check if host is alive with check_ssh

[Tony Earnshaw]

tor, 02.06.2005 kl. 10.26 skrev Joost Saanen:

> Anyone have an solution to monitor several servers behind a firewall?
> The only port which nagios may go through is the SSH port (port 22).
> At the moment I use the command 'check_ssh' to check if a host is
> alive, this doesn't work pretty good, because sometimes I get an host
> down alert:
> 
> ***** Nagios  *********************************
> 
> Notification Type: PROBLEM
> Host: testserver
> State: DOWN
> Address: 95.135.65.229
> Info: CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds
> 
> Date/Time: Thu Mar 31 09:24:42 CEST 2005
> ************************************************
> 
> When I go to check the server there is no problem (the host is up).
> Also I never get any host up alert email. Anyone have a solution or
> know what goed wrong here? Thanks in advance ..

nrpe? daemon + plugins on each remote server, check_nrpe plugin on the
client, one port open in the firewall. This is no good for checking
printers, switches or suchlike.

--Tonni

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mail: tonye at billy.demon.nl
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