check_procs not functioning well

[anil kamath]

Hi swati,

seen your contents, as i had mentioned earlier that
even if the check procs points at a remote host it
hasnt got the rights to check procs unless you do
check_by_ssh or run a nrpe daemon on remote host and
make check_nrpe check the proc status.
the proc status is okay b'coz it checks the local
procs  and not the procs running on the remote host. A
simple example is try creating the proc check for
another host  and u will get the same result. I have
configured check_procs to monitor procs on a remote
host and it works fine. 
U need to install the nrpe daemon on the remote host
and also the plugins. you need to configure nrpe.cfg
and also start the daemon as an xinetd service. 


check_command       
check_nrpe!check_total_procs!150!200
}
this is from services.cfg.
define command{
        command_name    check_local_procs
        command_line    $USER1$/check_procs -w $ARG1$
-c $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$
        }
this is for checking local procs even if it points to
a emote host.
define command{
        command_name    check_nrpe
        command_line    $USER1$/check_nrpe -H
$HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$
}
this entry is for checking procs and other services on
a remote host.

reply back if it works fine

Regards,
anil

--- Swati Srivastava <swati220781 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Anil!
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> I have configured check_procs and it is showing me
> the results now.
> But since you said that i need to install nrpe on
> the remote host, is it a 
> possibility that the results i'm getting are not
> correct? I mean, how come 
> Nagios shows OK status for check_procs?
> Also, regarding the syntax of check_procs, i have
> got this link which helped 
> me:
> http://www.totkat.org/pages/nconf_commands.shtml
> But I'm not very clear with the -s,-a and -C
> options.It will be very helpful 
> if you can elaborate them.
> Thanks.
> Swati
> 
> >From: anil kamath <amk_dude at yahoo.com>
> >To: Swati Srivastava <swati220781 at hotmail.com>
> >CC: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_procs not
> functioning well
> >Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 03:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >hi swati,
> >
> >firstly you need to configure nrpe daemon on the
> >remote host to check_procs. else it will monitor
> the
> >prrocs on the localhost only. if you want to
> monitor
> >procs you need to compile nrpe on the remote host
> and
> >install the nrpe daemon as a standalone or an
> xinetd
> >service later from the nagios host you throw
> commands
> >using check_nrpe to the nrpe daemon which will give
> >you the procs running on the remote host.
> >do you need the syntax for check_procs ?????
> >or is it okay with the config..
> >
> >reply
> >anil
> >--- Swati Srivastava <swati220781 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > 1) I have configured nagios check_procs command
> to
> > > check Nagios process by
> > > supplying the process id with which it is
> > > running.Only when i see the host
> > > details, i get the status information as OK-1
> > > processes running...whereas,
> > > on all the other options (eg.service detail,
> status
> > > overview, etc.), it
> > > shows a warning for the corresponding entry. In
> > > service detail, it states
> > > WARNING-0 processes running with ppid-15904.
> > >
> > > 2) Also, I have configured check_procs to
> monitor a
> > > process on some other
> > > host by supplying the process id. That host is
> Up.
> > > But it always shows this
> > > WARNING-0 processes running with PPID=2177.
> > > I want to monitor a particular process on this
> > > host,like, how many child
> > > processes it spawns,etc.This host is in our LAN.
> > >
> > > Kindly help,
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Swati
> > >
> > >
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