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| author | Zordrak <slackbuilds@tpa.me.uk> | 2010-05-13 01:00:57 +0200 |
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| committer | David Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-13 01:00:57 +0200 |
| commit | 5854ad6b9d37fe61e189c9bdf011691b70f1e6e5 (patch) | |
| tree | f0e2249d404a9815270f46a70e0037d220733945 /system/nagios-plugins/README | |
| parent | 627d66cc0450cb3efa0c3812a63051ce886b281d (diff) | |
system/nagios-plugins: Added to 13.0 repository
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diff --git a/system/nagios-plugins/README b/system/nagios-plugins/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dc132c222344 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/nagios-plugins/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +nagios-plugins (Plugins for the Nagios network monitoring server) + +Unlike many other monitoring tools, Nagios does not include any +internal mechanisms for checking the status of hosts and services on +your network. Instead, Nagios relies on external programs (called +plugins) to do all the dirty work. Plugins are compiled executables or +scripts (Perl scripts, shell scripts, etc.) that can be run from a +command line to check the status or a host or service. + +Remember to install the Nagios::Plugin perl module and its +dependencies to ensure all functionality of perl plugins. + +Remember to install the applications you plan to use plugins with +before installation of nagios-plugins as some plugins are compiled +using the relevant libraries installed on your system for the +application being probed. |