# Nagios XI
## **Configure Nagios XI for API Access:**
CloudFabrix supports Nagios XI API integration for fetching asset inventory (host, service data) , relationship data (host & service groups) periodically or on demand. The collected data is primarily used to get additional information for Alert enrichment, correlation to reduce the alert noise & to triage the incident faster. For API integration, it requires only read access permissions. Follow the below given steps to create service account for CloudFabrix AIOps solution with read-only permissions on Nagios XI monitoring tool.
**Step 1:** Login into Nagios XI monitoring tool with admin privileges.
**Step2:** Click on '**Admin**' --> Click on '**Manage Users**' and --> Click on '**Add New User**' to create new user account.
**Step 3:** Enter **Username**, **Password**, **Name** & **Email Address**.
**Unselect the below items:**
* Force Password Change at Next Login:
* Email User Account Information:
* Create as Monitoring Contact
**Select the below items:**
* Account Enabled
* Security Settings
* Authorization Level: User
* Can see all hosts and services
* Read-only access
* API access
Click on '**Add User**'
**Step 4:** Click on newly create user account (i.e. cfx-readonly) to view the account settings.
**Step 5:** Copy the API Key to feed it into CloudFabrix AIOps solution. You can also generate new API key by clicking on '**Generate new API key**' button.
## Adding Nagios XI as Datasource/Extension in 'RDA':
Nagios XI or any other datasource/extension's configuration is configured in RDA's user interface. Login into RDA's user interface using a browser.
**https\://\:9998**
Under '**Notebook**', click on '**CFXDX Python 3**' box
In the '**Notebook**' command box, type **`botadmin()`** and **`alt (or option) + Enter`** to open datasource administration menu.
Click on '**Add**' menu and under **Type** drop down, select **`nagios`**
* **type**: Datasource/Extension type. In this context, it is '**nagios**'
* **name**: Datasource/Extension label which should be unique within the RDA
* **Hostname:** VMware vCenter's IP Address or DNS name
* **API Key**: API key in Nagios UI that was created with 'read-only' permissions
Click on '**Check Connectivity**' to verify the network access and credentials validity. Once it is validated, click on '**Add**' button to add the Nagios XI as a datasource.
Below are available data bots for Nagios XI datasource.
## Nagios exploration in '**RDA**':
Once Nagios integration details are configured in RDA as a datasource, it will be ready to connect to targe Nagios and explore the data for the analysis.
For the details on Nagios inventory data collection bots, refer [**CloudFabrix RDA Bot documentation.**](https://bot-docs.cloudfabrix.io/Bots/nagios/)
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