Hi, On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 05:03:05PM +0530, Hrisheekesh Kale wrote: > I am a new user of collectd. I am trying to explore if there is a way > of configuring collectd to work with nagios running on a different > machine. I went through the documentation for collectd-nagios plugin > and learned that one needs to pass the socket filename for collectd's > unix sock plugin. This would suggest that collectd-nagios and collectd > instance have to run on the same machine. > It is a business requirement for us that we collect RRD files (using > collectd) on a machine different than the one running nagios. Did > anyone else face the same issue? Can someone suggest me a solution?
Well, you could use NRPE to execute the Nagios check on the remote box. I do not use Nagios myself, so I cannot help you with any details but that might help you getting started. Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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