NAL
(Not Another alarm handler)
(Nagios ALarm handler)



NAL should be used like a web-based alarm handler. It is based on a simple plug-in inserted in NAGIOS. Therefore that should be used to monitor the EPICS network (it means PVs status). The plug-in relized to do that is : check_caget_dev_gw.sh you can download it from  Nagios Exchange web site  (search by keyword "EPICS").

A huge number of guides are present on web to help to install and setup Nagios, anyway, I've realized a HOWTO to install  and setup NAL starting from a linux box Fedora Core 7 equipped.

Last, but not least if you are in hurry to try this: the last version of LivEPICS CD has a Nagios server set-up ready to use in order to monitor the simple EPICS "example" application. A HOWTO guide is avilable to play with NAL using LivEPICS.fc5 NAGIOS v1.0