Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX works tation

[Kaplan, Andrew H.]

Here is the latest version of the saga:

I went ahead and did the compiling of the nrpe client and plugins on the
HP-UX box.
When compiling the nrpe client everything loaded fine and I subsequently
created the
directory /usr/local/nagios and /usr/local/nagios/libexec, and placed the
nrpe daemon 
and the nrpe.cfg file in the appropriate directory.

I then went to the plugins. I first ran ./configure with the following
syntax:

./CONFIURE --PREFIX=/USR/LOCAL/NAGIOS --WITH-NAGIOS-USER=NAGIOS
--WITH-NAGIOS-GROUP=NAGIOS

I had to run it twice due to the script thinking there was an older version
of ac.local file.
After running it the second time it completed successfully.

The next step was the make all command. The following message appeared
onscreen:

CHECK_SWAP.C:80 'SWAP_FORMAT' UNDECLARED (FIRST USE IN THIS FUNCTION)
CHECK_SWAP.C:80 (EACH UNDECLARED IDENTIFIER IS REPORTED ONLY ONCE
CHECK_SWAP.C:80 FOR EACH FUNCTION IT APPEARS IN.)
MAKE[1]: *** [CHECK_SWAP.0] ERROR 1
MAKE[1): LEAVING DIRECTORY '/TMP/NAGIOSPLUG/PLUGINS'
MAKE: *** [ALL RECURSIVE] ERROR 1

What do you make of it?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Marshall [mailto:jasonm at kelman.com]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:41 PM
To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX
works tation


No, not problems... You WILL have to recompile anything that is compiled,
though.  I write all my plugins in Bourne shell for this very reason.

So, NRPE plus your binary plugins will have to be recompiled.

> The only question is, everything that would be copied over was compiled on
a
> Red Hat Linux 7.3 x86 box.
> The environment the files are going to is an HP-UX 10.20 box running on a
> non-x86 chip. Would that present
> problems?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Marshall [mailto:jasonm at kelman.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:29 PM
> To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX
> works tation
> 
> 
> Even that's overkill.  All you need is the stuff to make NRPE go, and the
> plugins that NRPE uses.  That's all you _really_ need.  
> 
> I personally copy a few other things over, but I don't think you'll need
> to (all the config files, mainly, and everything in ~nagios/bin, where I
> have some utilities).
> 
> > If I am reading your previous e-mail correctly, I can proceed with an
> > install of the Nagios application minus the Apache server and MySQL
> > database. After the core program is installed, the plug-ins along with
the
> > nrpe client would follow. Is this correct?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Marshall [mailto:jasonm at kelman.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:01 PM
> > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Cc: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX
> > works tation
> > 
> > 
> > I maintain the same structure on the clients as on the server, so it's
> > easy to rsync things between the server and clients, as required.
Doesn't
> > matter what structure that is, I'd think, as long as it works.
> > 
> > > The standard that I have been following is the nrpe daemon and the
> > nrpe.cfg
> > > file.
> > > As far as other config files are concerned, should they be copied into
> the
> > > libexec 
> > > directory or will the nagios directory be sufficient? Also, the files
> > would be 
> > > coming from an x86 machine with Red Hat Linux 7.3 and they would be
> going
> > onto a
> > > RISC-chip workstation running HP-UX 10.20.
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jason Marshall [mailto:jasonm at kelman.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:55 AM
> > > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX
> > > works tation
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The only thing you need on the client is the plugin, and enough stuff
> for
> > > nrpe to run.  I also copy over the config files because some of my
> > > home-made plugins access the config files, but your mileage may
vary...
> > > 
> > > > They came from the original application server. My thinking was
there
> > wouldn't
> > > > be an issue 
> > > > with my copying them from the server to the client. I could download
> the
> > > entire
> > > > program onto
> > > > the client machine and then compile the plugins thereafter. 
> > > > 
> > > > The question I have is, is it necessary for the entire program to be
> > > downloaded,
> > > > and if so does
> > > > the entire program need to remain on the client?
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jason Marshall [mailto:jasonm at kelman.com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:39 AM
> > > > To: Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > > > Cc: 'Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]';
nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problems Running NRPE Client on an HP-UX
> > > > works tation
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > I tried step one as a "regular" user and I encountered the error
> > message:
> > > > > 
> > > > > EXEC FORMAT ERROR. BINARY FILE NOT EXECUTABLE.
> > > > 
> > > > Where did you get these binaries?  It doesn't look like you compiled
> > them
> > > > on this machine (or one with the same OS level and architecture)...
> > > > 
> > > > ---
> > > > Jason Marshall, Unix Geek, Kelman Technologies, Inc., Calgary, AB,
> > Canada.
> > > > 
> > > >   From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
> > > >     "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
> > > > 
> > > >   "I have great faith in fools: 
> > > >      Self confidence my friends call it."  -Edgar Allan Poe
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > Jason Marshall, Unix Geek, Kelman Technologies, Inc., Calgary, AB,
> Canada.
> > > 
> > >   From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
> > >     "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
> > > 
> > >   "I have great faith in fools: 
> > >      Self confidence my friends call it."  -Edgar Allan Poe
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > ---
> > Jason Marshall, Unix Geek, Kelman Technologies, Inc., Calgary, AB,
Canada.
> > 
> >   From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
> >     "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
> > 
> >   "I have great faith in fools: 
> >      Self confidence my friends call it."  -Edgar Allan Poe
> > 
> > 
> 
> ---
> Jason Marshall, Unix Geek, Kelman Technologies, Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada.
> 
>   From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
>     "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
> 
>   "I have great faith in fools: 
>      Self confidence my friends call it."  -Edgar Allan Poe
> 
> 

---
Jason Marshall, Unix Geek, Kelman Technologies, Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada.

  From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
    "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."

  "I have great faith in fools: 
     Self confidence my friends call it."  -Edgar Allan Poe



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