> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.incident.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Adding Nagios as an Alert Source

This article provides step by step instructions for setting up Nagios Core as an alert source within incident.io.

## Instructions

1. Head over to the [Alerts](https://app.incident.io/~/alerts/sources) section in your incident.io dashboard

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incidentio-18bb4170/_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz/images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz&q=85&s=6d002f592cce4eb5e53cf2cb354daf5c" alt="" width="514" height="762" data-path="images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-1.png" />

2. Select the sources tab at the top of the page

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incidentio-18bb4170/_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz/images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz&q=85&s=d27218801580cb2a00f9c99d3db4f286" alt="" width="962" height="342" data-path="images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-2.png" />

3. Press the 'New alert source' button

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/incidentio-18bb4170/_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz/images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_tV3mgrVYiHDUZXz&q=85&s=4c29fc75f7ce6ebbaddebc767900f5b8" alt="" width="1516" height="222" data-path="images/help-centre/adding-nagios-as-an-alert-source/screenshot-3.png" />

4. Search for Nagios and click continue to create the alert source

5. Install the incident-io [Nagios Plugin](https://github.com/incident-io/nagios-plugin) by following the instructions in the GitHub repo and enter the URL and token as prompted by the alert source page.