which client to use..Help!

[Dan Stromberg]

On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 11:38, Olaf Hoyer wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Harris, Sam wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to get away from NRPE client, and use a client which would
> > use secure connection to Microsoft boxes on the other side of the
> > firewall in an encrypted manner if possible...or at least initiate the
> > updates without Nagios server initiating it.
> > Is there a such thing?
> >
> Basically you are looking for a solution that the client on the other 
> side of the firewall is pushing data into the nagios machine?
> 
> I can think of two approaches:
> 
> - Do a distributed setup of those machines. Place a small nagios machine 
> inside that firewalled segment, let it make those checks, and then push 
> it to the big server. Then you could also use SNMP etc, whilst being 
> e.g. in the management LAN
> 
> - put on each Windows box some scripts, that are scheduled any 5 mins or 
> so, and let them push their data to the nagios box via the standard 
> distribution mechanism (NSCA)
> 
> HTH
> Olaf

...or set up check_by_ssh, and install ssh on your windoze box.

-- 
Dan Stromberg DCS/NACS/UCI <strombrg at dcs.nac.uci.edu>

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://www.monitoring-lists.org/archive/users/attachments/20041019/1c4899cb/attachment.sig>