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Modified: nagios-guide.xml |
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small update |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.2 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml?rev=1.2&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 |
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Index: nagios-guide.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.1 |
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retrieving revision 1.2 |
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 |
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--- nagios-guide.xml 7 Jul 2008 18:04:59 -0000 1.1 |
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+++ nagios-guide.xml 7 Jul 2008 18:28:19 -0000 1.2 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml,v 1.1 2008/07/07 18:04:59 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nagios-guide.xml,v 1.2 2008/07/07 18:28:19 swift Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide disclaimer="draft"> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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+There are two methods available to monitor remote hosts. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<ol> |
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+ <li> |
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+ Use the <path>check_ssh</path> command to log on remotely to the system and |
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+ execute the check you want to perform on that system |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ Use the <e>NRPE</e> daemon on the remote host and have Nagios communicate to |
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+ this daemon using the <path>check_nrpe</path> plugin |
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+ </li> |
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+</ol> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+We first focus on using the NRPE method as it is the most popular one. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+With NRPE, each remote host runs a daemon (the NRPE deamon) which allows the |
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+main Nagios system to query for certain metrics. One can run the NRPE daemon by |
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+itself or use an inetd program. I'll leave the inetd method as a nice exercise |
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+to the reader and give an example for running NRPE by itself. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+First install the NRPE plugin: |
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+</p> |
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+<pre caption="Installing the NRPE plugin"> |
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+# <i>emerge nagios-nrpe</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+<p> |
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TODO Inform what to install on systems that will not run the nagios interface, |
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both for active (performs checks and communicates with the main nagios system) |
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and passive (polled by main nagios system through check_ssh). |
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