[Nagiosplug-help] problem using nrpe

[Mitchell K. Smith]

Look carefully at your /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe
The line: server          = /usr/sbin/check_nrpe
should probably be: server          = /usr/sbin/nrpe

Look at the /var/log/messages on the Nagios server.
You should see some indication that nrpe didn't start.

Mitchell K. Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: Pascal Miquet [mailto:p.miquet at hafiba.fr]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 3:59 AM
To: Cyrille Mertes
Cc: Nagios Plugin Help
Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] problem using nrpe


Did you try to run "telnet YourNRPEServer 5666" just to know if your
NRPE Server allow you to run such command ?

I've installed NRPE on a LiNUX RH 7.3 box and follow the documentation,
and all were fine.

HTH
Pascal

 Le jeu 20/03/2003 à 00:06, Cyrille Mertes a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I try to use nrpe to run check_proc remotely.
> 
> Here are what I did exactly :
> 
> On the nagios host :
> 
> 1) Installed nrpe source (./configure, make all)
> 
> 2) cp check_nrpe in my libexec directory
> 
> 3) defined in  checkcommands.cfg :
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    check_nrpe
>         command_line     /virtual/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 
> $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$
>         }
> 
> 4) defined in services.cfg
> 
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service
>         host_name                       guo
>         service_description             Sympa
>         check_command                   check_nrpe!check_sympa
>         }
> 
> On the remote host :
> 
> 1) Installed nrpe source (./configure, make all)
> 
> 2) cp check_nrpe and check_proc in /usr/sbin
> 
> 3) Created nrpe.cfg in /etc with :
> 
> server_port=5666
> allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1
> nrpe_user=nagios
> nrpe_group=nagios
> debug=1
> command_timeout=60
> command[check_sympa]=/usr/sbin/check_procs -w 1 -c 1 -C sympa.pl
> 
> 4) created /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe with :
> 
> # default: on
>         # description: NRPE
>         service nrpe
>         {
>                 flags           = REUSE
>                 socket_type     = stream
>                 wait            = no
>                 user            = nagios
>                 server          = /usr/sbin/check_nrpe
>                 server_args     = -c /etc/nrpe.cfg --inetd
>                 log_on_failure  += USERID
>                 disable         = no
>                 only_from       = 207.139.174.2
>         }
> 
> 
> 5) restart xinetd
> 
> If I tried this command on the nagios host :
> 
> /virtual/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe  -H guo.xxx.com -p 5666 -c check_sympa
> 
> CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from host.
> 
> No firewall on the remote host.
> 
> In the nagios web intrface, same error : CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving 
> data from host. 
> 
> Someone know what's wrong ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cyrille.
> 




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