I was surprised that nagios plugins didn’t come with a pre-packaged check_crond command! Anyway, here is a quick way to do it using NRPE. Add the command definition in command.cfg. define command{ command_name check_crond command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -n -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 90 -c check_crond } Add the service definition to an existing host. define service{ use [...]
Theres several things you’ll need to adjust in the default Nagios installation to get NRPE to run privileged commands. Before we start, I’m assuming that you’re using a similar /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe file: service nrpe { flags=REUSE socket_type=stream port= 5666 wait=no user=nagios group=nagios server=/usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe server_args=-n -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg -i log_on_failure+=USERID disable=no only_from=111.111.111.111 } The things to watch out [...]
I was surprised that nagios plugins didn’t come with a pre-packaged check_mysql command! Anyway, here is a quick way to do it. Add the command definition in command.cfg. define command{ command_name check_mysql command_line $USER1$/check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 3306 } Add the service definition to an existing host. define service{ use local-service host_name gnucom.cc service_description MYSQL [...]
