check_nrpe problem with dynamic ip

[J. Bakshi]

Assaf Flatto wrote:
> On Monday 01 September 2008 09:57:30 J. Bakshi wrote:
>   
>> Hello All,
>>
>> The remote server where I have installed nrpe, the /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg has
>> allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1,122.161.137.217
>>
>> 122.161.137.217 is the IP of my local nagios monitoring machine.
>> I put this IP after checking my machine by whatismyip.com
>> My ISP provides dynamic IP. Is there any way to tell nagios to permit
>> nrpe connection from
>> all ?
>>
>> thanks
>>     
>
> Is your nagis machine ip changes all the time ? 
> or is it your devices Ip that is changing ?
>   

Hi Assaf,
thanks for your kind response.

yes the local machine where the nagios is installed has dynamic address.
The Ip changes after every 2/3 days.
Hence I have to change the "allowed_hosts=" parameter accordingly at the
remote machine running nrpe daemon.
How can I solve this problem ?

thanks


> You do not need to tell nagios to permit the connection . you need to tell the nrpe on all the hosts 
> you are checking that the nagios host's ip has been changed and has a new .
>
> As far as i know there is no automated plugin , what you can do is write a script to query the dns 
> of your nagios and replace the existing IP with the new result .
>
> Assaf
>
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