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Nagios Core - Installed software auditing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:58 am
by neworderfac33
Good morning,
Is anyone out there aware of a plugin for Nagios Core that will allow me to carry out an audit of installed software on remote servers?
Thanks in advance
Pete
Re: Nagios Core - Installed software auditing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:14 am
by hsmith
peterooney wrote:Good morning,
Is anyone out there aware of a plugin for Nagios Core that will allow me to carry out an audit of installed software on remote servers?
Thanks in advance
Pete
I have not tested this yet, but it could be what you're looking for. I'll see if I can test it today / Monday if today is crazy.
Re: Nagios Core - Installed software auditing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:39 am
by neworderfac33
Cool - thank you for going to all that trouble!
Pete
Re: Nagios Core - Installed software auditing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:12 am
by hsmith
peterooney wrote:Cool - thank you for going to all that trouble!
Pete
No worries, can I ask for some clarification on the scope of this? Are you just looking to get a list of software? I have it somewhat working, but the input that it is returning is kind of ishy.
Re: Nagios Core - Installed software auditing
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:09 pm
by hsmith
Hi Pete, I have an update.
I was able to get the script working, sort of. The one I linked works, but the problem here is that NRPE has a character limit, so the data gets cut off when it gets sent back to the Nagios server. We do have a workaround, however, I am unable to recommend it. You would have to recompile a modified NRPE from source. The powershell script from the plugin that I linked does work all right, but if you are using NSClient to report back to your servers, "you're going to have a bad time." If you let me know *exactly* what you want to do I may be able to help, but at this time it is looking kind of messy.