Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Unix machine from a windows machine
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:46:19 +0200 "Steven Battaille" wrote: > Hi all > > Is there somebody who got experience in monitoring Unix machines from > a windows machine? > > I'm not able to install the nagios plugins on the Unix machine. So it > is the windows machine that will launch the scripts on the Unix > machine. > > Would this be done by SSH or any other manner? > > Thx > > Steven Battaille > > Advanced Projects & Products > > Belgium If you have SSH access to the machine, can you not compile the various Nagios plugins on the target machine, place the compiled binary executables into something like ~/bin, setup passwordless SSH access (using keys) and then create your own commands to execute the appropriate Nagios plugin remotely? Grant. -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Unix machine from a windows machine
Title: Untitled Document Steven Battaille escreveu: Hi all Is there somebody who got experience in monitoring Unix machines from a windows machine? I’m not able to install the nagios plugins on the Unix machine. So it is the windows machine that will launch the scripts on the Unix machine. Would this be done by SSH or any other manner? Thx Steven Battaille Advanced Projects & Products Belgium Hi Steven, You could use ssh -T to run a single command and quit. The command would gather results for you and give those results to Nagios in the Windows machine. Let's say you want to know how much space you got left on you partitions. You can build up a single line of command to use "df" and sed/grep/awk your way to receive how much space is left for each partition. You could also gather all the df output and use windows executables/scripts to check it out and tell nagios if everything is OK or if some Warning or Critical message is needed. Got the idea? Besides that, you could use external checks, like check_dns. check_dns will try to resolv hosts using nslookup thru your server and tell you if it worked, so you can implement those kinds of checks also... For now I can't think of anything else, if I do I will let you know. Good luck! Leandro Quibem Magnabosco Consultor de TI (48) 3251-5323 leandro.magnabo...@fcdl-sc.org.br www.fcdl-sc.org.br Rua: Rafael Bandeira, 41 CEP. 88015-450 Florianópolis - SC "Este é um e-mail oriundo da Federação das Câmaras de Dirigentes Lojistas de Santa Catarina, e seu conteúdo é confidencial e destinado exclusivamente a seu(s) destinatário(s), não podendo ser copiado ou repassado,no todo ou em parte, a terceiros. Se esta mensagem foi-lhe enviada por engano, pedimos o obséquio de entrar em contato conosco. This is an e-mail from the Federação das Câmaras de Dirigentes Lojistas de Santa Catarina and its contents are privileged and confidential to the ordinary user(s) of the e-mail address(es) to which it was addressed, and no one else may copy or forward all or any of it in any form. If this e-mail was sent to you in error, please contact us." -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Unix machine from a windows machine
You say that the Windows machine is able to launch scripts on the Unix machine. Why not plugins - which basically simply ARE scripts? There are multiple ways to launch scripts on the Unix box. Which one is appropriate for you depends on your specific situation. Look into NSCA or NRPE (those do require an agent to be installed on the Unix box), as well as check_by_ssh. Steven Battaille wrote: > > Hi all > > Is there somebody who got experience in monitoring Unix machines from > a windows machine? > > I’m not able to install the nagios plugins on the Unix machine. So it > is the windows machine that will launch the scripts on the Unix machine. > > Would this be done by SSH or any other manner? > > Thx > > Steven Battaille > > Advanced Projects & Products > > Belgium > -- Kevin Keane Owner The NetTech Find the Uncommon: Expert Solutions for a Network You Never Have to Think About Office: 866-642-7116 http://www.4nettech.com This e-mail and attachments, if any, may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. Please be advised that the unauthorized use or disclosure of the information is strictly prohibited. The information herein is intended only for use by the intended recipient(s) named above. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the e-mail and any copies, printouts or attachments thereof. -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Unix machine from a windows machine
Steven Battaille wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Is there somebody who got experience in monitoring Unix machines from > a windows machine? > > > > I’m not able to install the nagios plugins on the Unix machine. So it > is the windows machine that will launch the scripts on the Unix machine. > > > > Would this be done by SSH or any other manner? > If you can't install plugins on the Unix machine, you're pretty limited in what you'll be able to do. Even if you were to SSH in from the Windows box, there'd be nothing to run once you got there to check the local disk. You're probably going to either need a plugin on the box somehow (i.e., in a user's home directory if not installed in a usual system location), or use some sort of remote check like SNMP. -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ 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
[Nagios-users] Monitoring Unix machine from a windows machine
Hi all Is there somebody who got experience in monitoring Unix machines from a windows machine? I'm not able to install the nagios plugins on the Unix machine. So it is the windows machine that will launch the scripts on the Unix machine. Would this be done by SSH or any other manner? Thx Steven Battaille Advanced Projects & Products Belgium -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july___ 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
