Returning "CHECK_NRPE: Error - Could not complete SSL handshake' on Nagios server

[C. Bensend]

> Below is a successful telnet session from my centos nagios server to the
> solaris remote host. As requested in my nrpe.cfg file on the solaris
> remote host I have loop back ip address 127.0.0.1 for 'allowed_host' not
> the ip address of the centos nagios server, but before it was working
> fine...
>
> [root at centos ~]# netstat -an |grep 5666
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5666                0.0.0.0:*
>  LISTEN
>
> [root at centos ~]# telnet 195.194.49.175 5666
> Trying 195.194.49.175...
> Connected to 195.194.49.175 (195.194.49.175).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [root at centos ~]#

If you don't have your Nagios server specified in allowed_hosts,
NRPE will refuse to talk to your Nagios server.

Benny


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