About check_by_ssh plugin

Marc Powell marc at ena.com
Wed Jun 10 13:02:38 CEST 2009


On Jun 10, 2009, at 4:09 AM, Simon Kainz wrote:

> Jean Frontin wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> In the check_by_ssh plugin help we can read :

>> I want to restart the mysql server on a host different of the nagios
>> host.

> I would use the following:
>
> check_by_ssh -H <host> -l <username> -C "/etc/init.d/mysql restart"
>
> Eventually replace <host> with "$HOSTNAME$".
>
> You don't have to use -s , it's optional.

You don't even need to use check_by_ssh. In this case, there's nothing  
gained over just using --

/path/to/ssh -l <username> <host> "/etc/init.d/mysql restart"

Presumably the OP is using either as part of an event_handler script.

--
Marc


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