Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

[Jonathan Williams]

I feel like I am back at square one.  It seems like a simple task to get Nagios to restart a service.  I have NRPE now running on the server under xinedt, and switched the client back to NSClient++ from OpMon Agent.  Both support NRPE.  I am not sure if I am supposed to get a service restarted with a NRPE_Check command like:

 

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -n -c service_control -a "spooler" start

      

Or am is supposed to create scripts on the host that will restart a service like a .bat file with a "net start spooler" command and than get an event_handler set up to call that script.  It seems there are different ways to do it and I am being pulled both directions.  I am new to Nagios as well as Linux and have been able to scrap my way thus far while learning a lot about both, but am about ready to call it quits.  I was pointed to the NakedNuns website to the section on CheckExternalScripts, but honestly could not make much sense of it.

 

________________________________

From: Fernando Rocha [mailto:fernando.rocha at opservices.com.br] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:38 AM
To: Jonathan Williams
Cc: Nagios Users Mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

 

Jonathan,

make sure that you have the xinetd installed and check if there is the following directory:

[root at fernando ~]# ls /etc/xinetd.d/
chargen-dgram   daytime-dgram   discard-dgram   echo-dgram   eklogin       gssftp  krb5-telnet  ktalk  rsync          time-dgram
chargen-stream  daytime-stream  discard-stream  echo-stream  ekrb5-telnet  klogin  kshell       nrpe   tcpmux-server  time-stream

if you don't have that, try to install by apt-get!

and then, run the command again

Make install-xinetd

or you can install just writing a file like this:
[root at fernando ~]# cat /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe 
service nrpe
{
        flags = REUSE
        socket_type = stream
        wait = no
        only_from = 127.0.0.1 (PUT YOURS NARIOS SERVER'S IPS HERE)
        user = nagios (PUT THE NAGIOS USER HERE)
        server = /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nrpe (THE NRPE SERVER)
        server_args = -c /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nrpe.cfg --inetd (THE NRPE CONFIG FILE)
        log_on_failure += USERID
        disable = no
}

and then restart xinetd!

Fernando Rocha
OpServices Tecnologia da Informação


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Williams" <jonathan.williams at us.g4s.com>
To: "Fernando Rocha" <fernando.rocha at opservices.com.br>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:07:57 PM (GMT-0300) Auto-Detected
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

I was able to compile that without ssl and was able to install the pugin's using the following

 

Make install-plugin

Make install-daemon

Make install-daemon-config

 

Those worked finer however the next step says:

 

Install the NRPE daemon as a service under xinetd

Make install-xinetd

 

I run that command and get:

root at nagiosserver:- /downloads/nrpe-2.8# cannot create regular file '/ect/xinetd.d/nrpe' No such file or directory

make: *** [install-xinetd] Error 1

 

Any thoughts??

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

 

________________________________

From: Fernando Rocha [mailto:fernando.rocha at opservices.com.br] 
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:49 AM
To: Jonathan Williams
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

 

Hi Jonathan!

try to use the option --disable-ssl when you run ./configure

Fernando Rocha
OpServices Tecnologia da Informação



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Williams" <jonathan.williams at us.g4s.com>
To: "Paulo Ribas" <paulo.ribas at opservices.com.br>
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:52:48 AM (GMT-0300) Auto-Detected
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

I am having a little trouble installing the NRPE 2.8 plug in Ubuntu.  I am able to extract the source code tarball and than I am having issues after that.  Per the instructions I am trying to compile the NRPE add-on by running

 

./configure

make all

 

After I type ./configure I get a message at the end of the compile job saying "configuration error: Cannot find ssl libraries.  Than if I try to go further by installing the plugins by typing make all or the individual make install-pluggin I get an error saying ** No rule to make target 'all'.  Stop.  

 

________________________________

From: Paulo Ribas [mailto:paulo.ribas at opservices.com.br] 
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 2:04 PM
To: Jonathan Williams
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

 

Ok, If you need, contact me.

[]'s
--



----- "Jonathan Williams" wrote: 
> 

I found the NRPE add-on (not plug-in) so I will download and install that.  I'll let you know if I run into anything.  You have been more than helpful.

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

 

________________________________

From: Paulo Ribas [mailto:paulo.ribas at opservices.com.br] 
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: Jonathan Williams
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

 

check_nrpe is part of the package nrpe, if you use ubuntu, I believe that only an "apt-get install nrpe" solve your problem.

[]'s
> --
> 


> 
> ----- "Jonathan Williams" wrote: 
> > 

OK.. I do not have check_nrpe so apparently I need to download that plug-in on by Ubuntu box.

 

________________________________

From: Paulo Ribas [mailto:paulo.ribas at opservices.com.br] 
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:42 PM
> > To: Jonathan Williams
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help - I am unable to get the NSClient++ to restart services

 

The commando must be:
> > 
> > 

define command{

command_name         restart-Spooler

command_line         PATH/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -n -c service_control -a "Spooler" start

}


> > 
> > ex:

define command{

command_name         restart-Spooler

command_line         /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -n -c service_control -a "Spooler" start

}

risk being sent to /dev/null


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