change network interface?

[Subhendu Ghosh]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, David wrote:

> I is posable to make Nagios use a differant network
> interface (i.e. hme0:1 or eth2)?
> 
> I want to have Nagios run on an IP that is not the
> host IP. That way if I ever change the Nagios to a new
> host I won't have to change all the ipfilter rules on
> the remote machines.
> 

Close to impossible as each plugin uses a socket or another extrernal 
program to access the network.

Easier would be to have iptables do a MASQ between the virtual IP and the 
host ip so your ipfilter rules can stay intact. (1-to-1 NAT)

-- 
-sg



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