Passive checks via NSCA in distributed network

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Rancier, Jeff
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:53 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Passive checks via NSCA in distributed network
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have an unusual circumstance, in that the hosts which need
monitoring
> are
> physically isolated by a one-way switch.  Something like this:
> 
>     accessible                       remote               remote
>      host                             host1                host2
>  ________________			   _________________
> _____________
> |  web interface |   one-way    |  remote Nagios  |<===>| NRPE Daemon
|
> |----------------|  <--------   |     process     |      -------------
> |  core Nagios       switch     |-----------------|
> |    process     |              | NSCA UDP Client |
> |----------------|              |-----------------|
> |  NSCA Daemon   |              |   check_nrpe    |
>  ----------------                -----------------
> 
> Is something like this possible?  The remote Nagios process would
monitor
> multiple hosts/services on it's side of the switch, and then somehow
> forward
> the external commands to the main process. ???


Yep, this is certainly possible and works quite well. Check out the
documentation on Distributed Monitoring.

--
Marc


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