nrpe for windows

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

What sorts of plugins will winnrpe call?  And who will create them?

I think I missed something somewhere....

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lennard Bakker [mailto:bakkerl at lamp.xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:58 PM
> To: Nagios List
> Cc: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nrpe for windows
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 00:02, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> > So in essence, you're going to build some sort of 
> monolithic code which is
> > perhaps similar to NSClient in design, but it uses the NRPE 
> protocols?
> 
> No. Some code like, NRPE. A service that listens at port 
> 5666, uses the
> nrpe protocol, uses the same nrpe configfile and also calls external
> file to do a check.
> 
> It doesn't nothing more than the nrpe daemon, only windows-service
> compatible. The NSClient runs it own checks and no external 'plugin'.
> 
> Lennard
> 
> 
> > 
> > jc
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Lennard Bakker [mailto:bakkerl at lamp.xs4all.nl]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:44 PM
> > > To: Nagios List
> > > Cc: Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]
> > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nrpe for windows
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 20:16, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> > > > NRPE requires that you run plugins.  Are you going to port 
> > > all the plugins
> > > > too?
> > > 
> > > No, with it could check the things i need on that windows host.
> > > Even if it not would run windows, but a nrpe compatible OS, 
> > > that i would
> > > write the plugins myself. The task these plugins are gonne do, are
> > > system specific, only for 1 purpose only.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I think many (myself included) would jump at the 
> > > opportunity for a more
> > > > homogenous solution (ie, NRPE), but it sounds like quite 
> > > the task.  More
> > > > power to you if you can do it!
> > > 
> > > This plugins would be useless to anybody else, so why bother the
> > > homogenous solution.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Lennard Bakker [mailto:bakkerl at lamp.xs4all.nl]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:54 PM
> > > > > To: Nagios List
> > > > > Cc: Trace McQuaig
> > > > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nrpe for windows
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 01:30, Trace McQuaig wrote:
> > > > > > Why not use NSClient?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > http://nsclient.ready2run.nl/
> > > > > 
> > > > > nsclient could check serveral windows releated stuff.
> > > > > I need to check a few programs install on a windows 
> > > machine. I have to
> > > > > test them with different inputs.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have already made perl scripts that can do these checkd 
> > > for me, and
> > > > > give a nagios compatible output (one line of comment, and 
> > > a correct
> > > > > errorlevel). Now i have to call them local on that 
> > > windows machine.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If there is no nrpe for windows i will write something 
> > > that will be
> > > > > compatibe with current nrpe 1.5 that will run as a 
> > > windows service...
> > > > > 
> > > > > But why do something if it is already there..
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Lennard Bakker [mailto:bakkerl at lamp.xs4all.nl]
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:55 PM
> > > > > > To: Nagios List
> > > > > > Subject: [Nagios-users] nrpe for windows
> > > > > 
> > > > > > A small question..
> > > > > > is there a nrpe version that can be runned under windows 
> > > > > (NT/2000/XP)?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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