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title: FAQ
parent: Documentation
---

# FAQ

This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding the Monitoring
Plugins.

## General

* [Who controls the project?][control]
* [Did you fork the Nagios Plugins?][fork]
* [What license is the code distributed under?][license]
* [Can I submit a patch?][contribute]
* [Do you accept donations?][donations]

## Compiling

* [How do I compile the plugins?][compilation]
* [The configure script appears to hang][configure-hangs]
* [Why doesn't the --ssl option work?][ssl]
* [How do I build the Monitoring::Plugin module?][build-perl-module]
* [Building check\_mysql fails on Solaris][mixing-compilers]
* [Why use pst3 for check\_procs on Solaris?][ps-on-solaris]

## Installing

* [How do I install the plugins?][installation]
* [Why aren't the root plugins installed?][root-plugins]
* [Which user owns the installed plugins?][ownership]
* [Shouldn't I use a binary package instead?][packages]

## Development

* [How do I use Git?][git]
* [How should a plugin be written?][guidelines]
* [Private C APIs][c-apis]
* [How do I prove the C routines work?][libtap]
* [Can I add extra tests to the C routines?][extra-tests]
* [How do the NPTest parameters work?][nptest]
* [How do I use and update Gnulib?][gnulib]
* [How do I use the Monitoring::Plugin module?][use-perl-module]
* [How do I modify NagiosMIB?][nagiosmib]
* [Can I reuse Monitoring Plugins code?][reuse]

[control]: doc/faq/control.html
[fork]: doc/faq/fork.html
[license]: doc/faq/license.html
[contribute]: doc/faq/contribute.html
[donations]: doc/faq/donations.html
[compilation]: doc/faq/compilation.html
[configure-hangs]: doc/faq/configure-hangs.html
[ssl]: doc/faq/ssl.html
[build-perl-module]: doc/faq/build-perl-module.html
[mixing-compilers]: doc/faq/mixing-compilers.html
[ps-on-solaris]: doc/faq/ps-on-solaris.html
[installation]: doc/faq/installation.html
[root-plugins]: doc/faq/root-plugins.html
[ownership]: doc/faq/ownership.html
[packages]: doc/faq/packages.html
[git]: doc/faq/git.html
[guidelines]: doc/faq/guidelines.html
[c-apis]: doc/faq/private-c-api.html
[libtap]: doc/faq/libtap.html
[extra-tests]: doc/faq/extra-tests.html
[nptest]: doc/faq/nptest.html
[gnulib]: doc/faq/gnulib.html
[use-perl-module]: doc/faq/use-perl-module.html
[nagiosmib]: doc/faq/nagiosmib.html
[reuse]: doc/faq/reuse.html

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