About NSClient++

NSClient++ (nscp) aims to be a simple yet powerful and flexible monitoring daemon. It was built for Nagios/Icinga/Naemon, but nothing in the daemon is Nagios/Icinga specific and it can and is used in many other scenarios where you want to receive/distribute check metrics. It is entirely possible to use it stand alone as well as the core monitoring system though that is not recommended as it is rather limited.

What does it do?

NSClient++ does basically three things:

Allow remote checks Allow a remote machine (monitoring server) to request commands to be run on this machine (the monitored machine) which return the status of the machine.
Monitor system in realtime Monitor your systems and submit the findings and results a remote (monitoring server).
Resolve your problems NSClient++ can take action either on its own monitoring or remotely from a central server and act on what happens and resolve issues.

What monitoring systems does it support?

While NSClient++ was designed to work with Nagios/Naemon/Icinga it can easiily be adapted to be used with any monitoring or information system.

NRPE (Nagios Remote plugin Executor)
NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor)
NRDP
Syslog
Graphite
SMTP
CollectD
REST

Where does it run?

NSClient++ should run on most operating systems.

All Windows OS:es since Windows
Most linux os:es

Who is behind NSClient++?

NSClient++ is largely written and maintained by Michael Medin. He uses My Computer Solutions NORDIC KB as a company to handle the legal and financial aspects of the project.

Contacting the project can be done via email [email protected] or on the following address:

Michael Medin
My Computer Solutions NORDIC KB
Knipvägen 179
SE-184 62 ÅKERBERGA
SWEDEN