The first step should be to explain why, on the monitoring machine, it does not detect "blah" as a command, even when it's only an argument to check_nrpe_1arg. I should be able to call this command on a remote machine through check_nrpe without defining it on the host machine, correct? The host simply looks at the output line...
On 12/13/2011 01:55 PM, Zach La Celle wrote: > I'm not sure exactly what you mean. On the monitor machine, there's > only the blah.cfg file in '/etc/nagios-plugins/config/blah.cfg'. I > didn't even think that this was necessary, since it's really just > running check_nrpe_1arg (which is defined in > /etc/nagios-plugins/config/check_nrpe.cfg) and passing in the name of > the command to the remote host. > > On the remote host, it has the "blah" command defined in > /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg, as such: > command[blah]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/blah.pl > > So, it should call check_nrpe on the monitoring host, which uses the > nrpe-server to attempt to run the command through the remote host. > Since the command is listed in nrpe.cfg on the remote host, it should > see it there, run the actual perl script listed there, and return the > output. > > On 12/13/2011 12:53 PM, m...@catsnest.co.uk wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Zach La Celle >> <lace...@roboticresearch.com <mailto:lace...@roboticresearch.com>> wrote: >> >> The error, when I attempt to run it from the monitoring machine, is: >> NRPE: Command 'blah' not defined >> >> The command IS defined in /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg on the target machine. >> The command is ALSO defined in /etc/nagios-plugins/config/blah.cfg on >> the target machine. >> >> >> Is '/etc/nagios-plugins/config/blah.cfg' linked in your Nrpe commands >> config? >> >> Can you run the command via check_nrpe on the local (target) machine? >> >> Only time I saw a command not getting picked up by nrpe was when I had >> started nrpe twice! >> and as such was only restarting the second one which had not bound to >> the interface of course. >> >> Ritchie >> -- >> <-- http://23.me.uk/2 --> >> <--Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. --> >> >> I restarted nagios-nrpe-server after adding the command. >> >> I'm calling it from my monitoring server with >> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H <hostaddress> -c blah >> >> When I run the perl script myself, it works fine. >> >> Any ideas? All of my other checks for this host work. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Systems Optimization Self Assessment >> Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and >> improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems >> Optimization >> Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Nagios-users mailing list >> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto: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 >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Systems Optimization Self Assessment >> Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and >> improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems Optimization >> Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Systems Optimization Self Assessment > Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and > improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems Optimization > Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ 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
