Shell script for installing nrpe on clients.

[Hari Sekhon]

Since you've asked, here is my xinetd file for nrpe:

service nrpe
        {
                flags           = REUSE
                socket_type     = stream       
                wait            = no
                user            = nagiosuser
                server          = /path/to/nrpe
                server_args     = -c /path/to/nrpe.cfg --inetd
                log_on_failure  += USERID
                disable         = no
                only_from       = x.x.x.x (replace this bit with the IP 
address of you nagios server)

}

-h

Hari Sekhon



Edwin Zoeller wrote:
> Thanks you. Can I get how you have nrpe setup in  xinetd 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hari Sekhon [mailto:hpsekhon at googlemail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:02 AM
> To: Edwin Zoeller
> Cc: Lalita Drolia; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Shell script for installing nrpe on clients.
>
> I've done this in a slightly easier way in that my deployment script
> installs the nrpe stuff and also pushes one standard config to it so
> that it works instantly.
>
> I think that may be something you may want to do, since it saves you the
> bits at the end.
>
> Some plugins aren't relevent, but then you won't call them, right?
>
> Oh, also forgot to mention that I run my nrpe behind xinetd and this is
> also installed and a standard locked down config deployed at that time
> by my script.
>
> You probably want to put your nrpe through xinetd since I believe that
> modern nrpe doesn't support restricting hosts that may call it, and you
> most definitely want to do that since nrpe doesn't use a password for
> the connection.
>
> -h
>
> Hari Sekhon
>
>
>
> Edwin Zoeller wrote:
>   
>> I use Nagios in my Solaris environment and have made the nrpe
>> installation into a Sun installable package. It creates the needed
>> directories, sub-directories, copies the binaries along with the basic
>> plug-in. All you have to do is edit the nrpe.cfg files, drop in the
>> proper IP's and configure to your systems.
>>
>> Ed 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
>> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Hari
>> Sekhon
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:01 AM
>> To: Lalita Drolia
>> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Shell script for installing nrpe on
>>     
> clients.
>   
>> I have a script to do this but mainly for Gentoo servers. I could also
>> modify it for debian servers although I run less of these. If you have
>> some poor rpm based distro you could also be in luck if you can use
>>     
> yum
>   
>> or something to take care of the software installation automatically.
>>
>> In the most excellent Bash, this can be easily done in 250 lines
>> (including option parsing and error handling, and includes both local
>> and remote methods of installation and configuration deployment,
>> starting etc)
>>
>> But I haven't released this script for a reason, it's kind of specific
>> to what you want to do.
>>
>> Best advice, write this yourself. You should be able to write a shell
>> script to do this, really if you know Bash then you should be able to
>>     
> do
>   
>> this by the end of today, at least for the linux systems. Having not
>>     
> got
>   
>> the solaris experience, I can't advise there, but I think generally
>>     
> the
>   
>> same principals can apply.
>>
>> SSH key authentication, Good package management systems like Gentoo
>> Portage and Debian APT are the real wins here, most of the code will
>>     
> be
>   
>> error handling...
>>
>> -h
>>
>> Hari Sekhon
>>
>>
>>
>> Lalita Drolia wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I need to configure many linux and solaris clients to be monitored by
>>>       
>
>   
>>> Nagios server.
>>>
>>> This will take a lot of time. Can anyone suggest me a shell script 
>>> which will solve the purpose.
>>>
>>> As we know the main steps involved are-
>>>
>>> Adding user and group Nagios.
>>>
>>> Logging in as Nagios.
>>>
>>> Installing Nagios-plugins and nrpe.
>>>
>>> Performing the configuration steps.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Any help is most welcome.
>>>
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