Hi You can use the check_by_ssh plugins.
The following link refers to Nagios XI but if they understand the concepts well they can be useful for Nagios Core https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Monitoring_Hosts_Using_SSH.pdf https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Tutorials/Other-Tutorials-And-HOWTOs/Nagios-remote-resources-monitoring-using-SSH-(check_by_ssh)/details *Pablo A. Muñoz Rojas | *Gerente de Tecnología Xmartic & eVisus - Nagios Manager Chile pmu...@xmartic.com | +56 9 85499668 - +56 32 3433964 | skype: pablo.munozro <http://www.xmartic.com/> 2017-06-23 11:45 GMT-04:00 harsh khatore <khatore.hars...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > we need to monitor a server's disk space from a host but without using > nrpe. > We are using check_disk plugin but it only shows information about > localhost. > > How can we use check_disk to get disk information without nrpe but for a > monitored server? > > Thanks for your help. > Harsh Khatore >