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FreeNATS is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Overview
- Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ICMP (ping)[2]
- Limited monitoring of host resources (processor load, disk usage) on a majority of network operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and Linux through agent-based testing
- Plugin design that allows users to easily develop their own service checks depending on needs, by using PHP (or other languages or scripts wrapped in PHP)
- Some ability to define network host hierarchy using "master" nodes allowing link failures to suspend monitoring[3]
- Event-based system allowing failure notifications to be sent in customised email (suitable for email-to-SMS) or to utilise third-party notification scripts via a plug-in
- Ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events for proactive problem resolution
- Automatic data retention cleanups
- Full web-interface for management and monitoring
- Ability to "publish" views and graphs within third-party web pages
See also
References
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- ↑ NetworkWorld.com Article on FreeNATS
- ↑ PC Quest Article Script error: No such module "webarchive". on FreeNATS
- ↑ Master Node Documentation on FreeNATS Wiki
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External links
- purplepixie.org/freenats, official website
- FreeNATS Wiki
- Support Forum for FreeNATS
- NetworkWorld.com Article on FreeNATS
- PC Quest Article on FreeNATS