FreeNATS

{{Infobox Software

| name = FreeNATS

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| author = David Cutting

| developer = {{URL|http://www.purplepixie.org|PurplePixie Systems}}

| released = {{start date|2008|03|02}}first release referenced in http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/news.php?id=91

| latest release version = 1.20.1b

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2018|11|14}}[http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/release.php?version=1.20.1b FreeNATS Release Download]

| operating system = Unix-like

| platform = PHP / MySQL

| language = English

| genre = Network monitoring

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/}}

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FreeNATS (the Free Network Automatic Testing System) is an open-source network monitoring software application[http://www.networkworld.com/community/12-cross-platform-tools?page=0%2C6 NetworkWorld.com Article on FreeNATS] developed by [http://www.purplepixie.org/dave/ David Cutting] under the banner of [http://www.purplepixie.org/ PurplePixie Systems].

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)[http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/handson/2008/108080201.asp PC Quest Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210094528/http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/handson/2008/108080201.asp |date=2009-02-10 }} on FreeNATS
  • 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[http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/wiki/Master_Node Master Node Documentation] on FreeNATS Wiki
  • 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

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