Solaris NRPE Agent Install Question

[Berto]

I'm in the middle of installing the Solaris NRPE agent and I ran into a server that seems to already have a package installed when running the full install script:

The file </usr/local/bin/top> is already installed and in use by
package <SMCtop> on zone <server>

Conflict checking issues for package <SMCtop> on zone <server>.

Do you want to continue with the installation of <SMCtop> [y,n,?] y

attribute change for /usr/local/bin <package> on SMCtop <zone>

Do you want to continue with the installation of <SMCtop> [y,n,?]

So my question is does the script just re-install the package or will there be a possible bad side effect if I continue the installation?

--Berto

[lmiltchev]

Are you trying to install NRPE by following the steps, outlined in the document below?

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... _Agent.pdf

If you already have NRPE successfully installed on the remote machine, there is no need to "reinstall" it.

Add the Nagios XI server's IP address to the "allowed_hosts=" line in the "nrpe.cfg" file on the remote box, restart NRPE and test it by running the following command on the Nagios XI server:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H <remote server ip address>

You should be able to see the NRPE version, i.e.

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NRPE v2.15

[Berto]

Yes I'm following the directions from https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... _Agent.pdf but I'm not re-installing the NRPE agent. It would seem that when the server was built (some long time ago) the package that I got a warning for was already installed. I am in need of installing the NRPE agent and want to verify if any ill effects could occur if I continue the installation.

[tgriep]

The NRPE Agent needs some prerequisite packages installed so re-installing them shouldn't affect your system.

[Berto]

Thanks for the info and I'll go ahead and start by installs back up. This can be closed.

--Berto

[rkennedy]

Sounds good. I'll close this out now - feel free to open a new thread if you ever need assistance in the future!