With NSCA what check_command do you use?

[Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com]

Marc,

I'm using NSCA because I don't like the idea of opening another port on my
box's.  I'd rather have those box's make the connection into the monitor.  I
have been temped to switch to NRPE, because NSCA just seams unreliable at
times but the more I learn about things the better it's looking.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Powell" <mpowell at ena.com>
To: "Shaun Reitan :: NDC Host" <Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com>; "Chris
Stankaitis" <chris.stankaitis at datawire.net>
Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] With NSCA what check_command do you use?


Shaun,

You haven't really given a lot of detail about what you're really trying
to accomplish but from the scattering of email going around it seems
that you should probably be using NRPE instead of NSCA. NSCA took me
about 10 minutes to get set up and working for my distributed Nagios
boxen (what it's designed for).

If you're trying to set up multiple Nagios boxes polling other remote
hosts and all reporting back to a central server, NSCA is the ticket.

If you're trying to monitor local resources on remote boxes (CPU, disk,
RAM, etc), NRPE is what you want.

--
Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun Reitan :: NDC Host [mailto:Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:46 PM
> To: Chris Stankaitis
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks i'll check it out.  NSCA has been a pain in the ass so far, i'm
> having to write scripts just just parse the data for the send process.
Am
> i
> missing something or is this normal? :)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Shaun Reitan
> CTO
> Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com
> www.NDCHost.com
> www.cPlicensing.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Stankaitis" <chris.stankaitis at datawire.net>
> To: "Shaun Reitan :: NDC Host" <Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com>
> Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] With NSCA what check_command do you use?
>
>
> > in the doc's somewhere there is a small "check" for freshness
> > checking... since all your NSCA checks are passive you'll want to
> > disable ACTIVE checks for the services that are using NSCA this will
> > stop the weird results... then you may want to enable freshness
checking
> > on the Passive services, and using the doc-provided freshness-check
> > script switch your NSCA services' check command to the 'check-fresh'
or
> > whatever you choose to name it
> >
> >
> > Shaun Reitan :: NDC Host wrote:
> > > ok, i got NSCA working but i'm confused what check_command to use.
> Since NSCA works by receiving results via externals i really dont need
a
> check_command on the nagios monitor but it wont let me not have one.
I
> setup libexec/check_dummy in it's place but that gives unaccurate
results
> becasue nagios still runs that check_command and it's returning OK and
> overwriting the info it received via externals.
> > >
> > > At the moment i'm wondering if i should use NRPE or whatever but i
> hate
> the idea of having this server on every server. NSCA doesnt seam like
it
> was
> well thoughout.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Shaun Reitan
> > > CTO
> > > Shaun.Reitan at NDCHost.com
> > > www.NDCHost.com
> > > www.cPlicensing.net
> >
> > --
> > Chris Stankaitis
> > Systems Administrator
> > Datawire Communication Networks Inc.
> >
> >
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