> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Morris > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:07 PM > To: James Pells > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor DB Server without outside IP Address > >
> There are reasons people don't make their DB boxes available from the > internet. A couple better solutions might be: > > 1. Monitor the box from inside the network it's on, or > 2. Have the DB submit passive checks to your monitoring box. Depending on what you are actually interested in monitoring some other options might be... 3. create a small script on your web server that performs checks on your DB and outputs a web page than you can check with check_http. 4. check_nrpe -> webserver calls check_nrpe -> DB server (untested but should work) -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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