# Can we monitor asterisk by using Nagios?

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722 "2018-05-23T07:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asteriskabhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@Asteriskabhi](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Asteriskabhi)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722/1 "2018-05-23T07:20:05Z")

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Is it possible to monitor the Asterisk by Nagios?

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**Author:** ![Pentium-5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/pentium-5/32/1721_2.png) [@Pentium-5](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Pentium-5)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722/2 "2018-05-23T10:26:40Z")

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Your question is not specific.  
Which parameters / events do you need to monitor?

Nagios can do a lot for you, but for many parameters you would have to write scripts…

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**Author:** ![Asteriskabhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@Asteriskabhi](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Asteriskabhi)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722/3 "2018-05-23T10:36:16Z")

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Almost Everything related to asterisk i.e live calling channel and free channel, PRI/SIP/VOIP registration status etc

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**Author:** ![johnkiniston](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/johnkiniston/32/28_2.png) [@johnkiniston](https://community.asterisk.org/u/johnkiniston)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/can-we-monitor-asterisk-by-using-nagios/74722/4 "2018-05-23T15:15:18Z")

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You could try SNMP.

[https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Simple+Network+Management+Protocol+(SNMP)+Support](https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Simple+Network+Management+Protocol+(SNMP)+Support)

[https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions?focusedCommentId=36802978#comment-36802978](https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions?focusedCommentId=36802978#comment-36802978)