Currently reading: Learning Nagios 3.0

Some weeks ago I recieved a copy of Learning Nagios 3.0 from Wojciech Kocjan as eBook version.

I had not much time to dig deep into the Learning Nagios 3.0 book yet. I could only quickly scan through the chapters. Some of the topics are very interesting and very detailed. Especially the explanation of Nagios plugins and configuration examples seem to be a good start for beginners on this topic. The template engine of the Nagios configuration is explained very well and should bring some know how about best practices.

There is a chapter about extending Nagios but I found no topic about common Nagios Addons like PNP4Nagios, Nagios Grapher for creating nice graphs based on the performance data. Additionally I am missing information about the NDO. I am also missing some hint about mapping with NagVis. Maybe it is not the main focus of the book to explain addons but this would be some nice things which complete this book.

In summary it looks like a good book. It’s main target seem to be users which are new to Nagios but have some knowledge in *nix. Even with some years of Nagios practice I found some interesting chapters in the book so it’s even good for advanced users.