Re: [Nagios-users] R: R: check_udp error message

2013-09-06 Thread Roger Bell_West
On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 08:19:37AM +0200, Marco Borsani wrote:
>I have not any idea how to construct a packet to send/receive...I did not
>thing was necessary to use that plugin..

Try reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol since
you clearly don't understand UDP. You are still suffering from the
same conceptual error as in your original post, even though several
kind people have explained the problem. There's no point in us telling
you the answer again if you aren't equipped to make sense of it.

R

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[Nagios-users] R: R: check_udp error message

2013-09-05 Thread Marco Borsani
I have not any idea how to construct a packet to send/receive...I did not
thing was necessary to use that plugin..

>From yesterday evening there are a couple of udp/port  that goes up/down in
5/10 minutes...Using old version , check_udp (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.4.2.1
, without any strings.
How can be possible? The port is always open.

Using nmap command I see all the UDP/ports open..
Must I use that command to monitor my UDP/ports ???


Marco



-Messaggio originale-
Da: frank [mailto:ra...@they.org] 
Inviato: giovedì 5 settembre 2013 20:24
A: Nagios Users List
Cc: Marco Borsani
Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] R: check_udp error message

You need to send a message that the listening daemon will understand. The
check_snmp plugin speaks the SNMP language so it knows how to construct a
packet that snmpd will understand. I imagine an OID is a requirement for
check_snmp, as well as community string or security credentials, those are
all part of the "send". If you want to use check_udp for this, then you have
to construct that packet yourself.

On the flip-side, you should know the expected response to a known query. 
If you make an SNMP request for .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0 you should expect a
string from the "syscontact" line from your snmpd.conf in response.

Just like you would use check_http rather than check_tcp for an Apache
service, it's probably best to use a custom program like check_dns rather
than check_udp to check a DNS service. In the case of SNMP, I prefer to use
or write scripts that are specific to what I'm polling rather than using a
generic request/response program. For instance, a program like
check_snmp_load.pl could be alot more robust than running "check_snmp -o
.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.1" alone.

-f

On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, Marco Borsani wrote:

> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 09:06:38 +0200
> From: Marco Borsani 
> Reply-To: Nagios Users List 
> To: 'Andreas Ericsson' ,
> 'Nagios Users List' 
> Subject: [Nagios-users] R: check_udp error message
> 
> Ok, but what can I "send" and "receive" to/from the host?
>
> I also tried old version of check_udp (that does not need any string), 
> but I read :
> No data was recieved from host!
> No response from host on port XX
>
> Or simply:
> No response from host on port XX
>
> I see another strange situation.
> On port 161 I can use check_snmp (work correctly), but if I use 
> check_udp on port 161 it does not work at all !
> How can be possible ?
>
> Regards
>
> -Messaggio originale-
> Da: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:a...@op5.se]
> Inviato: marted? 3 settembre 2013 15:54
> A: Nagios Users List
> Cc: Marco Borsani
> Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] check_udp error message
>
> On 2013-09-03 12:33, Marco Borsani wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I need to control many UDP ports.
>>
>>
>>
>> I run the command:
>>
>> ./check_udp ?H  ?p 88
>>
>>
>>
>> I receive following error message (with state UNKNOWN) :
>>
>> With UDP checks, a send/expect string must be specified
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone help me to solve it?
>>
>> Those parameters should be optional..
>>
>
> UDP is a connection-less protocol. The "expect" string could indeed be 
> optional, and we could just expect to get something at all back when 
> we send something, but without sending anything we won't even touch 
> the network, so the remote host has no idea that we're trying to talk 
> to it and we won't know if the port is up.
>
> That's why "send", at least, is not optional.
>
>


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