nrpe timeout after 10 seconds

[Wheeler, JF (Jonathan)]

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users On Behalf Of Meylikhov
Sent: 13 March 2008 12:04

> I have 4 linux servers that are monitored by nagios. Sometimes I get
notification on my 
> contact e-mail:
> CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds. 
> Notifications stating that nrpe timed out come for ALL services and
for ALL hosts randomly
> every 1-2-3 hours.
> Then I get another notification stating that everything is fine. This
flapping events take
> place every 1-2-3-4-5 hours randomly.
> Nagios and monitoring servers are situated in the same network,
therefore I have no
> intermediary between monitoring servers and nagios.
> Can you help me to diagnose what's wrong? Can I increase socket
timeout variable on my
> nagios server? I think it could help.

There is a timeout on the nrpe command which you can set using -t option
(default is 10 secs).  Try adding "-t 30" to your nrpe command, probably
in checkcommands.cfg

Jonathan Wheeler
e-Science Centre
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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