Question about Nagios configuration

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kannberg, Andy
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:05 AM
> To: 'nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Question about Nagios configuration
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm confused about my Nagios configuration. My Nagios monitoring host
is
> Linux (Slackware ) box. All clients I need to monitor are Tru64 boxes.
> 
> So, I was able to compile NRPE on the Tru64 boxes, but it appears I
need
> all plugins locally on the system. So I want to install the standard

That's correct. NRPE == Nagios Remote Plugin Executer with emphasis on
Remote Plugin. The plugins you intend to use must be installed on the
destination machine.

> plugins pack (nagios-plugins-1.4.2.tar), but the README tells me it
> expects nagios to be installed. Do I need to install Nagios on all
clients
> also ?

No you don't. The plugins can be run independent of Nagios. NRPE will
effectively take its place.

--
Marc


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