Marc Powell wrote: > On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:29 AM, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >> 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? >> > > > It shouldn't be any different than the windows monitoring you're > presumably doing now with nsclient on your LAN (did you end up using > that?) Across your LAN or across the world, it's all the same to > nagios presuming there's network connectivity between the two. > > Is there a particular or special issue you have to deal with in that > case? > > -- > Marc > Marc,
That network connectivity is the internet. There's not site-to-site VPN connection involved here. Sure, I could make one, but if I can do this without it would be better. I would rather not have to deploy an expensive router (Sonicwall TZ190) at every client site where I'm going to setup monitoring. The other thing that bothers me is this: On my LAN where the nag server resides, using active checks I can check windows servers easily for all the important stuff like Exchange, MS SQL, etc... however I've not seen so far any discernible method of doing this with the NSClient since those checks are passive I'm completely dependent on what data that client sends me. Without a site-to-site VPN I can see no way to accomplish what needs to be done. Basically I'd like to be able to do what I can do locally on remote networks across the internet without the added layer of a site-to-site VPN. The reason for my Nagios setup is to get away from expensive and over priced Kaseya deployments. As a small business I offer managed services for small to medium sized businesses. I need a monitoring tool. Kaseya is ok, but is a pain in my ass because it only runs on one platform and I don't particularly care of MS SQL as the backend I've got to depend on if the thing breaks. I'd much rather use Linux and MySQL. I've looked at Pandora, which has clients for the various platforms, but isn't quite as easy to setup as Nagios is. ( I can't believe I just said that!!) So I'm weighing my options here so see which platform is going to work best for my business and what I'm offering clients. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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