Nagios and Firewall/NAT
Morris, Patrick
patrick.morris at hp.com
Thu Jun 29 23:33:58 CEST 2006
They serve two very different purposes. NRPE is used to execute Nagios
plugins on a remote machine, and NSCA is for submitting check results
for a remote machine to a Nagios server.
On most of my installations, I use both.
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> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf
> Of Nazar Kulynych
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios and Firewall/NAT
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm reading an old forum post, and wondering which is better
> NRPE vs NSCA
>
> Any thoughs?
>
>
> Ken A wrote:
> > Install NRPE on the box behind the firewall. It will
> obviously need to
> > be able to connect to the nagios server through the firewall. By
> > default it uses some odd port, but you could tell it to use
> something
> > your firewall allows (if your firewall is blocking outgoing
> > connections at all), so long as that's not disruptive to
> services on either box.
> >
> > Ken
> > Pacific.Net
> >
> >
> > Nazar Kulynych wrote:
> >
> >> Hello list,
> >>
> >> Is there a way nagios can check remote computer that is
> behind a firewall.
> >> I would like to install nagios on a server that is directly
> >> accessible from internet.
> >> and I would like it to check servers that are behind a firewall.
> >>
> >> Perhaps there is a client that checks the system, and sends out
> >> outages to nagios server?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web
> services, security?
> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make
> your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server
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Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
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