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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I am reading many and many information regarding NSCA and send_nsca.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have configured a server with nsca demon running and a client within send_nsca.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>1)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>If I use this simple command, everything will go in the right way:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>/opt/nagios/bin/send_nsca -H SERVER_NAME -d ';' -c /opt/nagios/etc/send_nsca.cfg < /opt/nagios/etc/objects/passive.txt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The file “passive.txt” is something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>host_cliente;CurrentLoad;0;TEST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In the server I have configured a passive_check that run the “check_dummy” command.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>2)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I tried also a script that writes info into Nagios.cmd file like this :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>#!/bin/sh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>CLOCK=$(date +%s)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>HOST=$1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>STATUS=$2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>OUTPUT=$3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>SVC=$4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>echo "[$CLOCK] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;$HOST;$SVC;$STATUS;$OUTPUT" >> /opt/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I see information in the client syslog and nagios.log file , but nothing arrives to the Nagios server … probably because nothing send them to it ! </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>3)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Moreover, how can I use the output from a REAL command that is running on my client (check_tcp , check_http, etc.) ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Perhaps I have to implement something more in the server (specific service, …) and/or in the client<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Please, any idea ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marco Borsani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>Unix and Monitoring Sysadmin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>Technical Operations Dpt.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>tel: +39 010 4310115<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fax: +39 02 30130311<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cell: +39 329 5953944<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ITnet Srl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Societą con socio unico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Direzione e Coordinamento di WIND TELECOM S.p.A</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>