2025 NAGIOS WORLD CONFERENCE

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NWC 2025 Conference Schedule

NWC 2025 Conference Schedule

Monday, September 29
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception & Registration
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Join us at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, for a casual evening of networking, appetizers, and refreshments as we kick off NWC 2025!

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Tuesday, September 30
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7:00 AM
Breakfast at Hotel
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Enjoy breakfast in the Great Northern room.
8:30 AM
Shuttles Depart from Hotel
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Transportation provided to all attendees.
9:30 - 10:20 AM
Keynote Presentation
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Ethan Galstad
Opening keynote address from Nagios founder and CEO.

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10:30 - 11:20 AM
Nagios for the Home Data Center
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Dave Williams
This presentation will cover how Nagios is used to monitor and administer a home data center using Raspberry Pis.

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Leveraging the Nearly Infinite Flexibility of XI: Writing Simple DIY Plugins
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Jeffrey Dunitz
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 of notches of fanciness.

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UI/UX Improvements in Nagios XI 2026
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Nagios Development Team
This session covers the latest user interface and user experience improvements in Nagios XI 2026.

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11:30 - 12:20 PM
Leveraging Open Source AI Models to Predict Outages
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JJ Asghar
The presentation will demonstrate how to leverage data from a Nagios instance, feed it into a model, and easily predict usage trends and capacity planning—all from your laptop in a safe, secure, and local environment.

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Scaling a Nagios Log Server 2024R2 Cluster and Node Roles
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Jason Michaelson
In this session, I'll talk about the various roles an individual instance in a Nagios Log Server cluster can assume and how to tailor the hardware for an instance that is assigned a given role.

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How to Write Custom XI Plugins and Wizards
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Nagios Development Team
Interactive workshop on creating custom plugins and configuration wizards for Nagios XI.

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12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch
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Networking lunch for all attendees.
1:40 - 2:30 PM
What's New in Nagios Network Analyzer 2026
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Sandor Gardil
An overview of updates, features, and improvements in the next release of Nagios Network Analyzer.

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How to Write Custom XI Dashlets
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Nagios Development Team
Learn to create custom dashboard widgets and visualizations for Nagios XI.

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2:40 - 3:30 PM
The Power of Knowing Stuff
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Michael Bellerue
Come hear about some strange scenarios I’ve run into over the years and how we were able to brainstorm around them.

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Nagios Network Analyzer 2026 Hands-on Workshop
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Nagios Development Team
Hands-on workshop exploring the new features and capabilities of Nagios Network Analyzer 2026.

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3:40 - 4:30 PM
Building A Containerized Nagios XI Development Environment with Ubuntu
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Sam Napier
Presentation will cover how to containerize Nagios XI as a small footprint System Image that has many advantages for the Nagios XI developer.

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Minecraft Server Auto-Moderation with Nagios
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Blake Bahner
Discover how Nagios XI, Nagios Log Server, and NCPA/NRPE can be leveraged alongside several mods to notice and fix your performance problems.

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Nagios XI 2026 Hands-on Workshop
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Nagios Development Team
Hands-on workshop covering new features and functionality in Nagios XI 2026.

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4:45 - 5:30 PM
Shuttles Depart to Hotel
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Transportation provided to all attendees.
6:30 PM
Casino Night & Dinner
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Join us for dinner and a Casino Night in the Great Northern room.

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Wednesday, October 1
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
7:00 AM
Breakfast at Hotel
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Enjoy breakfast in the Great Northern Room at The Depot.
8:30 AM
Shuttles Depart from Hotel
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Transportation provided to all attendees.
8:45 - 9:30 AM
Demos, Workshops, and Q & A
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Interactive sessions and opportunity to ask questions.

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9:30 - 10:20 AM
Overview of Nagios Solutions
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Shamas Demoret
Covering each Nagios solution in summary and the ways they work together to provide comprehensive infrastructure insight.

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10:30 - 11:20 AM
NSClient++: The Past, The Present, and The Future of NSClient++
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Michael Medin
A status update of NSClient++ and what the future has in store for the popular Windows monitoring agent.

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Wireshark, Suricata, and Nmap — The Powerful Tools Behind the New Nagios Network Analyzer
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Tyler Larson
This presentation will take a deep dive into key components of Nagios Network Analyzer - namely Wireshark, Suricata, and Nmap - and how they work together to enable network and security threat analysis.

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Modifying Nagios XI UI Themes
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Cory Norell
This presentation will cover how to modify the Nagios XI interface.

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11:30 - 12:20 PM
Creative Selling: Crafting Tailored Solutions Across Multiple Sectors with Nagios XI
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Vivian Park
This presentation aims to explore the art of creative selling by showing how Nagios can be used to craft tailored solutions across IT departments and industries.

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Overview of Hosts, Services, and Customizing Host/Service Groups
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Vadim Moskovkin
In my session, I will be discussing how to create and customize host and service groups in Nagios XI. If time permits, I will also be showing how to get multi-tenancy working. This seems basic but is a very important role for organizing the correct hosts and services to quickly find a device that needs attention.

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Scaling Monitoring with Nagios Mod-Gearman
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Nagios Development Team
Hands-on training covering scaling monitoring with Nagios Mod-Gearman.

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12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch and the Nagios MVP Awards
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Enjoy a networking lunch and the Nagios MVP Awards, recognizing outstanding community members.

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1:40 - 2:30 PM
Seriously Advanced Nagios XI Configuration
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Eric Loyd
Session will cover advanced XI configuration topics, including: getting a "command line" version of the GUI using the Nagios API, using the Nagios API to automate federation from a central Nagios XI server to Nagios Core "workers", and self-aware Nagios XI services.

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Visualizing Network Health and Status Data With NagVis
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Doug Nelson, Emmett Kapsner, Igor Kosterin, and Sam Watson
A hands-on session that covers visualizing network health and status data using NagVis.

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Why Nagios Fusion?
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Aiden Coil
Learn and explore the capabilities of Nagios Fusion.

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2:40 - 3:30 PM
Nagios Event Handlers with Event Driven Ansible
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Aaron Cieslicki
Attend this talk to learn how Red Hat Ansible makes Nagios Event Handlers even better and solves some common issues with connections and authorization.

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How to Make the Most of Being a Nagios Partner
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Dayna Glazier
Learn how to leverage our comprehensive toolkit, engage with valuable content through monthly partner webinars and our YouTube channel, and utilize compelling case studies to drive growth.

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Dashboard Confessionals with Jack, Zachary, and Coleman
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Jack Cheng, Zachary Robinson, and Coleman Dietsch
This session will demo new improvements to dashboards and dashlets in Nagios XI 2026R1.

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3:40 - 4:30 PM
A24 - A Nagios Partner Evolution Story
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Robin Porter, Charlie Contrelli, and Jay Patel
In this session, we'll explore how the demands for monitoring and observability have changed over the years, highlighting the opportunities for partners to help their customers today.

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Business Intelligence Monitoring
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Josh Manley
Gain deeper insights into your business, end user experiences, and mission critical systems using tools like Business Process Intelligence (BPI) and Multistacked Performance Graphs!

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AI-Driven Monitoring Automation for Nagios XI: XI Helper
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Ayoub Louragli
This session will demo what Nagios has done with AI in XI.

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4:45 - 5:30 PM
Shuttles Depart to Hotel
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Transportation provided to all attendees.
6:00 PM
Gaming Night and Dinner
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Enjoy dinner and a variety of video and retro games.

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Thursday, October 2
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
7:00 AM
Breakfast at Hotel
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Enjoy breakfast in the Great Northern Room at The Depot.
8:30 AM
Shuttles Depart from Hotel
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Transportation provided to all attendees.
9:15 - 9:45 AM
Hands-on Introduction to Nagios Log Server
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Jason Michaelson
This interactive session covers the basics of Nagios Log Server.

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Internally Hosting AI On-Prem, Security Concerns
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Christopher Allen
This session will demo what Nagios has done with AI in XI.

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Rant at a Developer
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Hands-on technical workshop session.

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10:00 - 10:30 AM
Nagios Core: The Open Source Monitoring Engine
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Aaron Cieslicki
This session is all about Nagios Core.

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Open Discussions
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Development Team
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Technical Workshop
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Hands-on technical workshop session.

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10:45 AM
Conference Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks
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Join us for final reflections and key takeaways as we conclude the conference.

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11:00 AM
Shuttles Depart to Hotel
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Final transportation back to hotel.
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General Event

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