[Nagios-users] Multiple Problems

2008-06-20 Thread Shoaibi
Okay, i have this problem and i would like someone from you people to help me out. I am developing a software which would list "publicly available services which are monitorable by nagios" (listed at: http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/monitoring-publicservices.html). Problem is: 1. These serv

Re: [Nagios-users] question about active and passive logic

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Olivier JAN wrote: > > Hi list, > > What is the difference, if any between, a active check that can also > receive passive controls and a passive check with freshness_threshold > ? Example : In the first case, even if you receive passive checks on a regular basis,

[Nagios-users] question about active and passive logic

2008-06-20 Thread Olivier JAN
Hi list, What is the difference, if any between, a active check that can also receive passive controls and a passive check with freshness_threshold ? Example : active check check_period24x7 max_check_attempts 5 normal_check_interval 240

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Scott Ackerman
Marc, yes, I think you 'hit the nail with my head', I had failed to add the monitoring server's IP address into the /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe file. I think I hear the echo of 'RTFM'. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Friday, June

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Scott Ackerman wrote: > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Marc Powell > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:36 AM > To: nagios-user Mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error > > > On Jun

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Scott Ackerman
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:36 AM To: nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Scott Ackerman wrote: >> Shankar, >> >> thanks for

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Scott Ackerman wrote: > Okay, now I think I am more confused than when I started. > > When I run '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost' on the > remote server I get the following: > > 'NRPE v2.12' which is what I would expect > > however when I run '/usr

Re: [Nagios-users] FreeBSD Nagios 2.12

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 19, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Andrew D (Webzone) wrote: > Hi, > > Now the first server has stopped probing. I would verify that the service check time_periods, check_intervals make sense and that active checks are enabled both at the service level and globally via the web interface. If you

Re: [Nagios-users] limit hosts and services

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 19, 2008, at 2:52 PM, André Moura wrote: > there is a limit of number of hosts and services in nagios? None that I am aware of outside of eventual hardware limitations. There are groups using nagios to check 10's of thousands of services, known from discussions on this list and http:/

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Scott Ackerman
Okay, now I think I am more confused than when I started. When I run '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost' on the remote server I get the following: 'NRPE v2.12' which is what I would expect however when I run '/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -n' on the remote se

Re: [Nagios-users] plugins works on console but not reliable inside nagios

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 20, 2008, at 1:36 AM, Heiko wrote: > Hello, > > i use a plugin that is monitoring our load balancers. > When nagios is checking the services on these LB it very often reports > a timeout > on this services. > But when I start the plugin from the bash everything works fine,i get > a fast re

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Marc Powell
On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Scott Ackerman wrote: > Shankar, > > thanks for the help. The nrpe daemon is running on the remote > server. There were no ./configure problems on the remote server, and > the only "warning" I received when I ran ./configure on the > monitoring host was "checkin

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread jmurray
Quoting Scott Ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Shankar, > > thanks for the help. The nrpe daemon is running on the remote server. There > were no ./configure problems on the remote server, and the only "warning" I > received when I ran ./configure on the monitoring host was "checking for > Kerberos

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Richard Quintin
Hi Scott, This can be an annoying problem with NRPE. First make sure NRPE works ok without ssl (using the -n switch): On the host running the NRPE daemon do: nrpe -n -d -c On the Nagios host do: check_nrpe -n -H -c -a After that works, you'll need to check to make sure that - NRPE is the sa

Re: [Nagios-users] NRPE Install Error

2008-06-20 Thread Scott Ackerman
Shankar, thanks for the help. The nrpe daemon is running on the remote server. There were no ./configure problems on the remote server, and the only "warning" I received when I ran ./configure on the monitoring host was "checking for Kerberos include files... could not find include files" When