You can also use NSCA to have the server forward the results to Nagios. You can configure Nagios to alert if it doesn't get a response, good or bad, from the server in a certain amount of time.
NRPE: Active check (Nagios initiating the check) NSCA: passive check (the server initiating the check) On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Jeff Jibson <jeff.jib...@parentlink.net>wrote: > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Josh Frome <jfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can Nagios (or any other network > >> monitor) actually connect to the server and read it's process table (or > in > >> some other way determine that the process is actually present)? I want > some > >> kind of central notification for this since the project deals with over > 40 > >> systems each running a portion of the overall task. > > > > Yes. Nagios's check_nrpe command was designed specifically for this. > > The standard Linux NRPE client also includes a built-in script to > > count running processes by name, size, etc. Additionally, if you have > > some more specific need, via NRPE, Nagios can run and return the > > results of any script you can write. > > > > As for notifications, Nagios also has a very powerful centrally > > managed notification and escalation system. > > > > JoshF > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > FYI: Nagios 4.0 was released a couple of weeks ago. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
