NRPE without xinetd

[mike4vr]

The linux-nrpe-agent installer that installs NRPE on Linux machines appears to be only installing it to run with xintetd. Is there another installer we can use to install it as a daemon and not install xinetd, at all?

[tmcdonald]

The instructions on the GitHub should work:

https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nr ... ter/README

Just skip the part about configuring it to use xinetd.

[mike4vr]

So, there's no pre packaged version of nrpe that doesn't install xinetd?

[bwallace]

No there's not unfortunately, only the one that tmcdonald mentioned.

[mike4vr]

Thank you for the clarification. Perhaps, it might be a good idea to add a feature where the installer gives you an option to install nrpe without xinetd.

[lmiltchev]

I posted an internal feature request for adding this option to our Linux agent installer script (TASK ID 8244). Thank you!

[mike4vr]

Fantastic. Thank you for that.

[lmiltchev]

You are welcome!

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