Question

How does Nagios operate?

Answer 1

• Nagios runs as a service on a server
• It runs plugins on the server which connect with hosts on the network
• You can see the detailed information of the connected host through its interface
• In case some issue arises, you would receive an email or another notification
• Nagios runs scripts at specific times and saves the results of those scripts
• If the results of running the scripts change, Nagios starts running other scripts.