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5# The Nagios Plugins Project 5# The Monitoring Plugins Project
6 6
7We, the [Nagios Plugins Development Team][team], maintain a bundle of more 7We, the [Monitoring Plugins Development Team][team], maintain a bundle of more
8than fifty standard plugins for [Nagios][nagios], [Icinga][icinga], 8than fifty standard plugins for [Nagios][nagios], [Icinga][icinga],
9[Shinken][shinken], [Naemon][naemon], and other monitoring applications that 9[Shinken][shinken], [Naemon][naemon], and other monitoring applications. Each
10use the straightforward plugin interface [originally invented][history] by the 10plugin is a stand-alone command line tool that provides a specific type of
11[Nagios folks][folks]. Each plugin is a stand-alone command line tool that 11check. Typically, your monitoring software runs these plugins to determine
12provides a specific type of check. Typically, your monitoring software runs 12the current status of hosts and services on your network.
13these plugins to determine the current status of hosts and services on your
14network.
15 13
16Some of the provided plugins let you check local system metrics (such as [load 14Some of the provided plugins let you check local system metrics (such as [load
17averages][load], [processes][procs], or [disk space usage][disk]), others use 15averages][load], [processes][procs], or [disk space usage][disk]), others use
@@ -26,15 +24,19 @@ that makes it [easy][perl-plugins] to write your own plugin. We also take
26care of an SNMP MIB used for traps sent from Nagios. Last but not least, we 24care of an SNMP MIB used for traps sent from Nagios. Last but not least, we
27host the [Nagios Plugin Development Guidelines][guidelines]. 25host the [Nagios Plugin Development Guidelines][guidelines].
28 26
27Our bundle was previously known as the “official” Nagios Plugins package. The
28[new name][rename] reflects both the success of the plugin interface
29[originally invented][history] by the [Nagios folks][folks], and the
30popularity of our package, as the plugins are now used with various other
31monitoring products as well.
32
29You can get the latest releases from the [download page][download]. 33You can get the latest releases from the [download page][download].
30 34
31[team]: team.html "Nagios Plugins Development Team" 35[team]: team.html "Monitoring Plugins Development Team"
32[nagios]: http://www.nagios.org/ "Nagios" 36[nagios]: http://www.nagios.org/ "Nagios"
33[icinga]: https://www.icinga.org/ "Icinga" 37[icinga]: https://www.icinga.org/ "Icinga"
34[shinken]: http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/ "Shinken" 38[shinken]: http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/ "Shinken"
35[naemon]: http://naemon.github.io/ "Naemon" 39[naemon]: http://naemon.github.io/ "Naemon"
36[history]: http://www.nagios.org/about/history "Nagios (Plugins) History"
37[folks]: http://www.nagios.org/about/team "Nagios Team"
38[load]: doc/man/check_load.html "check_load" 40[load]: doc/man/check_load.html "check_load"
39[procs]: doc/man/check_procs.html "check_procs" 41[procs]: doc/man/check_procs.html "check_procs"
40[disk]: doc/man/check_disk.html "check_disk" 42[disk]: doc/man/check_disk.html "check_disk"
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46[module]: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Nagios-Plugin/ "Nagios::Plugin Module" 48[module]: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Nagios-Plugin/ "Nagios::Plugin Module"
47[guidelines]: doc/guidelines.html "Nagios Plugin Development Guidelines" 49[guidelines]: doc/guidelines.html "Nagios Plugin Development Guidelines"
48[perl-plugins]: doc/writing-perl-plugins.html "Nagios::Plugin Presentation" 50[perl-plugins]: doc/writing-perl-plugins.html "Nagios::Plugin Presentation"
51[rename]: news/new-project-name.html "New Project Name"
52[history]: http://www.nagios.org/about/history "Nagios (Plugins) History"
53[folks]: http://www.nagios.org/about/team "Nagios Team"
49[download]: download.html "Download" 54[download]: download.html "Download"
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