Static Linux Agent vs compile scripts

[lyle]

I've got some Centos & RHEL clients (5.3, 5.4, and 5.5) that need NRPE agents.

What are the downsides to using your "Static" Linux agent, vs the normal compile & install route?

My guesses:
* I note the "under development and should be considered beta" comment (how shaky is it?)
* larger size, since it's fully linked (but size may not be a big concern)
* would save time doing the installs (though all of your packaging on the install scripts I've used so far seems quite good)

Thanks...Lyle

[mguthrie]

If you're setting up nrpe on CentOS and RHEL, I definitely recommend using this doc and download. It's up to date and comes with an install script that does almost everything for you.
http://library.nagios.com/library/produ ... inux-agent

I haven't actually tested the static agent in a while, so I'm not certain of where it's stability is at.

[tonyyarusso]

Actually, the person who built the static agent (and the only one who understood what it did) no longer works here, so at the very least it's unlikely to be updated, and we'd be at a bit of a loss for supporting it. You can certainly give it a shot, at last we checked it worked, but it doesn't get anywhere near the attention that the others do.