[Nagiosplug-help] problem using nrpe

[Cyrille Mertes]

Tanks, everything is working fine now !

I was using check_nrpe instead of nrpe binary for the deamon !

Cyrille.



Mitchell K. Smith wrote:

>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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