<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">If I want to set Nagios distribution architecture, can I still use check_by_ssh with NSCA server?<br>eg.<br>Nagios central server <--> NSCA ---execute ssh--> host 1<br><br>in this sense, NSCA will gather information from host 1 using check_by_ssh, and send back the collected data to the Nagios central server.<br><br>Is this possible? how to setup the monitoring architecture like this?<br><br>Links, reference/guides are most welcome.<br><br>Thanks<br>Sam<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Live Great <livegreat007@yahoo.com><br>To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:22:48 PM<br>Subject: Re: check_by_ssh - please clarify.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi,<br><br>This is the follow up the previous question.<br>For example, if I want to check disk info in a remote host,<br><pre>In the NSCA server, I will define the following config:<br>define command{<br> command_name check_slash_free<br> command_line $USER1$/check_by_ssh -i /var/ssh/nagios-key -l root -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '$USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p /'<br> }</pre>Do I only need to install check_disk script/program in the remote host without installing nagios and other nagios plugins?<br><br>Thanks[<br>Sam<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Live Great <livegreat007@yahoo.com><br>To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:14:25 PM<br>Subject: check_by_ssh - please clarify.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Hi, <br><br>I am aware that NSCA can uses check_by_ssh to check remote host.<br>I am wondering if this means I don't have to install NSCA or Nagios plugins in remote host?<br><br>Thanks<br>Sam<br></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>