Initially when I started NRPE to monitor remote host, I ran into some configuration issues. So I decided to clear previous installation/configurations and start a fresh one. But, a doubt came to my mind whether NRPE may be required on Nagios Core server in order to monitor remote serves. That's why I asked the NRPE installation on Nagios Core server.
My goal is to monitor Nagios Core server and other Linux remote servers.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Sachin A
Not able to view remote host after installand configure nrpe
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Re: Not able to view remote host after installand configure
From page 2 of the NRPE documentation:
Does that all make sense?
Further down:The NRPE addon consists of two pieces:
•The check_nrpe plugin, which resides on the local monitoring machine
•The NRPE daemon, which runs on the remote Linux/Unix machine
You don't need NRPE to run checks against the host. Just run the normal nagios plugins (or 3rd party plugins).Note:
The NRPE daemon requires that Nagios plugins be installed on the remote Linux/Unix host. Without these, the daemon wouldn't be able to monitor anything.
Does that all make sense?