check_ntp

Irene Sakellarakis irenes at wolfram.com
Fri May 16 19:27:49 CEST 2003


The host is running an ntp server.

>From checkcommands.cfg:
# 'check_ntp' command definition
define command{
        command_name    check_ntp
        command_line    /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ntp $HOSTADDRESS$ 
-w 60 -c 180
        }

>From services.cfg
# Service definition
define service{
        use                             generic-service         ; Name of 
service template to use

        host_name                       host1
        service_description             NTP
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              3
        normal_check_interval           3
        retry_check_interval            1
        contact_groups                  unix-high       
        notification_interval           120
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            w,u,c,r
        check_command                   check_ntp


OS on host1 is Red Hat 6.1, kernel 2.2.19

Thanks,
Irene
On Fri, 16 May 2003, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:

> 
> check_ntp -H host1
> 
> - requires that host1 be running a ntp server.
> 
> What is the command config?
> 
> -sg
> 
> 
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Irene Sakellarakis wrote:
> 
> > check_ntp -H $HOSTNAME$ works just fine from the command line of the 
> > nagios server. I cannot get the web interface to display a check. I'm 
> > confused as to whether the check occurs at all (since it works from 
> > the command line) or if Nagios is, in effect, not updating this 
> > particular service.
> > 
> > The error message I get is: "NTP CRITICAL: No suitable peer server found - 
> > Server for ntp probably down"
> > 
> > What I've done so far:
> > 
> > *Updated all my plugins to the latest version from sourceforge.
> > 
> > *Specified the location of ntpdate in utils.pm to reflect the location on 
> > the nagios server (this location is different on the client I'm checking).
> > 
> > *ntpd seemed to be problematic on the host server, so I've stopped ntpd as 
> > a daemon and am running a cron job every 60 seconds to synchronize with my 
> > time server (stratum 2 server).
> > 
> > Any assistance is greatly appreciated,
> > Irene
> > 
> > 
> > 
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