<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the comment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think I still need you guys to clarify the concept in my mind ... </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> central host (nagios/web/plugins/nsca)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> | </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/ \</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>distributed host distributed host (nagios/plugins/send_nsca/check_nrpe)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> | |</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> / \ / \</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>host1 <SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>host2 <SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>host3 host4 (nrpe/??nagios??/??plugins??/??else??)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>1. on central host</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>1.1 need nagios with web interface</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>1.2 need plugins</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>1.3 need nsca addon (for passive check)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>2. on distributed host</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>2.1 need nagios</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>2.2 need plugins</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>2.3 need send_nsca addon (for passive check)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>2.4 need check_nrpe (for active check)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>3. on host that need to be monitorred</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>3.1 need nrpe addon (for active check)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>3.2 does it need nagios installed?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>3.3 does it need plugins installed?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>3.4 what else need to be considered?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>please comment, it is very important to help me understand. Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005>-tea</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=702512813-27072005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Scott Sugar [mailto:ssugar@proserveit.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Ran Li; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Nagios-users] distributed monitoring, passive check question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText63236 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>It seems to me like your host02 is not configured to do active checks... if host01 is your central host, it should be configured to not do active checks... but if host02 is supposed to be running active checks then it needs to have active_checks_enabled set to 1 for each service you want... or in a template that each service uses... </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>also ensure that your execute_service_checks option is set to 1 in the nagios.cfg file.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/configmain.html#execute_service_checks">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/configmain.html#execute_service_checks</A><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <HR tabIndex=-1> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Ran Li<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 7/26/2005 7:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nagios-users] distributed monitoring, passive check question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT size=2>hello list,<BR><BR>I m trying to configure distributed monitoring using nsca/send_nsca for<BR>passive checking. Now I can see PASV icon besides the http service that<BR>I want to monitor on host02, but the status is always "Pending" and<BR>Status Information says "Service is not scheduled to be checked... "<BR><BR>host01 is my central host which reports "Warning: The results of service<BR>'http' on host 'host02' are stale by 1 seconds (threshold=420 seconds).<BR>I'm forcing an immediate check of the service.eports ", I set<BR>"freshness_threshold" to 420.<BR><BR>I went through the docs and followed the instructions, but have no idea<BR>how to make it work.<BR><BR>Could you please help to analyze what could be the problem? I just need<BR>a clue to make it work. Thanks.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>-tea<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------<BR>SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies<BR>from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles,<BR>informative Webcasts and more! 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