Nagios Intermediate Training
Administer Nagios XI, manage configuration through the CCM, write your own plugins and automate checks and responses. Learn Nagios through a clear Foundation to Advanced path, with hands-on labs, live cohort options, certification support and full LMS access.
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Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Nagios levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
About Nagios Intermediate Training.
Understand where Nagios fits in modern software delivery, what this level covers, and how the program builds practical confidence step by step.
Program overview
Nagios is taught as a practical technical skill for modern engineering, operations and platform teams. The course explains where the tool fits, how it is used in real delivery environments, and how learners can apply it through guided practice.
This DevOpsSchool Nagios program is built for working professionals who want usable skills instead of only conceptual exposure. The training emphasizes live examples, workflow clarity, operational controls and progressive skill depth from Foundation to Intermediate.
Private Nagios training for delivery teams, platform groups and engineering organizations.
DevOpsSchool provides corporate Nagios training for teams that need faster adoption, workflow standardization, administrative control, integration guidance and governance-ready rollout. Private batches can be aligned to development practice, release workflow, access model, maturity level and internal tooling.
- Private online or classroom delivery for engineering teams
- Aligned to Nagios usage maturity, admin depth and collaboration patterns
- Useful for rollout, migration, governance and workflow consistency goals
- Can be tailored for developers, administrators, DevOps teams and leadership stakeholders
Why teams use DevOpsSchool
DevOpsSchool combines live demonstration, practical workflow discussion, implementation-oriented examples, and strong post-session learning support. That makes the training more usable for real teams than generic slide-led courses.
Choose any level. The page still shows the full progression.
Foundation, Essential, Intermediate and Advanced are presented as one linked training flow. Self-paced buyers get all levels by default, even if they start from only one course page.
Instructor-led, self-paced and corporate delivery options.
Compare delivery format, duration, level access and batch style. Fees are shown only in the top decision panel and once again after the agenda.
| Duration | Mode | Level access | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | Live & Interactive | Intermediate | Public batch |
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | 1:1 Live training | Intermediate | Starts immediately |
| 1 year LMS access | Self-paced video | All 4 levels | Anytime access |
| 3 Days | Corporate | Nagios Intermediate Training | Private team batch |
What learners should be able to do after Nagios training.
The outcomes are written for practical delivery teams: developers, DevOps engineers, release engineers, administrators and technical leads.
Deploy and configure Nagios
Install Nagios and model hosts, services, contacts and time periods correctly.
Monitor real infrastructure
Monitor Windows, Linux, websites, DNS and network devices with useful, well-tuned alerts.
Scale and automate monitoring
Extend Nagios with custom plugins, event handlers, distributed pollers and integrations.
Why this skill, what you will achieve, and who should attend.
Use this section to decide whether the course matches your role, current experience and expected Nagios responsibilities before reviewing the detailed agenda.
Why Nagios matters
- Nagios helps teams standardize a critical part of their software delivery, infrastructure, automation or operations workflow.
- It gives learners a repeatable way to move from basic usage to confident execution in team and enterprise environments.
- For DevOps and platform teams, Nagios becomes more valuable when connected with automation, governance, monitoring and delivery practices.
- Teams using Nagios effectively reduce ad-hoc execution and move toward consistent engineering standards.
Objectives
- Understand Nagios concepts, architecture, terminology and operational usage patterns.
- Learn practical configuration, workflow design, access controls, team usage and quality practices.
- Apply Nagios in real delivery workflows using automation, integrations, traceability and governance patterns.
- Build practical confidence to use Nagios for individual, team and organizational use cases.
Pre-requisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with software development workflows.
- Helpful but not mandatory: introductory DevOps, cloud, automation or software delivery awareness.
- No deep programming background is required for the Foundation and Essential levels.
Who this course is for
- Developers, administrators and engineers who need practical Nagios usage skills.
- DevOps engineers, release engineers, SREs and platform teams managing delivery standards.
- Engineering leads and technical managers responsible for workflow quality, access controls and governance.
- Corporate teams migrating to or standardizing on Nagios.
Small-batch live training starts every month.
Weekday batches start on the 1st and weekend batches on the first Saturday of every month. One-to-one (1:1) training can start immediately; corporate sessions are scheduled on demand.
Weekend live batch
Starts on the first Saturday of every month. Weekend sessions with demos, labs and Q&A; max 10 learners.
Weekday live batch
Starts on the 1st of every month. Weekday sessions for working professionals and distributed teams; max 10 learners.
Ask advisorAgenda depth up to the selected level.
This page shows the learning flow from Foundation through Intermediate. Each level adds to the previous one, and the agenda stops at the current page level. Day counts are for corporate (day-wise) delivery; live online batches cover the same agenda in max 8 to 10 hours.
Foundation Level: Nagios concepts, installation and first checksDay 1
- Nagios overview: Nagios Core versus Nagios XI, plugins, agents and the check scheduler
- Nagios dependencies and prerequisites: Apache, PHP, compilers, libraries and the nagios user and group
- Manual installation: compiling Nagios Core and the Nagios plugins from source
- Installing Nagios: the Nagios XI installer and first login to the web interface
- Nagios configuration: nagios.cfg, object configuration files and verifying with nagios -v
- Nagios terminology: hosts, services, commands, host checks and service checks
- State types: SOFT and HARD states, max_check_attempts and retry intervals
- Time periods: defining working hours and 24x7 periods for checks and notifications
- Contacts and contact groups: who gets alerted and through which commands
- First monitoring setup: a Linux host with ping, HTTP, disk and load checks and email notifications
Essential Level = Foundation + Windows, Linux, network and web monitoringDay 2 · 2 days cumulative
- Monitoring Windows machines: installing the NSClient++ agent on Windows desktops and servers
- check_nt plugin: check_nt command definition and monitoring CPU, memory, disks and local Windows processes
- Monitoring Linux machines: installing the Linux agent (NCPA or NRPE) and using the Linux monitoring wizard
- Monitoring a website: website URLs, content checks, response time and SSL certificate expiry
- Monitoring DNS: resolution and DNS server checks with check_dns and check_dig
- Monitoring a router or switch: SNMP checks for interfaces, bandwidth and uptime
- Monitoring FTP servers and common TCP/UDP ports: check_ftp, check_tcp and check_udp
- Publicly enabled services: monitoring HTTP, FTP, SMTP and other internet-facing services
- Hostgroup and servicegroup configuration: organising checks by team, location and application
- Notifications in Nagios: configuring notification preferences and different notification methods
- Customizing notifications: message formats, mobile providers and sending notification via e-mail
- Scheduling the notification: notification intervals, periods and using recurring downtime
Intermediate Level = Essential + Administration, CCM, plugins and automationDay 3 · 3 days cumulative
- Administration: checking system status, managing users, cloning user accounts and masquerading as a user
- Managing components and plugins: installing, updating and removing them in Nagios XI
- Core Configuration Manager: accessing the CCM, editing hosts and services and applying configuration
- Dashboards: understanding, using and customizing dashboards and dashlets
- Check scheduling: check intervals, retry intervals, inter-check delay and service interleaving
- Event handlers: automatic remediation such as restarting a failed service
- Runtime modification of Nagios parameters: external commands, acknowledgements and disabling checks
- Auto-discovery: running auto-discovery jobs and adding discovered hosts
- Addons and plugins: the Nagios plugin ecosystem and Nagios Exchange
- Basic plugins using shell scripts: defining Nagios commands and plugin return codes 0 to 3
- Text output from the plugin: status text and performance data for graphs
- Operator actions: enabling ping and traceroute actions and using host and service object notes
Choose live training or a full year of self-paced access.
If someone buys Foundation, Essential, Intermediate or Advanced as self-paced video, the price stays the same and access is granted to all four levels by default.
Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four Nagios levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
- Start immediately: no waiting for the monthly batch.
- One learner, one trainer: full attention on your questions.
- Sessions planned around your working hours.
- Your pace, with examples from your own projects and tools.
Method of training and assessment.
The course emphasizes practical demonstration, hands-on labs and assignment-based validation instead of passive lecture-only learning.
| SL | Method of training and assessment | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding the problem space | 5% |
| 2 | Concept discussion | 10% |
| 3 | Live demo and walkthrough | 25% |
| 4 | Lab and hands-on exercises | 50% |
| 5 | Assignments and evaluation | 10% |
Labs, exercises and real workflow practice.
Every level moves from explanation to hands-on practice, review and troubleshooting.
Install Nagios and monitor hosts
Install Nagios Core from source, define hosts, services and contacts and receive an email alert for a failing service.
Monitor a mixed environment
Monitor a Windows server, a Linux server, a website, DNS and a switch, grouped by team with tuned email notifications.
Custom plugin with auto-remediation
Write a shell-script plugin with performance data, add it through the CCM and attach an event handler that restarts a failed service.
Nagios is taught as part of a working delivery ecosystem.
You learn where the tool sits in the wider engineering workflow, not in isolation.
Core foundations
Terminology, concepts, architecture and the operating model behind the tool.
Workflow traceability
Map practical work to tasks, approvals, documentation and delivery visibility.
Automation and integration
Use Nagios with validation checks, automation hooks and delivery workflows.
Governance controls
Operate with permissions, approvals, policy checks and production-safe workflows.
How your practical work is assessed.
Your certificate is backed by labs, assignments, capstone thinking and completion evidence.
Assignments
Level-specific assignments verify setup, configuration, workflow quality and operating discipline.
Hands-on validation
Learners are expected to complete practical usage, automation and troubleshooting exercises.
Completion record
Certificate issuance is tied to demonstrated participation, practical completion and course-level coverage.
Led by Rajesh Kumar and the DevOpsSchool practitioner network.
Training is grounded in practical DevOps, SRE, security, release and platform engineering experience with real enterprise delivery context.
Earn a DevOpsSchool Nagios certificate.
Completion includes a digital certificate with credential details, practical assignments and a learning record aligned to the selected Nagios level.
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Used by developers, DevOps engineers, release leads and engineering managers.
Private batches are available for teams that want the same agenda aligned to their own tools and workflows.
Why this Nagios path is different.
The value is not only one course. The subscription unlocks the full learning ecosystem for one year.
| Feature | DevOpsSchool Nagios Training | Typical short course |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | Foundation, Essential, Intermediate, Advanced | Single generic syllabus |
| Self-paced access | All four levels plus 20+ courses and 50+ tools | Usually one course only |
| Live training | Demos, labs, Q&A and assignment review | Often lecture-heavy |
| Certificate | DevOpsSchool completion certificate | Varies by provider |
Questions learners ask before joining.
Does Foundation cost less than Advanced?
No. Self-paced pricing is intentionally the same because access includes all four levels by default.
What is included in the yearly subscription?
One year of complete LMS access, all four levels for the selected course, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
Can corporate teams request customization?
Yes. The live format can be aligned to team tools, governance requirements, workflows and internal delivery standards.
What is the recommended sequence?
Foundation → Essential → Intermediate → Advanced. The agenda is designed so each level builds on the previous one.
Talk to DevOpsSchool before choosing the batch.
Use this support section for batch questions, corporate planning, LMS access clarifications, or guidance on which Nagios level fits your team.
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Live batch experience
Training supports live online, private team and workshop-style delivery.
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