not able to get the status of some services fr om the remote machine even with net-snmp running
ankush grover
grover1711 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 09:52:51 CET 2005
On 12/7/05, Thomas.Zimmer at oppenheim.de <Thomas.Zimmer at oppenheim.de> wrote:
>
> as the check-name "check_LOCAL_disk_mail" says, these two are local check.
> Many checks are not able to check a host resp. a service remote via a
> tcp-connection o.sim.
>
> To execute such services on a remote machine, you´ll have to use nrpe,
> nsca or ssh (maybe there are more possib.). The service checks you want to
> exec. hav to reside on the remote machine.
>
> Assuming you have running ssh-services (configuring nrpe is a bit more
> complicated):
>
> # command for executing checks via ssh
> define command {
> command_name check_by_ssh
> command_line $USER1$/check_by_ssh -H
> $HOSTADDRESS$ -C "./<plugins-dir>/$ARG1$ $ARG2$"
> }
> # the remotecheck
> define service {
> host_name mail
> service_description check_swap_on_mail
> check_command check_by_ssh!
> check_local_disk_mail!<optional additional params>
> max_check_attempts 5
> normal_check_interval 5
> retry_check_interval 3
> check_period nonworkhours
> notification_interval 30
> notification_period nonworkhours
> notification_options w,c,r
> contact_groups linux-admins
> }
>
> This should work. NRPE function in a similar way; but on the remote host a
> daemon is running, and the checks that may be executed on the remote host
> are configured on the remote host.
>
> NSCA inverts the direction of getting check results; you´ll have to
> compile a "small nagios", configure all checks for the machine locally, and
> then you can pass all results as "passive chak results" via the "send_nsca"
> plugin to your central nagios-server.
>
> I think the nrpe alternative has greater performance as executing checks
> via ssh, but you lose the ability of fully central configuration. i never
> used nsca myself.
>
> Greetz,
>
> *Thomas Zimmer*
> Produktservice & Betrieb
> Betrieb & Support
> Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie., Frankfurt a. Main
>
hey Mr. Thomas,
Thanks for your guidance.
Thanks & Regards
Ankush Grover
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