I'm reviewing our existing NTP monitoring in Nagios.
Most servers have a check that ensures that they are in sync with our core NTP server (check_ntp_time -a timeserver.local)
Our core NTP server runs a NTP peer check against itself (check_ntp_peer -H timeserver.local).
Is this right? Or should this test be run against one of the external sources? (e.g. check_ntp_peer -H pool.ntp.org)
Thanks, Liam.
check_ntp_peer which hostname?
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Re: check_ntp_peer which hostname?
This check:
Is of dubious value if the check is run against localhost. About the only thing it would catch is if the NTP server went down.
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check_ntp_peer -H timeserver.local
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