Assaf Flatto wrote: > On Monday 01 September 2008 09:57:30 J. Bakshi wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> The remote server where I have installed nrpe, the /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg has >> allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1,122.161.137.217 >> >> 122.161.137.217 is the IP of my local nagios monitoring machine. >> I put this IP after checking my machine by whatismyip.com >> My ISP provides dynamic IP. Is there any way to tell nagios to permit >> nrpe connection from >> all ? >> >> thanks >> > > Is your nagis machine ip changes all the time ? > or is it your devices Ip that is changing ? >
Hi Assaf, thanks for your kind response. yes the local machine where the nagios is installed has dynamic address. The Ip changes after every 2/3 days. Hence I have to change the "allowed_hosts=" parameter accordingly at the remote machine running nrpe daemon. How can I solve this problem ? thanks > You do not need to tell nagios to permit the connection . you need to tell > the nrpe on all the hosts > you are checking that the nagios host's ip has been changed and has a new . > > As far as i know there is no automated plugin , what you can do is write a > script to query the dns > of your nagios and replace the existing IP with the new result . > > Assaf > > > > > IMPORTANT . this email and the information in it may be confidential, legally > privileged and/or protected by law. It is intended solely for the use of the > person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other > person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any > medium. > Please also delete all copies of this email and any attachments from your > system. > > We cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of email communications. > We > do not accept any liability for losses or damages that you may suffer as a > result of your receipt of this email including but not limited to computer > service or system failure, access delays or interruption, data non-delivery or > mis-delivery, computer viruses or other harmful components. > > Copyright in this email and any attachments belong to Select Service Partner > UK > Limited. Should you communicate with anyone at Select Service Partner UK > Limited by > email, you consent to us monitoring and reading any such correspondence. > > Nothing in this email shall be taken or read as suggesting, proposing or > relating to any agreement concerted practice or other practice that could > infringe UK or EC competition legislation. > > Select Service Partner UK Limited is a company registered in England and Wales > (company number 05687183) whose registered office is at 1 The Heights, > Brooklands, Weybridge. Surrey. KT13 0NY > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > [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 > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joydeep Bakshi, Linux System Admin Kolkatainfoservices Pvt Ltd, 23A Royd Street, Kolkata 700016, India Work Phone 91 033 40014784 http://infoservices.in/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [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
