On 02/12/11 18:14, a.sm...@ukgrid.net wrote: > > Hi, > > in the case where I want to monitor several servers in a remote office > where all outbound traffic from that office originates from a single > IP (NAT) is there any way I can monitor those with Nagios without > putting a Nagios server in the remote office? > On the face of it it would seem impossible as Nagios identifies hosts > by their IP (and therefore each needs a unique IP) but would be good > to get that confirmed or otherwise, > > thanks for any ideas, Andy. > > > I've had a similar situation in one of my projects ,and it is solvable in one of 2 methods : 1 ) if you NAT server is a linux box - use the nrpe on that box to "trigger " the checks to all other boxes in the network and send back to the Nagios box. 2) Port forwarding - assign each machine a port and configure the host with the custom macro _NRPEPORT and thus the firewall send a query on the port to the assigned hosts in the NAT listing .
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