NAME

check_passive - Perform passive nagios checks based on NRPE configuration

SYNOPSIS

check_passive [options] service [service [...]]
   --check service=check_name  Specify service is checked with check_name
   --nrpe  config=file         Specify NRPE config (/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg)
   --nsca  config=file         Specify send_nsca config (/etc/send_nsca.cfg)
           host=name|ip        Specify host/address (nagios)
           command=exe         Specify send_nsca command (send_nsca)
           port=#              Specify port number (5667)
           timeout=#           Specify send_nsca timeout
   Other options as described in Optconfig

DESCRIPTION

The check_passive command checks all the services on the local machine named on the command line, checking them with the Nagios plugin named in one of the --check options (or as specified in the configuration file).

The check command can either refer to an NRPE-configured check command appearing in the NRPE config file (/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg by default), or it can itself be a Nagios plugin command-line. However the check command is arrived at, it's expected to comply with the Nagios plugin guidelines with regard to output and exit codes.

Once all checks are run, it sends the results in a single session using the Nagios::NSCA module.

Determination of Hostname

The check_passive command does not try to determine the hostname, but the Nagios::NSCA command does fill in a default similar to a Facter-determined FQDN.

FILES

• /opt/pptools/etc/check_passive.conf

• ~/.check_passive

• /etc/send_nsca.cfg

• /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg

AUTHOR

Jeremy Brinkley, <jbrinkley@proofpoint.com>