How to make Nagios ping
Giedrius Astrauskas
gastrauskas at burrelles.com
Mon Dec 30 18:36:50 CET 2002
Hi,
Thanks for replies.
I found that there already exists command called "check-host-alive", so I am
using that one.
Also, I found that my problem was with syntax how I called plugin. Besides,
another problem was that I was trying to ping though firewall.
I can use Nagios to ping any computer on the network now. It works fine.
Giedrius
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Bilder" <JBilder at netrixllc.com>
To: <gastrauskas at burrelles.com>; <Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How to make Nagios ping
recompile Nagios without the ping option. It worked great!
>>> "Giedrius Astrauskas" <gastrauskas at burrelles.com> 12/30/02 10:11AM >>>
Hi,
I am sure that there must be an easy solution to this, because when I was
using NSCA, Nagios was pinging every time the NSCA client did not return OK
message.
However, now I am attempting to simply make Nagios ping the client computer
without having installed anything (no NSCA, no NRPE, no plugins)on client
computer.
I inlcuded client computer in hosts.cfg, also I created new service entry in
services.cfg:
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of
service template to use
host_name zsbld07
service_description CheckPing
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 3
normal_check_interval 1
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups windows-admins
notification_interval 60
notification_period 24x7
notification_options w,u,c,r
check_command check_ping_m
}
then I created command in checkcommands.cfg:
# 'check_ping_m' command definition
define command{
command_name check_ping_m
command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H <ip of the host is here,
removed before posting> -w 5000 -c 10000 -p 5
}
I installed plugins and above syntax I got from check_ping plugin's help.
However, when I run Nagios, it displays the status of the above service as
"UNKNOWN".
Does it mean that I cannot simply make Nagios ping client computer wihtout
having anything installed on client?
Sorry, if the question sounds simple - I am still in the process of trying
to understand how Nagios works.
I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks.
Giedrius
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