I need to use nsca for a few machines.
The dox I have read for this leave a couple items unclear in my head, which may be what is causing the problem.
I am running as a service and not as xinentd.
When I try to test with send_nsca as in these two examples:
and:./send_nsca -H 127.0.0.1 -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nsca.cfg
I get this error:./send_nsca localhost -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nsca.cfg <test
I am testing on the nagios server.Unknown option specified in config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/nsca.cfg' - Line 14
Error: Config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/nsca.cfg' contained errors...
I am using the original nsca.cfg file with only one change which is to enable debug.
Here is line 14:
If I comment out line 14, then the error will jump to the next line (which is the port number) and so on as I start commenting each line out.pid_file=/var/run/nsca.pid
I have turned off nsca via 'service nsca stop' and left it on, with the exact same error.
port 5667 is listening:
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[root@nagios sample-config]# netstat -ltn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5667 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
When I tail nothing shows up during the send_nsca test:0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:5667
...updated...tail -f /usr/local/nagios/var/* /var/log/*
--Bruce D. Meyer
I'll leave this message intact in case someone other than I runs into this:
(I figured out the main part)
What was missing was the send_nsca.cfg file needed to be found by the send_nsca file when you test.
Just copy it up to the src directory when you are doing your test.
In the set of docs I read, that wasn't mentioned.