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upstream Nagios server will use to reach the ECS0016 – if unspecified
this will default to the first network port’s IP (Network (1) as entered in
System: IP)
In Nagios Server Address enter the IP address or DNS name that 4.
the ECS0016 will use to reach the upstream Nagios monitoring server
Check the 5. Disable SDT Nagios Extensions option if you wish to
disable the MetaConnect integration with your Nagios server at the
head end this would only be checked if you want to run a standard
Nagios monitoring.
If not, enter the IP address or DNS name the MetaConnect Nagios
clients will use to reach the ECS0016 MetaConnect Gateway Address
When NRPE and NSCA are both enabled, NSCA is preferred method for
communicating with the upstream Nagios server – check
Prefer NRPE to
use NRPE whenever possible (i.e. for all communication except for alerts)
Enable NRPE monitoring
Enabling NRPE allows you to execute plugins (such as check_tcp
and check_ping) on the remote ECS0016 gateway to monitor serial or
network attached remote servers. This will offload CPU load from the
upstream Nagios monitoring machine which is especially valuable if you
are monitoring hundreds or thousands of hosts. To enable NRPE:
Select 1. System: Nagios and check NRPE Enabled.
Enter the details of the user connection to the upstream Nagios 2.
monitoring server and refer the sample Nagios configuration example
below for details on configuring specific NRPE checks
By default the ECS0016 will accept a connection between the upstream
Nagios monitoring server and the NRPE server with SSL encryption,
without SSL, or tunneled through SSH. The security for the connection is
configured at the Nagios server.