Monitoring Open Ports

[James Pratt]

Well, look on the bright side - It's not that big of a perl script - you can likely modify it to suit your specific need(s).  :)

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Baer [mailto:matt at baerconsult.com]
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:43 PM
>> To: nagios-users
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Open Ports
>> 
>> For the most part, this works.  However, the problem is that it requires that ALL
>> open ports be accepted as parameters.  I want to specify the ports to check.  For
>> example, if port 8081 is open, it may not always be open, then I get the stupid
>> notification.  I don't want to monitor port 8081, I want to monitor 25,80,110,143,
>> etc.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marc Powell" <marc at ena.com>
>> To: "Nagios-Users Mailinglist" <Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:27:09 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Open Ports
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Matt Baer wrote:
>> 
>> > Is there a way that Nagios can monitor open ports, even if there isn't
>> > anything listening on the destination?  I'd like to monitor my open
>> > ports on my firewall JUST to make sure they're open.  I would just
>> > specify the port with the normal Nagios command and point it at my
>> > public IP address, but obviously, the check will fail unless something
>> > is listening on the other end.  Basically I want to port scan specific
>> > ports.  Any ideas?
>> 
>> A quick google for 'nagios nmap' yields this result that looks promising --
>> 
>> http://ubermonkey.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/nagios-nmap-plugin/
>> 
>> --
>> Marc
>> 
>> 
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