NCPA API Token Location

[greenman123]

Hi,

I'm setting up a script for deployment of the NCPA agent for our servers - which generates a diiferent token password.

Each server will have a different API token... Which has to happen due to policies. The NS client, you could look up the API token eithin an .ini file, but looking at the .ini file for the NCPA client, this information is not located there - is is it somewhere else for the NCPA client?

[lgute]

Hi @greenman123, thanks for reaching out.

Information about getting started with NCPA can be found at NCPA Getting Started. This document includes instructions for installation on different OS's, including silent/command line installation, plus information on the ncpa.cfg file.

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[greenman123]

Hi laura, thanks for your response.

I have already looked at the doc, the .cfg file is on the host Linux box, i'm talking about the NCPA agent on the windows client - when you installed the NSclient, you would get an .ini file containing a token, i'me wondering if something similar is produced with the NCPA agent installation.

[jmichaelson]

On the Windows NCPA client, the ini file is

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C:\Program Files (X86)\Nagios\NCPA\etc\ncpa.cfg

You want to look for the community_string value under the api section.

[greenman123]

Ahh perfect, thank you Jason.

[bbahn]

And if you're using the NCPA 3 (currently in beta) on Windows, it's

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C:\Program Files\Nagios\NCPA\etc\ncpa.cfg

[Aliyaa]

Hi laura, thanks for your response.

I have already looked at the doc, the .cfg file is on the host Linux box, i'm talking about the NCPA agent on the windows client - when you installed the NSclient, you would get an .ini file containing a token, i'me wondering if something similar is produced with the NCPA agent installation.

It seems like you've thoroughly explored the documentation and located the configuration file on the host Linux machine.