Nagios - monitoring remote CentOS server

[brianweeks22]

I have nagios set-up and monitoring the intranet and a few HTTP sites (alive)..

we are hosting a linux server w/RackSpace Clound and I need to monitor this server as well..

I can obviously check host alive (ping).. but what is the best way to monitor this cloud server?

I can use the rackspace monitoring tools/email alerts, but wanted to see if nagios was capable of this as well?

Thanks

Brian

[abrist]

As this is a linux box, you have many options. See:
check_by_ssh
nrpe
nsca
nrdp

I am a fan of check_by_ssh for active checks, and nsca for passive checks, myself, but to each their own.