Scheduling Downtime / Host Checks

[Mike Gerber]

Hi,

> I also have been trying to figure out the best way for me to monitor 
> services on different hosts. I've looked at NRPE, but I'm curious if I 
> couldn't get away with check_by_ssh. I have a global login to every 
> machine that also has that user's homearea mounted. Should I be looking 
> into check_by_ssh and have it execute a specific plugin? I read the FAQ 
> on this but it left me with many questions. If anyone has a link to more 
> information I would appreciate it.

We create "nagios"-users on the monitored machines and then use
check_by_ssh with SSH-keys to check services remotely.

Bye,
Mike
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Mike Gerber                             
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