[Nagiosplug-help] Re: syntax question check_nrpe & check_disk

[Sand Philipp]

Maybe you should take a look at the push_ssh plugin, it kind of combines
the check_ssh plugin and the nrpe plugin. You don't have to have a nrpe
cfg on all your linux servers, just a user and pre-shared key
authentification...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagiosplug-help-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On 
> Behalf Of Frederik Vanhee
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 12:03 PM
> To: Ian Masters; nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Re: syntax question check_nrpe 
> & check_disk
> 
> Thanks Ian,
> 
> but I want to configure everything from my Nagios server. The 
> warning and critical tresholds for the disk must be 
> configurable from the nagios-server and not on each host's 
> nrpe.cfg file.
> 
> In the mean time, I found the solution. From nrpe 2.0 on, it 
> is possible to add extra arguments to the check_nrpe plugin 
> with the '-a' option.
> So, in my example, I pass 2 extra arguments $ARG2$ and $ARG3$ 
> with the treshold values for the warning and critical 
> arguments from the check_disk command.
> 
> nrpe.cfg
> command[check_disk]=/opt/nrpe/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
> 
> check_commands.cfg
> command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H machineA -p 
> 5666 -t 60 -n -c $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$ $ARG3$
> 
> services.cfg
> check_command check_nrpe!check_disk!20%!10%
> 
> Frederik
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Masters" <ian at acces.co.jp>
> To: <nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: "Frederik Vanhee" <frederik.vanhee at perso.be>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:46 AM
> Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] Re: syntax question check_nrpe & check_disk
> 
> 
> > Try this:
> >
> > # Service definition
> > define service{
> >         use                             generic-service     
>     ; Name of
> > service template to use
> >
> >         host_name tom
> >         service_description             Disk usage 1 via NRPE
> >         ...
> >         check_command                   check_nrpe!check_disk
> >         }
> >
> > You're then telling the remote machine to run the check 
> that command with
> > the parameters defined on the remote machine.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Ian Masters
> >
> > > I've been configuring nagios for a while and now I want to do some
> checks,
> > > using NRPE.
> > > I want to monitor the disk space of machineA from the 
> monitoring nagios
> > > machineB
> > >
> > > machine A, nrpe.cfg :
> > > command[check_disk]=/opt/nrpe/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
> > >
> > > machine B (nagios server), from the command line:
> > > check_nrpe -H machineA -p 5666 -t 60 -n -c 'check_disk!20%!10%'
> > >
> > > this works, because I put quotes around the check_disk command
> > > But now, I want it to work in Nagios, so I configure the
> check_commands.cfg
> > > and the services.cfg file
> > >
> > > check_commands.cfg
> > > # 'check_nrpe' command definition
> > > define command{
> > > command_name check_nrpe
> > > command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H machineA -p 5666 -t
> 60 -n -c
> > > $ARG1$
> > > }
> > >
> > > services.cfg
> > >
> > > # Service definition
> > > define service{
> > > ...
> > > check_command check_nrpe!'check_disk!20%!10%'
> > > }
> > >
> > > But this doesn't work, I get 'no output' in Nagios. Can 
> somebody tell me
> how
> > > to write the command in services.cfg to obtain a good 
> result. In other
> words
> > > : how can I pass 'check_disk!20%!10%' to $ARG1$
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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