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Argus (monitoring software)

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.

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Argus
Stable release
3.7 / Feb. 2013
Written inPerl / Go
Operating systemAny Unix-like
TypeNetwork management system
LicenseArtistic License 1.0
Websitehttp://argus.tcp4me.com/

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.

It is open-source software originally written entirely in Perl, but nowadays in Go, and provides a web based interface.

Overview

  • Can monitor most network services.
  • Supports both IPv4 and IPv6
  • Includes graphing.
  • Web based front end.
  • Can monitor tens-of-thousands of services on common PC hardware.
  • Supports distributed and redundant configurations.
  • Configured using simple text files.

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