putting limits on check_by_ssh

[Patrick Morris]

In my case, check_by_ssh was just not suitable due to overhead, execution
time, etc...  NRPE is much more lightweight, easily deployable, and it
works.

I can't say I'd agree with your pros and cons much -- after all, SSH is
much easier to configure than NRPE is. But when you're looking at
thousands of checks across thousands of hosts, processor overhead really
does become a factor, especially on the Nagios box(es).

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Dave wrote:

> My problems with NRPE are:
> 
> 1) I know nothing about it.
> 2) I think it requires me to open up another port on my machine.
> 
> My problems with SSH are:
> 1) configuration is a bit tedious
> 
> My positives for SSH are:
> 1) It is very well known and respected
> 2) Lots of people use it for lots of things, not just nagios
> 
> My positives for NRPE are;
> 1) ????
> 
> I was hoping you guys would tell me what helped you decide to go with
> NRPE. I just don't know much about it. Since I feel fairly confident
> that I could seal up an SSH configuration, but NRPE is an unknown
> factor for me, it is very tempting to stick with SSH.
> Thanks,
> Dave

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