To monitor Windows hosts on Nagios we need to configure NSC++ on the client side.
First, you need to download the add-on packages(NSClient) from this link.
Create a new folder named “NSC++” on C:\ Drive and extract the dowloaded folder.
You will find a file named “NSC.ini” In the extracted files. Open with your favourite editor and make these changes.
FileLogger.dll
CheckSystem.dll
CheckDisk.dll
NSClientListener.dll
NRPEListener.dll
SysTray.dll
CheckEventLog.dll
CheckHelpers.dll
Uncomment the above lines in the file.
As shown in the above picture, uncomment ”alowed_hosts” line and add your nagios core server IP address here.
As shown in the above picture, uncomment ”port=12489”
Now save the file and open the command line on windows. Run these commands on the command line.
Now open run and type ”services.msc” top open services window.
Search for NSC client service on it and right-click >> properties.
on “Logon” tab check this option.
Now apply the changes and start the service.
That’s it. Client-side configuration is done, now you need to add this Windows host to Nagios server configuration file which is ”windows.cfg”
