it.

Can My Nagios Core Installation Be Migrated To Nagios XI?

Yes! Migrating both standalone and distributed Nagios Core environments to Nagios XI is possible. Contact us if you would like professional assistance with migration.

Can I Use Custom and Community Addons With Nagios XI?

Yes! Nagios XI is designed with extensibility in mind. Because it uses Nagios Core as a monitoring engine, you can use your customer Nagios plugins and event handlers, as well as community addons to extend XI's native functionality.

Will Nagios XI Components Be Available As Open Source?

Yes! We'll be creating new extensions and addons that can work with either Nagios XI or Nagios Core and will release many of these under an OSS license. Additionally, portions of the Nagios XI UI and system frameworks will be released under a dual OSS/commercial license in 2010.

What Does Nagios XI Mean for the Nagios OSS Project?

We think it means really great things for the long run. First, we're dedicated to maintaining and developing Nagios Core for the long term. Ethan Galstad - original creator and "Father" of Nagios - is actively involved in the design and development of XI and knows that its long-term success depends on a solid foundation of proven, Open Source components like Nagios Core. We believe Nagios XI will benefit the Open Source project by providing increased resources and further improvements in terms of scalability and extensibility. Nagios is more than just the OSS monitoring core - its an entire ecosystem of thousands of addons, extensions, and contributors worldwide. We intend to further expand and contribute to the community as the result of our work with Nagios XI and our customers.

Other Questions

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