In my case, check_by_ssh was just not suitable due to overhead, execution time, etc... NRPE is much more lightweight, easily deployable, and it works.
I can't say I'd agree with your pros and cons much -- after all, SSH is much easier to configure than NRPE is. But when you're looking at thousands of checks across thousands of hosts, processor overhead really does become a factor, especially on the Nagios box(es). On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Dave wrote: > My problems with NRPE are: > > 1) I know nothing about it. > 2) I think it requires me to open up another port on my machine. > > My problems with SSH are: > 1) configuration is a bit tedious > > My positives for SSH are: > 1) It is very well known and respected > 2) Lots of people use it for lots of things, not just nagios > > My positives for NRPE are; > 1) ???? > > I was hoping you guys would tell me what helped you decide to go with > NRPE. I just don't know much about it. Since I feel fairly confident > that I could seal up an SSH configuration, but NRPE is an unknown > factor for me, it is very tempting to stick with SSH. > Thanks, > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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
