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Why is NSClient++ 0.3.9 the recommended agent when running the Windows configuration wizard?

It seems that's a pretty old version.

thanks,

CP

0.3.9 and 0.4.3 are both versions we consider stable. NSClient++ has a lot of releases, with a lot of changes both in functionality, stability, and configs, so keeping up with the bleeding edge is not always possible. We settled on those versions since they were stable and had the features we needed. In the future we may consider a newer version stable, but we are working on our own agent called NCPA that eventually we would like to include as the default agent.

OK thanks. I cannot figure out how to configure SSL for NSCLient++ 0.3.9. It seems that the NRPE module is encrypted by default, but not the checks that use "check_nt". Is it possible to configure SSL/encryption for NSClient++ 0.3.9 and "check_nt"? Where's the documentation on that?

Is there a particular reason you want to use check_nt over check_nrpe?

@hsmith: I am new to NSClient++ so I'm not clear on why it supports both NRPE and NSCP.
To answer your question: No there is no particular reason I want to use check_nt over check_nrpe.
Is all the same functionality available through the NRPE protocol when talking to NSClient++?

You can achieve the same functionality with NRPE, NRPE also allows you to run scripts/plugins that you put on the server as well, you can't do that with check_nt.

I would use NRPE whenever possible.

Here is an assortment of commands that demonstrate the power of NRPE in NSClient++:

http://sites.box293.com/nagios/guides/common-checks

I see now. The syntax is quite a bit different but it seems that the same functionality is indeed available via NRPE, so I will convert to using that. Note it seems that some checks like memory check have more detailed perf data returned by NRPE. Also I found that the check_nt Logon Errors doesn't return correct results, while NRPE does, which is kind of interesting. I will explore this a lot more. Thanks for the pointers.

Hi rexconsulting,

0.4.3 with check_nrpe is the way to go

When I set up my environment a year ago I used box293's website. It has some great tutorials and documentation

rexconsulting, let us know if we answered your question. Is it OK if we close this topic and mark it as resolved?