2009/3/18 Mark Weaver <[email protected]>: > Hi All, > > I'm running Nagios 3 on a CentOS 4.7 server. I've got it monitoring > other windows and linux servers on the LAN as well as all the Windows > Desktops, both XP Pro and Vista. All runs very well, however now I've > got to take the next step: > > How do I use this same Nagios server to monitor remote client networks > using the NSClient? > > thanks, > > Mark
Put simply, you monitor the remote systems in exactly the same way as you already monitor your local ones. I suggest you might also like to monitor the routers and switches which connect your remote sites to your local lan and set up the parent relationships appropriately too. Somehow I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at though. Is there something which is stopping you from simply doing this? If it's a firewall in the way for example, you'll need to enable whichever port numbers you're using to communiicate with NSClient. By default, NSClient uses port 1248. If you're using NSClient++ it uses port 12489 by default for NSClient connections and 5666 for nrpe. I'm not convinced Nagios is entirely suitable for monitoring ordinary desktop PCs, as people will usually turn them off and on whenever they like. There may be some value in receiving SNMP traps from them though and it might be useful to use it to test they have virus checker up-to-date and working. No doubt someone here will come back with some other reasons to convince me otherwise too. Cheers, Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
