Ok... now my noobie is stickin out again. what and where is the NSCA on the linux box? I haven't heard of that one.
Mattias Ryrlén wrote: > If you configure NSClient to send passive results to Nagios server you > need to configure and start NSCA on your Linux box. > > or you can setup nagios to do active checks with eg check_nt or > check_nrpe towards the windows box. > > Mark Weaver skrev: >> Yesterday after I got the local servers on the LAN talking to the >> Nagios server I started to attempt to configure the NSClient on my >> vista workstation. I got the host and hostgroup setup for it and even >> setup a simple service for it; I believe it was a simple check to see >> if the host was up (PING). >> >> I edited the ini file for the client according to the Nagios >> documentation and then started the NSClient test program then sat >> there and watched the screen and the text scolling down. What's got >> me a little confused is that I kept seeing a response on the output >> that connections from my workstation were being refused by the Nagios >> server. The ini file is set to contact the nag server on the default >> port according to the Documentation so I'm at a loss as to why the >> Nag server wasn't accepting connections. >> >> The Nagios server, Linux CentOS 4.7 doesn't have a firewall running >> on it so I seriously doubt that the packets are being dropped... >> (ooops I just remembered something) >> >> Is it possible that the port the NSClient communicates on is not >> enabled in the /etc/services file? If that service port isn't enabled >> in that file then it may be that nothing will answer on incoming >> connections. Am I close or all wet? >> >> Mark >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are >> powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and >> easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based >> development >> software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. >> Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ 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
