check_by_ssh

[vburshteyn]

Hello All,

Please note that I am a Nagios newb so please be gentle!

I have establish an key connection to the remote server and abble to SSH in with out pws.

I am also able to execute commands in CLI:
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_by_ssh -E 1 -l vi-admin -H x.x.x.x -C "~/box293_check_vmware.pl --server y.y.y.y --check vCenter_Name_Version"
this command return a valid response.

When I run this from Nagios:
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_by_ssh -l vi-admin -H x.x.x.x $ARG1$
$ARG1$ = -C "~/box29vmware.pl --server y.y.y.y --check vCenter_Name_Version"
I get
TEST: OUTPUT: Remote command execution failed: Could not create directory '/var/www/.ssh'.
and Remote command execution failed.

Any tips would be appreciated.

[sreinhardt]

When you ran this via cli what user were you? Also I would highly suggest against using the test command button. It runs from apache via a php file as the apache user, which is quite separate from the nagios user. Specifically for check_by_ssh it would need a ~/.ssh folder with a ssh key for the apache user to login password-less, which I am guessing is not likely there.

[vburshteyn]

i ran the command as a nagios user.

[sreinhardt]

OK great! So if you save that service and apply configuration, so that nagios is restarted with that command and service. What happens with it, does it check correctly?

[Box293]

I think the problem is in your command definition or service definition.

The command in the command defintion should be:

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define command {
command_name box293_check_vmware
command_line $USER1$/check_by_ssh -E 1 -t 90 -l vi-admin -H x.x.x.x -C "~/box293_check_vmware.pl --server $ARG1$ --check $ARG2$ \"$ARG3$\" \"$ARG4$\" \"$ARG5$\" \"$ARG6$\" \"$ARG7$\" \"$ARG8$\""
}

Where x.x.x.x is the IP address of your vMA server

And the check command in your service definition should be:

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check_command box293_check_vmware!y.y.y.y!vCenter_Name_Version!!!!!!

Where:

• $ARG1$ = y.y.y.y
  $ARG2$ = vCenter_Name_Version

Does this help?