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I have nagios core 4.4.6 running all configured and fully functional at last. After a few days messing around with check_this and check_that the log files looked a bit messy so I decided to clear them out. Following instructions around the web I deleted:- All the files in /nagios/var/archives /nagio...

Hello, I have been setting up Nagios and am using it to monitor a bunch on small Linux servers, all is going well now I think I have the hang of setting up basic services. What I would like to do is monitor my D-Link ADSL router. I have been look at SNMP as a possible (old fashioned) solution but on...

Are you attempting to go Nagios -> NRPE -> SSH? I'm trying to understand the process, because you've introduced NRPE into the equation. Can you post the service definitions for the services in question? I don't think $HOSTADDRESS$ is going to pass properly through NRPE. Reading your response has ma...

What I cannot seem to do is work out what should be in nrpe.cfg on the monitored server. Currently I have this: command[check_ssh]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ssh And it doesn't work all I get in the gui is: SSH UNKNOWN 04-13-2016 16:46:20 0d 0h 16m 33s 3/3 check_ssh: Could not parse arguments Whe...

Interesting problem, I cannot seem to resolve. I have a Debian 7 VM running in Virtualbox which runs Nagios Core, it is also the 'local host' nrpe. I have a second Debian 7 VM running in VMWare Player 7.1.2 which is a remote host I have a Debian 8 VM again running in VMWare player 7.1.2 as a remote ...