# Install nagios-plugins

Plugins for the nagios network monitoring system. Version 2.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-31.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nagios-plugins
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nagios-plugins
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nagios-plugins
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install nagios-plugins
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S monitoring-plugins
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: monitoring-plugins from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install monitoring-plugins
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nagios-plugins
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nagios-plugins>
- **Version:** 2.5
- **Source summary:** Plugins for the nagios network monitoring system
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nagios-plugins.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://nagios-plugins.org/doc>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins/releases/download/release-2.5/nagios-plugins-2.5.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-31T19:15:22Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- check_apt (cli)
- check_breeze (cli)
- check_by_ssh (cli)
- check_clamd (cli)
- check_cluster (cli)
- check_dig (cli)
- check_disk (cli)
- check_disk_smb (cli)
- check_dns (cli)
- check_dummy (cli)
- check_file_age (cli)
- check_flexlm (cli)
- check_ftp (cli)
- check_http (cli)
- check_ide_smart (cli)
- check_ifoperstatus (cli)
- check_ifstatus (cli)
- check_imap (cli)
- check_ircd (cli)
- check_jabber (cli)
- check_load (cli)
- check_log (cli)
- check_mailq (cli)
- check_mrtg (cli)
- check_mrtgtraf (cli)
- check_nagios (cli)
- check_nntp (cli)
- check_nntps (cli)
- check_nt (cli)
- check_ntp (cli)
- check_ntp_peer (cli)
- check_ntp_time (cli)
- check_nwstat (cli)
- check_oracle (cli)
- check_overcr (cli)
- check_ping (cli)
- check_pop (cli)
- check_procs (cli)
- check_real (cli)
- check_rpc (cli)
- check_sensors (cli)
- check_simap (cli)
- check_smtp (cli)
- check_spop (cli)
- check_ssh (cli)
- check_ssl_validity (cli)
- check_ssmtp (cli)
- check_swap (cli)
- check_tcp (cli)
- check_time (cli)
- check_udp (cli)
- check_ups (cli)
- check_uptime (cli)
- check_users (cli)
- check_wave (cli)
- negate (cli)
- remove_perfdata (cli)
- urlize (cli)
- utils.pm (cli)
- utils.sh (cli)
- check_apt (alias)
- check_breeze (alias)
- check_by_ssh (alias)
- check_clamd (alias)
- check_cluster (alias)
- check_dig (alias)
- check_disk (alias)
- check_disk_smb (alias)
- check_dns (alias)
- check_dummy (alias)
- check_file_age (alias)
- check_flexlm (alias)
- check_ftp (alias)
- check_http (alias)
- check_ide_smart (alias)
- check_ifoperstatus (alias)
- check_ifstatus (alias)
- check_imap (alias)
- check_ircd (alias)
- check_jabber (alias)
- check_load (alias)
- check_log (alias)
- check_mailq (alias)
- check_mrtg (alias)
- check_mrtgtraf (alias)
- check_nagios (alias)
- check_nntp (alias)
- check_nntps (alias)
- check_nt (alias)
- check_ntp (alias)
- check_ntp_peer (alias)
- check_ntp_time (alias)
- check_nwstat (alias)
- check_oracle (alias)
- check_overcr (alias)
- check_ping (alias)
- check_pop (alias)
- check_procs (alias)
- check_real (alias)
- check_rpc (alias)
- check_sensors (alias)
- check_simap (alias)
- check_smtp (alias)
- check_spop (alias)
- check_ssh (alias)
- check_ssl_validity (alias)
- check_ssmtp (alias)
- check_swap (alias)
- check_tcp (alias)
- check_time (alias)
- check_udp (alias)
- check_ups (alias)
- check_uptime (alias)
- check_users (alias)
- check_wave (alias)
- negate (alias)
- remove_perfdata (alias)
- urlize (alias)
- utils.pm (alias)
- utils.sh (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- openssl@3

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: All plugins have been installed in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/sbin
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-31
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Notes de sécurité

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nagios-plugins
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** monitoring-plugins
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - nagios-plugins - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Plugins for Nagios to check services on hosts | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-all - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-all from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Metapackage that installs *all* Nagios plugins from the nagios-plugins package | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-breeze - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-breeze from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_breeze | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-by_ssh - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-by_ssh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_by_ssh | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-cluster - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-cluster from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_cluster | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-dbi - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-dbi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_dbi | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-dhcp - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-dhcp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_dhcp | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-dig - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-dig from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_dig | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-disk - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-disk from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_disk | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-disk_smb - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-disk_smb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_disk_smb | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-dns - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-dns from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_dns | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-dummy - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-dummy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_dummy | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-file_age - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-file_age from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_file_age | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-fping - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-fping from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_fping | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-hpjd - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-hpjd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_hpjd | https://nagios-plugins.org/
- apk - nagios-plugins-http - 2.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nagios-plugins-http from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Nagios plugin check_http | https://nagios-plugins.org/


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