Using NRPE, the check scripts (like check_ping, etc.) would be run on "DUAL HOMES Machine" but kicked off by NAGIOS Host.
-----Original Message----- From: Stan Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:17 AM To: Paulus, Jake Cc: nagios List; Stewart Flood Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:46:39AM -0400, Paulus, Jake wrote: > You should really look into NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Execution) > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/addons.html#nrpe > > There are alternate versions of NRPE that run on Windows, etc. if you > must do that. Check out NagiosExchange.org for those. > > You should find that you can use normal plugins you already use > elsewhere with NRPE to do what you need. > I'm not certain this is intended for exactly the application I have. perhaps it is, and I am misunderstanding it. let me clarify my application a bit with an ASCI diagram: ------------ ------------- -------------- | | | | | | | NAGIOS |----------| DUAL | | TARGET | | Host | | HOMED |---+----| | | | | Machine | | | | | | | | | | | ------------ ------------- | -------------- | | -------------- | | | | | TARGET | +----| | | | | | | | | -------------- ~ The Nagios host can get to the dual homed machine, and I can use all the standard plugins to get status from it. What I want to do is get status from the TARGETS. Are you suggesting using NAPE running on the dual homed machines? And somehow using this to query the targets? The web page you pointed out makes me believe that NAPE is intended to allow me to execute checks on a reachable machine, by using local scripts there, rather than having the NAGIOS machine use the more traditional check_* plugins. Am I confused? -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
