About The Speaker
Ethan Galstad is the founder and president of Nagios Enterprises and the original creator of Nagios. With a passion for open-source software and IT infrastructure, Ethan developed Nagios to solve real-world monitoring challenges—and it quickly became the trusted solution for organizations worldwide. For over two decades, Nagios has been helping IT teams gain visibility, reduce downtime, and stay ahead of critical issues.
Leveraging the Nearly Infinite Flexibility of XI: Writing Simple DIY Plugins
People hear “write your own plugins” and it sounds intimidating, like you need to write a bunch of code, and you’d have to be a developer and pore over detailed specs and API charts and other esoterica. I’ll explain how to make a functional plugin very quickly, with minimal fuss. I’ll also explain how (and perhaps when) to go up a couple notches of fanciness.
Behind the Session Title
We’ll be speaking about how golang programing help to develop a prediction little program for calculating the data generated in the Nagios side.
What I Hope You Learn
Golang, libraries for calculation in golang, how to deploy in their environment.
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