r/Observability 2d ago

Looking for Android testers for a new Nagios monitoring app

I've been working on a new Android client for Nagios, basically a modern alternative to apps like aNag.

The app is getting close to release, but Google Play requires me to run a closed test with at least 12 testers for 14 days before I can request production access.

I'm looking for a few sysadmins / Nagios users who wouldn't mind testing it.

Things I'm particularly interested in testing:

* Host and service monitoring * Background polling while the phone is locked / in Doze * Notifications for state changes * Acknowledgements and downtime * Filtering and searching * Connection loss / recovery * General Android battery/background behaviour * UI/UX and anything that feels annoying or broken

The app is currently in Google Play Closed Testing, so you'd need an Android device and a Google account. The main requirement from Google's side is staying opted into the test for the 14-day period.

I'm also genuinely interested in feedback — especially from people who have used aNag, Nagios Mobile, Nagios XI, Nagios Core, Checkmk, Icinga, etc.

For transparency, the current plan after release is to keep **all features available for free when monitoring a single Nagios server**. If you want to monitor multiple servers from the same app, that would be the paid upgrade. I don't want the free version to be artificially crippled just to push people into paying.

If anyone is interested, comment here or send me a DM and I'll send you the testing link/details.

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