NRPE using xinetd

[sib]

Hi

nagiosxi-nrpe RPM package for RHEL 7 seems to use xinetd. Will that eventually be migrated to systemd?

best
Chris

[npolovenko]

Hello, @sib.
Can you check what version of NRPE plugin you're running?

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cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ 
./check_nrpe

From what i know NRPE v3 and up should use systemd instead of xinetd.

[sib]

Hi

I am using your nagiosxi-nrpe package from the RPM repository. The version is still 2.15. Do you offer the version 3 package in your RPM repository? (https://repo.nagios.com/)

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# rpm -qa | grep nrpe
nagiosxi-nrpe-5-4.10.el6.x86_64

[npolovenko]

@sib , It may not be available in oficcial Nagios repo yet. But there are users who made unofficial rpm releases. For example:
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/nrpe
Also a good way to check for a new version of NRPE is to run:

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yum search nrpe

You'll see something like: nrpe.x86_64 : Host/service/network monitoring agent for Nagios
Run yum list nrpe.x86_64 and you should see the NRPE release version somewhere.
If the version is higher than 3.0 you can install it if you'd like with: yum install <package name>

Make sure to delete your old nrpe plugin before you install the new one.

[sib]

Hi

We are obliged to use the version provided by the supported vendor and therefore we can only use your version.
Would be great if v3 can make it into your repository.

[npolovenko]

@sib, I see. As of right now, version 3.x is still in a process of testing and reviewing. RPM will be released sometime in the future, but as of right now we don't have the exact timeframe.

[sib]

Pitty for not having a timeframe.

You can close this case though.

best
Chris

[lmiltchev]

I am closing this topic. If you have any more issues/questions, please start a new thread. Thank you!