# Install monitoring-plugins with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, zypper Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install monitoring-plugins. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:monitoring-plugins ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install monitoring-plugins ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add monitoring-plugins ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: monitoring-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install monitoring-plugins ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: monitoring-plugins from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#monitoring-plugins ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/monitoring-plugins/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - 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/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:monitoring-plugins - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.4.0 - **Source summary:** Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:32-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - check_hpjd (alias) - check_ldap (alias) - check_ldaps (alias) - check_mssql (alias) - check_snmp (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.4.0 ## Project history and usage Monitoring Plugins is the continuation of the standard check-plugin bundle that grew out of the Nagios ecosystem. Nagios' own history says the plugins distributed with NetSaint were spun off into a separate Nagios Plugins project around the 1999-2002 NetSaint-to-Nagios transition, establishing the small executable-check model that Nagios Core and compatible systems still use. ### Project history The Monitoring Plugins Development Team renamed the project in January 2014 after nagios-plugins.org was redirected to infrastructure controlled by Nagios Enterprises. The team described the move as a forced rename from "Nagios Plugins" to "Monitoring Plugins" and emphasized that the bundle had become useful beyond Nagios itself. ### How it is used In practice the package is a collection of stand-alone command-line probes. Monitoring software runs a plugin to check a host or service, reads its status and output, and then handles state changes, notifications, or event handlers. The bundle covers common local and remote checks such as load, processes, disk usage, ICMP, SNMP, and HTTP, while the wider ecosystem adds thousands of community plugins for less common technologies. Its niche in package managers is therefore not a daemon but a shared vocabulary of executable checks for Nagios-compatible systems including Icinga, Naemon, Shinken, Sensu, and similar tools. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - monitoring-plugins - 2.4.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: monitoring-plugins from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (metapackage) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Debian apt - monitoring-plugins-basic - 2.4.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: monitoring-plugins-basic from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (basic) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Debian apt - monitoring-plugins-common - 2.4.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: monitoring-plugins-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Common files for plugins for nagios compatible monitoring | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Debian apt - monitoring-plugins-standard - 2.4.0-3+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: monitoring-plugins-standard from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (standard) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Nix - monitoring-plugins: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/monitoring-plugins/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - monitoring-plugins - 2.3.5-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: monitoring-plugins from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (metapackage) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Ubuntu apt - monitoring-plugins-basic - 2.3.5-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: monitoring-plugins-basic from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (basic) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Ubuntu apt - monitoring-plugins-common - 2.3.5-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: monitoring-plugins-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Common files for plugins for nagios compatible monitoring | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - Ubuntu apt - monitoring-plugins-standard - 2.3.5-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: monitoring-plugins-standard from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (standard) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - apk - monitoring-plugins - 3.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: monitoring-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Plugins for Icinga, Naemon, Nagios, Shinken, Sensu and other monitoring applications | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - apk - monitoring-plugins-doc - 3.0.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: monitoring-plugins-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Plugins for Icinga, Naemon, Nagios, Shinken, Sensu and other monitoring applications (documentation) | https://www.monitoring-plugins.org - pacman - monitoring-plugins - 3.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: monitoring-plugins from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Plugins for Icinga, Naemon, Nagios, Shinken, Sensu and other monitoring applications | https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/ - zypper - monitoring-plugins - 2.4.0-4.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: monitoring-plugins from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | The Monitoring Plug-Ins | http://monitoring-plugins.org/ - zypper - monitoring-plugins-all - 2.4.0-4.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: monitoring-plugins-all from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | All Monitoring-Plugin checks | http://monitoring-plugins.org/ - zypper - monitoring-plugins-breeze - 2.4.0-4.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: monitoring-plugins-breeze from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Monitor Breezecom wireless equipment | http://monitoring-plugins.org/ - zypper - monitoring-plugins-by_ssh - 2.4.0-4.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: monitoring-plugins-by_ssh from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Execute checks via SSH | http://monitoring-plugins.org/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/monitoring-plugins.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/monitoring-plugins.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph