ping a remote host from a remote server from Nagios
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:00 pm
for whoever is interested, I had to do this to check the status of a vpn tunnel that my Nagios can't reach:
1. install nsclient on the remote server (make sure nrpe is enabled in the install options screen), set it up in nagiosxi
2. adjust nrpe section in nsc:
port=5666
allow_arguments=1
allow_nasty_meta_chars=1
net stop/start nsclientpp
3. create a service in nagios xi front end:
- check command - select check_nrpe
- in $arg1$ type:
CheckWMIValue -a MinCrit=0.1 MaxCrit=120 MaxWarn=80 MinWarn=1 'Query=select ResponseTime from Win32_PingStatus where Address="192.168.1.1"' Check:ResponseTime=ResponseTime
- add a name, description and display name, select active, select the remote host on which you want to run the remote host check
- in the check settings tab add all the mandatory fields, enable process perf data
- setup your allerts settings
1. install nsclient on the remote server (make sure nrpe is enabled in the install options screen), set it up in nagiosxi
2. adjust nrpe section in nsc:
port=5666
allow_arguments=1
allow_nasty_meta_chars=1
net stop/start nsclientpp
3. create a service in nagios xi front end:
- check command - select check_nrpe
- in $arg1$ type:
CheckWMIValue -a MinCrit=0.1 MaxCrit=120 MaxWarn=80 MinWarn=1 'Query=select ResponseTime from Win32_PingStatus where Address="192.168.1.1"' Check:ResponseTime=ResponseTime
- add a name, description and display name, select active, select the remote host on which you want to run the remote host check
- in the check settings tab add all the mandatory fields, enable process perf data
- setup your allerts settings
