NRPE DOCUMENTATION - Nagios

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NRPE DNRPE DOCUMENTATIONOCUMENTATIONNRPE DNRPE DOCUMENTATIONOCUMENTATIONCopyright (c) 1999-2017 Ethan GalstadLast Updated: 17 November 2017Contents1. ) ) Design Example ) Direct ) Indirect ) ) Remote Host ) Monitoring Host Customizing Your ) Remote Host ) Monitoring Host ) Monitoring Host ) Remote Host Edited: 2017-11-17Page 1 of 21Copyright (c) 1999-2017 Ethan GalstadNRPE DNRPE DOCUMENTATIONOCUMENTATION1. I1. INTRODUCTIONNTRODUCTIONa) PurposeThe NRPE addon is designed to allow you to execute Nagios plugins on remote Linux/Unix machines. The main reason for doing this is to allow Nagios to monitor "local" resources (like CPU load, memory usage, etc.) on remote machines. Since these public resources are not usually exposed to external machines, an agent like NRPE must be installed on the remote Linux/Unix : It is possible to execute Nagios plugins on remote Linux/Unix machines through SSH.

NRPE DOCUMENTATION 1. INTRODUCTION a) Purpose The NRPE addon is designed to allow you to execute Nagios plugins on remote Linux/Unix machines. The main reason for doing this is to allow Nagios to monitor "local" resources (like CPU load, memory usage,

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