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by janaka
Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:17 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugins)
Replies: 15
Views: 5224

Re: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugi

abrist wrote:OP: Can I lock this?
Sure, thanks!
by janaka
Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:16 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugins)
Replies: 15
Views: 5224

Re: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugi

Thanks @eloyd, @tmcdonald, @abrist ! Write a daemon that does your checking by maintaining an established connection. Run this thing on your Nagios host. Give IT the ability to respond to HTTP requests which you can then query from Nagios in the usual manner. So in essence, you're monitoring a monit...
by janaka
Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:36 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugins)
Replies: 15
Views: 5224

Re: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugi

@tmcdonald Thanks! The main issue is that the remote JMX connection must be secure (over SSL) and hence the overhead of repeatedly connecting and disconnecting would be substantially higher than when using a TCP/IP (socket) connection... In case I decide to dig into the Nagios Core code, any sugges...
by janaka
Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:40 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugins)
Replies: 15
Views: 5224

Monitoring via Direct TCP/IP (No External Commands/Plugins)

I am currently working on a Nagios-based JMX monitoring solution for a cluster of remote Java applications. Using a command-based approach (like check_jmx : http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Java-Applications-and-Servers/check_jmx/details is not very feasible due to the overhead of period...