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<DIV>I just recently setup distributed nagios. I followed the directions very closely. I first had a problem running the nsca daemon through xinetd. It just wouldn't listen for incoming on 5667. I added the line to /etc/services also. Here is my config:</DIV>
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<DIV>service nsca<BR>{<BR> flags = REUSE<BR> socket_type = stream<BR> wait = no<BR> user = nagios<BR> group = nagios<BR> server = /usr/local/nagios/bin/nsca<BR> server_args = -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nsca.cfg<BR> log_on_failure += USERID<BR> disable = no<BR> only_from = 10.12.225.50<BR>}<BR></DIV>
<DIV>If I run it from command line in daemon mode it works fine. </DIV>
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<DIV>My main problem, is that when passive checks are sent to the central server I keep getting this error:</DIV>
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<DIV>Oct 6 15:02:28 noc-mon nsca[31620]: Connection from 10.12.225.50 port 38784<BR>Oct 6 15:02:28 noc-mon nsca[31620]: Host address checks out ok<BR>Oct 6 15:02:28 noc-mon nsca[31620]: Handling the connection...<BR>Oct 6 15:02:29 noc-mon nsca[31620]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name: 'localhost', Service Description: 'cpu', Return Code: '0', Output: 'OK - load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00'<BR>Oct 6 15:02:29 noc-mon nsca[31620]: End of connection...<BR>Oct 6 15:02:30 noc-mon nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;localhost;cpu;0;OK - load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00<BR>Oct 6 15:02:39 noc-mon nsca[31817]: Connection from 10.12.225.50 port 39040<BR>Oct 6 15:02:39 noc-mon nsca[31817]: Host address checks out ok<BR>Oct 6 15:02:39 noc-mon nsca[31817]: Handling the connection...<BR>Oct 6 15:02:40 noc-mon nsca[31817]: SERVICE CHECK -> Host Name: 'acdmz-inside-sw2', Service Description: 'Check Host Alive', Return Code: '0', Output: 'PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.83 ms'<BR>Oct 6 15:02:40 noc-mon nsca[31817]: End of connection...<BR>Oct 6 15:02:40 noc-mon nagios: EXTERNAL COMMAND: PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;acdmz-inside-sw2;Check Host Alive;0;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.83 ms<BR>Oct 6 15:02:44 noc-mon nagios: Warning: Message queue contained results for service 'Check Host Alive' on host 'acdmz-inside-sw2'. The service could not be found!<BR></DIV>
<DIV>The localhost check acts like it works, but the simple check-host-alive service definition is not. I know that that service definition is on both servers. They are both running v1.2. Also, should I see something on my central server's web gui showing these hosts down? My host count has not been affected at all by the hosts added to the distributed server. Am I missing something? Is there something wrong with the default check-host-alive service check?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for any help,</DIV>
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<DIV>--------------------------------------<BR>Tim Moore<BR>DNS/Linux/Cisco Admin<BR>ODJFS</DIV></BODY></HTML>