Re: [gentoo-doc] Nagios 3 guide

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 22:02 +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote:
> >> What I definitely need is some input on monitoring other systems (the
> >> NRPE plugin, with SSL, and check_ssh) with information about the
> >> differences between the methods (I suppose NRPE is a somewhat active
> >> approach whereas check_ssh is more a passive "pull" approach).
> >
> > Well, those aren't the only options.  In fact, I recommend using
> > *neither* of them, unless your hosts are on a remote network.
>
> Is it possible to monitor multiple systems (with Nagios) without
> NRPE/ssh but still on the same /nagios site? Or do you log on to every
> single system to obtain the monitoring overview of all services on
> that system?

Umm... You can monitor any number of hosts.  I'm monitoring over 100
systems from a single Nagios instance, and I do not use NRPE or SSH for
*any* of my monitoring.  I use SNMP.

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
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