How to configure and run NRPE?

[Andreas Ericsson]

Yolanda Santos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed Nagios in a Linux Red Hat and i'm trying to check
> memory and CPU  using NRPE and NRPE_NT.
> I have installed the 'Nagios Remote Plugin Executor for NT/W2K'
> service in a host with XP, and in the nagios server the check_nrpe
> command.
> I follow the help to check this parameters but I don't get the value,
> only this message:
> 
> ./check_nrpe -H (XP's IP)10.170.17.38 -c check_disk
> 
> Message:
>  
> NRPE_NT failed to create process, exitig....
> 
> Am i launching the command incorrectly? 
> 
> The nrpe.cfg file is in /sr/local/nagios/etc and the command configuration:
> 
> command [check_disk]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_disk -w 20 -c 10
> 
> Is something wrong in the command definition?
> 

Yes. You can't run linux plugins under Windows.

> Is there another way to get this information of remote hosts? 
> (NSClient??, SNMP??...)
> 

NSClient is simple and straightforward enough. I recommend you give it a 
try.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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