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Hey LACMAIS , I am wondering a couple of things, 1. I assume this is through one of our wizards that uses NCPA for checks, if so, what version of NCPA are you running? 2. What kind of process did you go through to create these service checks? 3. Once you setup the checks, did you modify the systems...

We're testing Nagios and periodically, the servers we're testing with get the following warnings Local Area Connection Bandwidth - Outbound is UNKNOWN Local Area Connection Bandwidth - Inbound is UNKNOWN How is Nagios testing bandwidth? Is there some external destination we would need to allow at ou...

Resolved the issue and found where I went wrong with the instructions. Having a different issue now, but will start a new post.

Good morning. using the latest version of Nagios as of today 4/28/2025. I was following the instructions for enabling SSL with a certificate https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Configuring-SSL-with-Nagios%20XI.pdf After attempting to restart the httpd.service, I now get the following e...

Hi LACMAIS , Have you tried running check_ncpa.py, from a few posts back, with the new token? If that works, you will need to update the Service checks with the new NCPA token. I deleted the services and the host and recreated with the new shorter token, and now things seem to be working. Thank you...

Hi LACMAIS , Have you tried running check_ncpa.py, from a few posts back, with the new token? If that works, you will need to update the Service checks with the new NCPA token. I reduced the length of the token to 12 characters and again, it works with the agent's website, but not in the CLI - Same...

Hi LACMAIS , Have you tried running check_ncpa.py, from a few posts back, with the new token? If that works, you will need to update the Service checks with the new NCPA token. I tried with the new token and this time I get: CRITICAL: Incorrect credentials given. I try the new token with the websit...

Hi LACMAIS , Do you have any special characters in your NCPA Community string/Token? Yes, I do. I will change to numbers and letters and edit the .cfg file and restart the agent and see if that clears up the issues... or do I need to uninstall and re-install? Token changed to just uppercase, lowerc...

lgute wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:00 pm Hi @LACMAIS,

Do you have any special characters in your NCPA Community string/Token?

Yes, I do. I will change to numbers and letters and edit the .cfg file and restart the agent and see if that clears up the issues... or do I need to uninstall and re-install?

Hi LACMAIS , Thanks for reaching out. What response do you get when you run the check_ncpa.py plugin from the command line? /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py -H <NCPA IP ADDRESS> -t <NCPA COMMUNITY STRING> -P 5693 -M cpu/ Thank you, Laura. I entered the command with the IP address where state...