Interesting. I'm still not getting it, or I'm doing something incorrectly. I have other commands set up the same way, and they work:
for example, on nagios "engine" in checkcommands.cfg: # 'check_disk_c1' define command{ command_name check_disk_c1 command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_disk_c1 } in services.cfg: define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name varuna service_description Check /raid/c1 space retry_check_interval 2 contact_groups linux-admin notification_options w,c,r check_command check_disk_c1 } on machine I am trying to monitor, in /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg: command[check_disk_c1]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /raid /c1 On the web interface, in the status column I see the following: varuna Check /raid/c1 space OK 05-31-2007 12:21:11 2d 5h 56m 0s 1/3 DISK OK - free space: /raid/c1 114527 MB (16% inode=99%): So in this case, which is the same as the earlier description, it works. Here the machine being monitored is a debian system, but I didn't think that would make such a difference. I have also set up the command as you specified, or how I interpreted what you specified, I hope I was accurate here: Nagios "engine" in services.cfg: define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name paleo service_description check disk sda5 retry_check_interval 2 contact_groups linux-admin notification_options w,u,c,r check_command check_nrpe!check_disk_sda5!20%!10%!/ } In the above, I don't know what that / is doing after the !, but it was in your mail, so I thought it was needed. in checkcommands.cfg: 'check_disk_sda5' define command{ command_name check_disk_sda5 command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_disk_sda5 } On the machine I am trying to get information on the disk sda5, command[check_disk_sda5]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p /dev/sda5 It would seem here that on the machine being monitored, the command "check_disk_sda5" would use the local plugin /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk with the options: -w 20 -c 10 -p /dev/sda5 run locally, this is indeed what it seems to do. However, the server doesn't seem to use the command I have placed in the nrpe.cfg file. On the web interface, this returns, in the "Status" column: NRPE v2.7.1 What do you use for your entries in you checkcommands.cfg for your commands? I was under the impression that I had to define the commands there and nagios would use them. Perhaps these questions are getting too basic? Thanks, Jonathan Sebastian Ganame wrote: > Hi John, > Your problem is that you're trying to invoke a service that is not > local, thus it shouldn be defined not only in your Nagios server > configuration files, but also in the nrpe.cfg file used when the nrpe > daemon starts on the target machine. > I'll try to explain just a little bit what I did since I suffered > the same situation: > > 1) Define a new service in Nagios Engine for monitoring non-local > disks, as follows: > > define service{ > use local-service ;Name of service > template to use > host_name /[the servers in which you have nrpe > installed]/ > / /service_description Remote check disk > check_command check_nrpe!check_hda1!20%!10%!/ > } > 2) I used check_hda1 instead of check_disk to identify the way I > use this in the target machines. Then you need to include this type of > call in your target machine's nrpe.cfg file, as follows (at the very end): > > # The following examples use hardcoded command arguments... > command[check_hda1]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p > /dev/hda1 > This way, nrpe tells the target machine to call it's > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk command when the Nagios core engine > calls check_nrpe!check_hda1 on this target machine. > > Hope it helps, and most important that you understand what I tried > to tell you ;-) > Regards, > > > Sebastian Ganame > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Murray > Sent: MiƩrcoles, 30 de Mayo de 2007 07:49 p.m. > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] NRPE: Command 'check_disk' not defined > > I've been staring at this for a long time, likely pilot error, but maybe > someone has suggestions or sees something I don't...thanks. > > Nagios server version 2.8, (OS debian) > Nagios plugin version 1.4.7 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4) > NRPE version 2.7.1 > > other plugins work (check_swap, check_load) > > On nagios server: > > /usr/local/nagios/etc/checkcommands.cfg > > <-snip-> > > # check_disk > define command{ > command_name check_disk > command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_disk > } > > <-snip-> > > On the machine I'm trying to monitor, the one running nrpe 2.7.1 with > the Nagios plugin version 1.4.7 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4), > in /usr/local/nagios/libexec/etc/nrpe.cfg: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# ls -la > total 28 > drwxr-xr-x 2 nagios nagios 4096 May 30 17:03 . > drwxr-xr-x 6 nagios nagios 4096 May 30 17:13 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 nagios nagios 7536 May 30 17:03 nrpe.cfg > > <-snip-> > > command[check_disk]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p > /dev/sda5 > > <-snip-> > > when I test it from the server "nagios" it works fine: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# ./check_nrpe -H paleo -c > check_disk > DISK OK - free space: / 201921 MB (93% inode=99%);| > /=14918MB;228424;228434;0;22 8444 > > on the system running nrpe "paleo": > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10 -p > /dev/sda5 > DISK OK - free space: / 201921 MB (93% inode=99%);| > /=14918MB;228424;228434;0;228444 > > If NRPE, Command 'check_disk' not defined as the web interface reports, > then where should it be defined? I thought I needed to define the > command in the checkcommands.cfg on the server, then define the command > on the client that is running nrpe daemon. > > thanks for any ideas, > > Jonathan Murray > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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