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FreeNATS

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FreeNATS
Original author(s)David Cutting
Developer(s)PurplePixie Systems
Initial releaseMarch 2, 2008 (2008-03-02)[1]
Stable release
1.20.1b / November 14, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-14)[2]
Operating systemUnix-like
PlatformPHP / MySQL
Available inEnglish
TypeNetwork monitoring
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.purplepixie.org/freenats/

FreeNATS (the Free Network Automatic Testing System) is an open-source network monitoring software application[3] developed by David Cutting under the banner of 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

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  • Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ICMP (ping)[4]
  • 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[5]
  • 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

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