5 of the Best Free and Open Source Server/Network Monitoring Software

“For those of you who are looking for monitoring tools that can
handle small to large-scale infrastructures, here is a list of some
of the best open-source server/network monitoring software that you
can use for free:

“Nagios is considered as one of the most popular if not the most
popular open-source computer network monitoring software
application available. It was originally designed to run under
Linux, but other Unix variants are also supported. Nagios provides
monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, ICMP, SNMP,
FTP, SSH) and host resources (processor load, disk usage, system
logs) among others. Remote monitoring is managed through SSH or SSL
encrypted tunnels. Nagios has a simple plugin design that gives
users the freedom to effortlessly develop their own service checks
based on needs and by using any of the supported tools that they
would like.”

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