# Install nagios

Network monitoring and management system. Version 4.5.13 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nagios
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nagios
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nagios
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/nagios/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nagios
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install nagios
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nagios
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/na/nagios/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install nagios
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nagios
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nagios>
- **Version:** 4.5.13
- **Source summary:** Network monitoring and management system
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nagios.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/docs/nagioscore/4/en>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/releases/download/nagios-4.5.13/nagios-4.5.13.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T18:52:40Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- archivejson.cgi (cli)
- avail.cgi (cli)
- cmd.cgi (cli)
- config.cgi (cli)
- extinfo.cgi (cli)
- histogram.cgi (cli)
- history.cgi (cli)
- nagios (cli)
- nagiostats (cli)
- notifications.cgi (cli)
- objectjson.cgi (cli)
- outages.cgi (cli)
- showlog.cgi (cli)
- status.cgi (cli)
- statusjson.cgi (cli)
- statusmap.cgi (cli)
- statuswml.cgi (cli)
- statuswrl.cgi (cli)
- summary.cgi (cli)
- tac.cgi (cli)
- trends.cgi (cli)
- archivejson.cgi (alias)
- avail.cgi (alias)
- cmd.cgi (alias)
- config.cgi (alias)
- extinfo.cgi (alias)
- histogram.cgi (alias)
- history.cgi (alias)
- nagios (alias)
- nagiostats (alias)
- notifications.cgi (alias)
- objectjson.cgi (alias)
- outages.cgi (alias)
- showlog.cgi (alias)
- status.cgi (alias)
- statusjson.cgi (alias)
- statusmap.cgi (alias)
- statuswml.cgi (alias)
- statuswrl.cgi (alias)
- summary.cgi (alias)
- tac.cgi (alias)
- trends.cgi (alias)

## Dependencies

- gd
- jpeg-turbo
- libpng
- openssl@4

## macOS Provided Libraries

- unzip

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Service: declared
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.5.13
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nagios
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nagios: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/na/nagios/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - nagios - 4.5.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Popular monitoring tool | https://www.nagios.org/
- apk - nagios-apache - 4.5.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-apache from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Popular monitoring tool | https://www.nagios.org/
- apk - nagios-openrc - 4.5.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Popular monitoring tool (OpenRC init scripts) | https://www.nagios.org/
- apk - nagios-web - 4.5.12-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-web from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Popular monitoring tool | https://www.nagios.org/
- dnf - nagios - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Host/service/network monitoring program | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- dnf - nagios-common - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Provides common directories, uid and gid among nagios-related packages | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- dnf - nagios-contrib - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios-contrib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Eventhandlers contributed to nagios | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- dnf - nagios-devel - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Provides include files that Nagios-related applications may compile against | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- dnf - nagios-httpd - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios-httpd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Configuration files for Apache httpd | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- dnf - nagios-selinux - 4.5.12-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nagios-selinux from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | SELinux context for nagios | https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/
- zypper - nagios - 4.5.12-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | The Nagios Network Monitor | http://www.nagios.org/
- zypper - nagios-contrib - 4.5.12-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios-contrib from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Files from the contrib directory | http://www.nagios.org/
- zypper - nagios-devel - 4.5.12-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Development files for Nagios | http://www.nagios.org/
- zypper - nagios-theme-exfoliation - 4.5.12-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios-theme-exfoliation from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Nagios Core web interface | http://www.nagios.org/
- zypper - nagios-www - 4.5.12-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nagios-www from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Provides the HTML and CGI files for the Nagios web interface | http://www.nagios.org/


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