FreeNATS

FreeNATSOriginal author(s)| David Cutting

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Developer(s)| PurplePixie Systems
Initial release| March 2, 2008 (2008-03-02)[1]
Stable release|

1.20.1b / November 14, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-11-14)[2]

Operating system| Unix-like
Platform| PHP / MySQL
Available in| English
Type| Network monitoring
License| GNU General Public License
Website| www.purplepixie.org/freenats/

FreeNATS (the Free Network Automatic Testing System) is an open-source network monitoring software application[3] developed by David Cutting under the banner of PurplePixie Systems.

FreeNATS is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Overview

* Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ICMP (ping)[4]
* Limited monitoring of host resources (processor load, disk usage) on a majority of network operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and Linux through agent-based testing
* Plugin design that allows users to easily develop their own service checks depending on needs, by using PHP (or other languages or scripts wrapped in PHP)
* Some ability to define network host hierarchy using "master" nodes allowing link failures to suspend monitoring[5]
* Event-based system allowing failure notifications to be sent in customised email (suitable for email-to-SMS) or to utilise third-party notification scripts via a plug-in
* Ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events for proactive problem resolution
* Automatic data retention cleanups
* Full web-interface for management and monitoring
* Ability to "publish" views and graphs within third-party web pages

## See also

* Comparison of network monitoring systems

## References

1. ↑ first release referenced in http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/news.php?id=91
2. ↑ FreeNATS Release Download
3. ↑ NetworkWorld.com Article on FreeNATS
4. ↑ PC Quest Article on FreeNATS
5. ↑ Master Node Documentation on FreeNATS Wiki

## External links

* purplepixie.org/freenats, official website
* FreeNATS Wiki
* Support Forum for FreeNATS
* NetworkWorld.com Article on FreeNATS
* PC Quest Article on FreeNATS

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