Nagios Core Services Platform (CSP) for Beginners

In today’s fast-paced IT environment, monitoring your infrastructure is no longer optional — it’s essential. This course will teach you how to deploy, configure, and use Nagios CSP (Core Services Platform) to monitor servers, network devices, and services across your IT landscape.

Whether you’re a beginner looking to break into system monitoring or an experienced IT professional seeking to upgrade your skills, this course covers everything you need to know — from installation and configuration to alerting, dashboards, and advanced plugins.

You’ll start with the fundamentals, including how to deploy Nagios CSP using prebuilt virtual machines or cloud infrastructure. From there, you’ll explore the intuitive web interface, monitoring wizards, and various methods for monitoring Linux, Windows, applications, and network devices using protocols like NRPE, NCPA, and SNMP.

You’ll also learn how to:

• Set up email alerts for proactive issue resolution
• Use auto-discovery to quickly add new devices
• Customize and build powerful dashboards
• Understand Nagios plugins and how to extend functionality
• Secure your Nagios environment using industry best practices

The course includes hands-on walkthroughs, real-world role play scenarios, and practical quizzes to reinforce your knowledge. By the end, you’ll be able to confidently use Nagios CSP in your own environment or for clients as part of a managed service offering.