On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:37:08 -0500 (CDT), Mike McGrath
<mmcgrath(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:56:34 -0500, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath(a)redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > This simple check will allow us to see if nrpe is functioning
> >
>
> NRPE is supposed to return it's name and version number if no command
is
> specified. You don't have to configure anything on the
client-side,
> unless
> you have a general command prefix pointing to sudo, but can instead
just
> run /path/to/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ on the server side,
without
any
> additional switches.
>
> I'm just saying, apologies for the noise.
>
I wasn't sure if that would be a good enough test or to do a full end to
end test.
It is sufficient, if you want to know;
- the host is reachable,
- the port is open,
- nrpe is running,
- any implicit or explicit ssl negotations worked out fine
but no more then that.
-- Jeroen