CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds Nrpe2.15

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CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds Nrpe2.15

Post by syed9911 »

I have installed nrpe plugin on remote server but getting the error as below
CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds


[root@localhost nrpe-2.15]# service nrpe status
nrpe: unrecognized service

[root@localhost nrpe-2.15]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 182.72.241.20
CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds.

Please help
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Re: CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds Nrpe2.15

Post by hsmith »

How did you install NRPE?
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Re: CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds Nrpe2.15

Post by syed9911 »

I used the below link
wget https://www.nagios-plugins.org/download ... 1.5.tar.gz

i had followed the steps given in the below link
http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-add-linux ... ng-server/
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Re: CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds Nrpe2.15

Post by rkennedy »

This could be many different things. It doesn't install as nrpe, but installs under xinetd.

What is the output from service xinetd status?

Please post the file /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe

Lastly, what is the output of netstat -an|grep 5666?
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