Argus (monitoring software)
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Argus is a systems and network monitoring application. It is designed to monitor the status of network services, servers, and other network hardware. It will send alerts when it detects problems.
Stable release
3.7
/ Feb. 2013
Written inPerl / Go
| Argus | |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.7
/ Feb. 2013 |
| Written in | Perl / Go |
| Operating system | Any Unix-like |
| Type | Network management system |
| License | Artistic License 1.0 |
| Website | http://argus.tcp4me.com/ |
It is open-source software originally written entirely in Perl, but nowadays in Go, and provides a web based interface.
Overview
Details
- Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, ICMP, SNMP, FTP, Telnet, SSH, Gopher, NFS, DNS, RADIUS, IAX2, SIP, SunRPC, Whois, Rwhois, LPD, NTP)
- Monitoring of server resources: system load, network load, and disk usage, using an agent.
- Monitoring of the results of any command or script.
- Monitoring is easily extendable through user-written scripts.