Jeff Koch wrote: > Hi: > > We're new with nagios but learning. > > We need to be able to check whether mysql is alive on a server - we > don't > want to log in. I've looked at the check_mysql and check_mysql_query > plugins and they seem to require username and password. > > Can anyone advise on how to verify that MySQL is alive?
Assuming the reason you don't want to log in is to avoid sending the login information over the network, an alternative would be to run check_mysql and/or check_mysql_query locally on the MySQL server via check_by_ssh/NSClient/NRPE/etc. Or if you don't like the security ramifications of those you could run those checks locally on the MySQL and publish the output via SNMP or even on a web page if you have a web server running on your MySQL server. Lots of options. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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
