check_by_ssh is great, but when you're monitoring thousands of hosts/services, the overhead can kill you.
NRPE's great in those situations, because it's so lightweight. On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Bill Jacqmein wrote: > Im a bigger fan of check by ssh for unix like OSes. > > On 3/29/06, Randall Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Got it running, but am having trouble with SSL, which I'll detail in a > > separate post. > > > > > > > > Randall Perry wrote: > > > I'm new to Nagios. Got it configured and running on my monitoring box. > > > Tried installing NRPE on a remote host running Mac OSX but couldn't get > > > it to run as daemon or through xinetd. > > > > > > There seem to be several methods to check remote hosts including SSH > > > plugins. > > > > > > Just wondering what other's method of choice is for this -- especially > > > on OSXS. > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > -- > > Randall Perry > > sysTame > > > > Xserve Web Hosting/Co-location/Leasing > > QuickTime Streaming > > Mac Consulting/Sales > > > > http://www.systame.com/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > > reporting any issue. > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
