FreeNATS
FreeNATS is an open-source network monitoring software application developed by under the banner of .
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
- Limited monitoring of host resources 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
- Some ability to define network host hierarchy using "master" nodes allowing link failures to suspend monitoring
- Event-based system allowing failure notifications to be sent in customised email 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