Downloads

Note: If you're a new user, you'll need to download the following things before you can use NetSaint to monitor anything: The core program (probably best if its a non-beta version) Some plugins (these are what actually do the monitoring) Also, I would highly recommend that you subscribe to the netsaint-announce mailing list. Its a low volume list and is only used to announce new versions and security issues.

Core Program, CGIs, and Documentation

Version	Release Date	File	Description
0.0.6	11/01/2000	netsaint-0.0.6.tar.gz (1.0 MB) netsaint-0.0.6.zip (1.2 MB) RPMs can be found here	The latest stable release of NetSaint. Two formats have been provided - both contain the same files. HTML documentation (and lots of it) is included. Make sure to read the docs - especially the "Whats New" section - before installing anything. Remember that you'll need to download plugins before you can actually start monitoring anything! Mark Evans has converted the docs to PDF format (HTML version is already included in the main distribution). Download them here (1.97 MB). netsaint-0.0.6.tar.gz MD5 sum: 0d85b66c7258fcb8dd3fbf775dd7728d netsaint-0.0.6.zip MD5 sum: 516cd662ffe55b3490949a2773b4d5f1

Older versions of NetSaint can be found here.

Plugins

Plugin development has been moved to SourceForge under the leadership of Karl DeBisschop. The main project page for plugin development is located at http://netsaintplug.sourceforge.net/. Tarballs are and RPMs are available here. Bug reports should be reported to the netsaintplug-devel mailing list. If you need help with getting the plugins working, try sending a message to the netsaintplug-help mailing list.

Older versions of the plugins can be found here.

Addons

Package Name	Release Date	File	Package Description	Contributor
Command Line Status Viewer	01/06/2000	cl_status.tar.gz	This program is designed to run in a console and display the current status of monitored hosts and services. It uses ncurses to display as many status lines as possible based on the screen size settings. It will also make the console beep and flash if there are any problems. You can specify the rate at which the status information is refreshed from the NetSaint status log.	Adam Bowen
NetSaint Easy Administration Tool (NEAT)	08/04/2000 (v2.5) 10/10/2000 (v3.2)	neat.v2.5.tar.gz (23K) neat.v3.2.tar.gz (23K)	This is a web administration interface for NetSaint written in Perl. Version 2.5 works for both the 0.0.4 and 0.0.5 releases of NetSaint, while version 3.2 works with NetSaint version 0.0.6. Allows you to add/edit/delete definitions in your host configuration file and restart NetSaint upon completion of the configuration changes. Does not require a database to store configuration data.	Jason Blakey
netsaint_alarm	07/14/1999	netsaint_alarm.tar.gz	A set of scripts that are intended to be run as cron jobs. The scripts periodically scan the NetSaint status log and make the system speaker beep if one or more hosts or services are down or have just recovered. Useful if your monitoring host is in an area where you want operators to have some audible clue that there are problems. This addon requires that you be running version 0.0.4 of NetSaint.	Richard Mayhew
netsaint_mrtg 2.2	10/25/1999	netsaint_mrtg-2.2.tar.gz	A set of scripts intended to be used with MRTG. The scripts scan the NetSaint status log and can be used to generate graphs of host and service status totals. This addon requires that you be running version 0.0.4 or higher of NetSaint.	Richard Mayhew
netsaint_statd v2.03	08/09/2000	netsaint_statd_v2.03.tar.gz (8K)	This is a new revision of the netsaint_statd package. Originally created by Charlie Cook, this addon is now maintained by Nick Reinking. Includes a perl daemon and perl scripts that allow you to check remote host information (load, users, filesystem, etc.) easily. Several mods have been made since the original release of this addon, so give it a try. The latest release includes support for AIX and OpenBSD, fixes some minor bugs, and has a few cosmetic improvements.	Nick Reinking
NetSaint Administrator (NSA) 0.3	02/08/2000	nsa0.3.tar.gz (29K)	This is a web administration interface for NetSaint. Requirements include Perl5 with DBI and MySQL DBD installed, MySQL v2.22.25, and a general knowledge of how to create/delete databases and tables in MySQL. You must also be running the final release of NetSaint 0.0.4 to use this addon (release 0.0.5 should be compatible when it is released). This is now a project on SourceForge - the homepage is here.	Daniel Burke
NMAP 2 NetSaint	05/22/2000	nmap2netsaint.tar.gz (4K)	This is a Perl script that parses the output of nmap and turns it into Netsaint host and service definitions in your host configuration file. Updated to work with version 2.53 of nmap.	Todd Green
NetSaint Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 1.2.2	06/05/2000	nrpe-1.2.2.tar.gz	Allows you to execute "local" plugins (like check_disk, check_procs, etc.) on remote hosts. Requires that the nrpe daemon be running on the remote host. The check_nrpe plugin is called from NetSaint and actually makes the plugin requests to the remote host. Runs as a standalone daemon or as a service under inetd.	Me
NetSaint Remote Plugin Executor/Perl (NRPEP) 0.2	01/07/2000	nrpep-0.2.tar.gz	This addon was designed as a replacemnt for the netsaint_statd and nrpe addons (listed below). Although this addon is similiar in function to nrpe, it is written in Perl and implements TripleDES encryption for the data in transit. It is also designed to run under inetd and make use of the TCP Wrappers package for access control. Requires two Perl modules: Crypt-TripleDES-0.24 and Digest-MD5-2.09. If you want RPMs or the required packages you can find them here.	Adam Jacob
NSC 0.49f	02/07/2000	nsc.tar.gz (14K)	This is a console monitoring interface for NetSaint. It is written in Perl and uses the Curses.pm module to display things in color. The homepage for this addon (along with some screenshots) is located at http://www.goth.dk/~goth/nsc/.	Stig Jacobsen
NetSaint Service Check Acceptor (NSCA) 1.0b2	08/26/2000	nsca-1.0b2.tar.gz (32K)	This program is designed to accept passive service check results from clients that use the send_nsca utility (also included in this package) and pass them along to the NetSaint process by using the external command interface. The program can either be run as a standalone daemon or as a service under inetd. Note: Passive service checks are only available in NetSaint version 0.0.6, so this will utility will be of no use to you if you're running 0.0.5 or earlier.	Me
Passive Service Check Watchdog (PSCWATCH) 1.0b2	08/26/2000	pscwatch-1.0b2.tar.gz (25K)	This program is designed to periodically scan the status log for services that have not been updated within a certain "freshness" threshold. When it detects "stale" services, it will schedule an immediate active check of the affected services by using the external command interface. This utility is only useful if you are relying upon passive service checks to run in a distributed monitoring environment. Note: Passive service checks are only available in NetSaint version 0.0.6, so this will utility will be of no use to you if you're running 0.0.5 or earlier.	Me
RatFink 1.0	08/03/2000	ratfinkv1.0.tar (40K)	This is an escalation addon for NetSaint 0.0.5. Watches the status log and sends notifications using qpage according to the instructions in it's configuration file.	Jason Blakey
Webmin Administration Module	05/22/2000	netsaint-0.79.1.wbm	This is a Webmin administration module for NetSaint. You can grab the module from http://www.niemueller.de/webmin/modules/netsaint/. Supports all directives for the 0.0.5 release of NetSaint. The download is a TAR-only file with an .wbm extension. It can be installed via the Webmin-Configuration module.	Tim Niemueller