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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I wrote a small script to pipe the state
and output to. If the output said “CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after
50 seconds”, then exit(1). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In the checkcommand is where you set up
the pipe. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>define checkcommand {<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> command_name check_nrpe_ignore<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> command_line /your/path/to/check_nrpe
–H $HOSTADDRESS –c nrpe_command –a (if you have args) |
/your/path/to/nrpe/ignore/script $SERVICESTATE$<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The other option is to turn up your nrpe
timeout, but that’s not a very good solution, as it just means it will
take longer to timeout.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Lori<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>mohamed.azizi@belgacom.be<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 03, 2005
1:20 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Nagios-users] CHECK NRPE
time out after 50 seconds</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Dear colleagues ,</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>I am using nagios 1.2 on linux server to
check process on both servers which runs on linux.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:blue'>When we have lot of load on the servers , Nagios
receives check nrpe time out after 50 seconds.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:blue'>After 3 times , this service is put on critical status
.Normally , when a check is on CRITICAL , Nagios launchs a scripts
to restart the system</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>and we have a lot of restart on each servers
due to the timeout of checknrpe.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:blue'>How can I avoid this kind of problem.I have increased the
timer od NRPE from 30 seconds to 50 seconds but without succes.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Can we configure nagios to have only warning
state for a checknrpe timeout</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Thanks for your support</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Mohamed</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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