Objects are all the elements that are involved in the monitoring and notification logic.

Types of objects include:

• Services are one of the central objects in the monitoring logic. Services are ASSOCIATED with hosts Attributes of a host (CPU load, disk usage, uptime, etc.)
• Service Groups :are groups of one or more services. Service groups can make it easier to (1) view the status of related services in the Nagios web interface and (2) simplify your configuration through the use of object tricks.
• Hosts are one of the central objects in the monitoring logic.Hosts are usually physical devices on your network (servers, workstations, routers, switches, printers, etc).
• Host Groups are groups of one or more hosts. Host groups can make it easier to (1) view the status of related hosts in the Nagios web interface and (2) simplify your configuration through the use of object tricks
• Contacts Conact INFORMATION of people involved in the notification process
• CONTACT Groups are groups of one or more contacts. Contact groups can make it easier to define all the people who get notified when certain host or service problems occur.
• Commands are used to tell Nagios what programs, scripts, etc. it should execute to perform ,Host and service CHECKS and when Notifications should send etc.
• Time Periods are are used to control ,When hosts and services can be monitored
• Notification Escalations Use for escalating the the notification.

Objects are all the elements that are involved in the monitoring and notification logic.

Types of objects include: