The example submit_check_result script in Distributed Monitoring documentation (and the documentation itself) will help you a lot. You do need to munge the plugin output before sending.
-- Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hari Sekhon > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:31 PM > To: Nagios Users mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NCSA not working, garbage when telnettting > {Spam?} > > hmm, the plugin is the check_mailq plugin, which outputs the following: > > > /usr/nagios/libexec/check_mailq -M postfix -w 500 -c 1000 > OK: mailq (33) is below threshold (500/1000)|unsent=33;500;1000;0 > > Thanks, after pulling my hair out trying to understand this I feel like > I have a lead again... (I also tried echo and got the same thinking it's > a general fault in not sending) > > -h > > Hari Sekhon > > > > Owen Berry wrote: > > Can we assume that check_test does actually output the check result in > > the correct format. I can echo "" to send_nsca and it also says: > > > > 0 data packet(s) sent to host successfully. > > > > Owen > > > > On 11/28/06, Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to implement ncsa which seems simple enough... except it's > >> not working. > >> > >> I have made the passwords for both the client and server the same. The > >> ports are default. I am using the client as follows > >> > >> check_test | send_nsca -H server -c /etc/nagios/send_nsca.cfg > >> 0 data packet(s) sent to host successfully. > >> > >> At first I thought it might be passwords so I've tried 3 different ones > >> on both sides, matched them exactly and eventually reduced then to 8 > >> chars to be safe. > >> > >> Then I put encryption=0 on both sides to try to see if even this would > >> work, but it didn't, same result. > >> > >> So I netcatted the port on the server and got the following junk back: > >> > >> > >> # nc server 5667 > >> ¶DEwu > >> b àä0Ø»£ß¿á àSE±?ÌCø¥[aà¥åWZb#:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ffèx > >> ÍÏ('2Lay?t{?f=qaß?¢3e¯?qµ?×?O(RPzQ?ÜË<PFÔ·?EcãŒ?Il- > º!Ê'>Oáf¡El?k^[[?1;2c > >> > >> # telnet server 5667 > >> Trying 192.168.1.89... > >> Connected to server.mydomain.com > >> Escape character is '^]'. > >> 3Æòpš?ðK!γ?g?¶ÈI?5tf%U§¬#ZAW > >> 4X?T,DKNþÖfÊ._idÓÏ?)w6MÑx¥ò¬ý?ý¯EIþXHÔl(r)ë6ÝK > >> ApÊHç?¹y;«%8.&6ÞlÝÄDz1u?gRx_Q_`çÙ#ÄEl?÷ > >> ]^] > >> telnet> quit > >> Connection closed. > >> > >> > >> What on earth is going on with NSCA? > >> > >> I thought encryption=0 would send cleartext? > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> -h > >> > >> -- > >> Hari Sekhon > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > >> > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Nagios-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > >> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > >> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
