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check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:38 pm
by Box293
I was playing around with check_snmp and I'm a little confused, I think there is a version mismatch between what is on the host vs what is supposed to come with nagios-plugins.
Specifically there is an updated version v1.4.15-27-gf9172 of check_snmp documented
here and it states that it is part of nagios-plugins 1.4.15.
On my most I run
yum info nagios-plugins I get the output:
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Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.optus.net
* epel: mirror.optus.net
* extras: mirror.optus.net
* updates: mirror.optus.net
Available Packages
Name : nagios-plugins
Arch : i386
Version : 1.4.15
Release : 2.el5.rf
Size : 1.6 M
Repo : dag
Summary : Host/service/network monitoring program plugins for Nagios
URL : http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/
License : GPL
Description: This package contains the basic plugins necessary for use with the
So it looks like I have the right version of nagios-plugins installed.
When I run
check_snmp -V I get the output:
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check_snmp v2021 (nagios-plugins 1.4.13)
Here you can see this version does not match up with the version that is supposed to come with nagios-plugins.
I've confirmed this on my production Nagios XI VM 2011R1.7 (upgraded since v2009 days) and a freshly deployed 2011R1.7 VM, both running on ESXi.
Re: check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:45 am
by mguthrie
We actually install the nagios-plugin from source, since we add a few extras specifically for XI. The source install of the plugins pack is 1.4.13, which is probably why you're seeing the older SNMP plugin.
Re: check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:30 pm
by Box293
Fair enough.
How do I upgrade to the latest version?
I tried the following however it is still showing version 1.4.13
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[root@VAULT23 libexec]# yum install nagios-plugins
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.optus.net
* epel: mirror.optus.net
* extras: mirror.optus.net
* updates: mirror.optus.net
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nagios-plugins.i386 0:1.4.15-2.el5.rf set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===========================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===========================================================================================================================
Installing:
nagios-plugins i386 1.4.15-2.el5.rf dag 1.6 M
Transaction Summary
===========================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 1.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
nagios-plugins-1.4.15-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm | 1.6 MB 00:06
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : nagios-plugins 1/1
Installed:
nagios-plugins.i386 0:1.4.15-2.el5.rf
Complete!
[root@VAULT23 libexec]# ./check_snmp -V
check_snmp v2021 (nagios-plugins 1.4.13)
Re: check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:35 am
by mguthrie
The latest version is probably not going to be availabe in yum, and even if it was it probably wouldn't install to the right location. I would make a backup of your /usr/local/nagios/libexec directory, and then install the new plugins pack from source.
http://www.nagios.org/download/plugins/
Download to /tmp
untar
cd <plugins directory>
./configure
make clean
make
make install
Re: check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:08 pm
by Box293
Bingo that seems to have done the trick.
Thanks very much
Re: check_snmp version different to nagios-plugins
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:35 pm
by mguthrie
You bet!