Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-21 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:17:16AM -0400, stan wrote: > 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

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-21 Thread Andy Shellam
Hi, NRPE could do this job, sure you could write a custom plugin, but there are 2 possible alternatives already there (albeit they might be overhead for what you're trying to do, unless you want to monitor the services on the dual-homed machine with Nagios as well.) You could run NRPE on each

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-21 Thread dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum
This can be done without NRPE. We have a cluster on a private net. The head node is visible from nagios so I wrote a plugin that lives on the head node (The dual homed machine, in your case). On the nagios side, a plugin ssh'es to the head node, runs the script which talks to hosts on the private n

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-21 Thread Andreas Ericsson
stan wrote: > I have a number of isolated networks, that is networks which are > deliberately non-routable to. On each of these networks, I have a single > host that has a 2nd NIC thta is on the general network. I don't can't to > turn on forwarding on this host. I would like to monitor some status

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Andy Shellam
Hi, Thomas Guyot-Sionnest wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 20/07/08 11:19 AM, stan wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:16:45AM -0500, Marc Powell wrote: >> >>> On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:28 AM, stan wrote: >>> After having looked at the way Nagios p

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Thomas Guyot-Sionnest
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20/07/08 11:19 AM, stan wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:16:45AM -0500, Marc Powell wrote: >> On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:28 AM, stan wrote: >>> After having looked at the way Nagios plugins work, i have a couple of >>> concerns about this design. The

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Paulus, Jake
ubject: 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 r

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread stan
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 05:42:11PM +0200, Lennard Bakker wrote: > stan wrote: > > > > --- > >| | |||| > >| NAGIOS |--| DUAL || TARGET | > >| Host

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Lennard Bakker
stan wrote: > > --- >| | |||| >| NAGIOS |--| DUAL || TARGET | >| Host | | HOMED |---+|| >| | |

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Paulus, Jake
ehalf Of stan Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:20 AM To: Marc Powell Cc: nagios List; Stewart Flood Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:16:45AM -0500, Marc Powell wrote: > > On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:28 AM, stan wrote: > > > > After

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread stan
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:16:45AM -0500, Marc Powell wrote: > > On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:28 AM, stan wrote: > > > > After having looked at the way Nagios plugins work, i have a couple of > > concerns about this design. The first is the rule that says the status > > returned by a plugin should be les

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread stan
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 NagiosExch

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:28 AM, stan wrote: > > After having looked at the way Nagios plugins work, i have a couple of > concerns about this design. The first is the rule that says the status > returned by a plugin should be less than 8 characters. The 2nd is > that, for Perhaps I'm not following

Re: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread Paulus, Jake
you already use elsewhere with NRPE to do what you need. -Jake -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stan Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:29 AM To: nagios List Cc: Stewart Flood Subject: [Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin I have a number

[Nagios-users] Thoughts about a custom plugin

2008-07-20 Thread stan
I have a number of isolated networks, that is networks which are deliberately non-routable to. On each of these networks, I have a single host that has a 2nd NIC thta is on the general network. I don't can't to turn on forwarding on this host. I would like to monitor some statuses on the machines o