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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