Monitoring remote hosts

[Daniel Tuecks]

Hi Rikard,

I assume you have checked the path and rights to all files.
What seems to be wrong is your 'server_args' parameter.

server_args     = -c /etc/nsca.cfg .inetd

The option 'inetd' must be added via '--' and not '.'.

server_args     = -c /etc/nsca.cfg --inetd

I think that should do the trick. (Don't forget to restart xinetd).

If it still doesn't work, try to start your nsca in daemon mode: As
user 'nagiosadmin' type
/usr/sbin/nsca -c /etc/nsca.cfg -d and repeat your tests.

Daniel



2010/12/6 Rikard Dahlberg <rik.dahlberg at gmail.com>:
>
> Hey daniel!
>
> Wow, this really showed my error i think. I cant connect either on
> localhost:5667 nor from the server via telnet 5667...
> Could i ask you if you could walk me through how to troubleshoot this? That
> would really make my day :)
> yes, i use xinetd
> this is the config file :
>
> # description: NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor)
> service nsca
> {
> flags           = REUSE
> type            = UNLISTED
> port            = 5667
> socket_type     = stream
> wait            = no
> user            = nagiosadmin
> group           = nagios
> server          = /usr/sbin/nsca
> server_args     = -c /etc/nsca.cfg .inetd
> log_on_failure  += USERID
> disable         = no
> only_from       = 127.0.0.1 *.*.*.*
> }
>
> im a total tool coming to this, what should i change? :)
> /Rikard
>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:20:50 +0100
>> From: dtuecks at googlemail.com
>> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring remote hosts
>>
>> Hi Rikard,
>>
>> is your nsca daemon running (on your nagios host?). You can check the
>> process list via 'ps aux | grep nsca'. Furthermore you should try to
>> connect to port 5667 (from localhost and/or your windows server):
>> telnet localhost 5667. If you get connected you should verify your
>> network setup (Firewalls? Do you use (x)inetd? If so, is the option
>> 'allow_only' configured?) ...
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> 2010/12/6 Rikard Dahlberg <ej_seg at hotmail.com>:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I'm just starting with nagios and im trying to learn everything at once.
>> > At this moment im trying to get a remote windows 2008 server to be
>> > monitored, its on a different network so i've decided to use NSCA to
>> > monitor
>> > it via passive checks.
>> > However I get an error message at the remote server saying "Could not
>> > connect to: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5667 10061: No connection could be made
>> > because
>> > the target machine actively refused it." And i've checked in the
>> > /usr/local/nagios/var/log/nagios.log and the /var/log/syslog.log files
>> > and
>> > they come up blank.
>> >
>> > Im sure ive set up same encryption on both sides and im sure that they
>> > both
>> > use the same password...
>> > Any ideas how to start troubleshooting it? And since im new to nagios,
>> > please explain thouroly :)
>> >
>> > //Rikard
>> >
>> >
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