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To clarify, are you trying to create a new host?

To do this, you should be able to create a new configuration file with a host definition and then make sure your nagios.cfg is referencing it.

The basic process is:

• Add remote host to Nagios in hosts.cfg
• Add NRPE to remote host
• Configure Nagios's services.cfg to check services on remote host via check_nrpe wrapper
• Configure remote host to accept NRPE checks from Nagios server and combine check_nrpe wrapper arguments with arguments specified in NRPE's common.cfg (for example) config file

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It's easier to explain in real time. PM me and we'll set something up.

In addition to what rkennedy and eloyd said, I will offer a link to our Nagios Core documentation about defining host objects. Hope this helps.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... .html#host

And lastly, as a cheap shot, I'll say that this is, in part, what my company does for a living. We'd be happy to set up some consulting time for you.

Any updates, trafalgargirl?

No updates - I have been reading through the documentation - and trying to get a picture of everything. Plus might be licking my wounds a bit from the cheap shot .

I'm learning - but still struggling.

thanks
S.

Let us know if you have any more questions. It is a steep learning curve.

So I have been a bit quiet on this lately -mainly cause I was trying to convince my office to purchase Nagios Core. Unfortunately I couldn't get the funding for it ... so I am back at it trying to get it up and running so that I can monitor our clients.

Thanks again for everyone's help thus far.

Trafalgargirl

Nagios Core is free. Do you mean Nagios XI?

d'oh!!!!

indeed.