Enable Nagios On The Console Server; Enable Nrpe Monitoring - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 10: Nagios Integration

10.3.1 Enable Nagios on the Console Server

• Select System: Nagios on the Console Server Management Console and tick the Nagios service Enabled
• Enter the Nagios Host Name that the Console Server will be referred to in the Nagios central server – this will be
generated from local System Name (entered in System: Administration) if unspecified
• In Nagios Host Address, enter the IP address or DNS name that the upstream Nagios server will use to reach the
Console Server – if unspecified this will default to the first network port's IP as entered in System: IP)
• In Nagios Server Address, enter the IP address or DNS name that the Console Server will use to reach the upstream
Nagios monitoring server
• Check the Disable SDT Nagios Extensions option if you wish to disable the SDT Connector integration with your Nagios
server at the head end – this would only be checked if you want to run a vanilla Nagios monitoring
• If not, enter the IP address or DNS name the SDT Nagios clients will use to reach the Console Server in SDT 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)

10.3.2 Enable NRPE monitoring

Enabling NRPE allows you to execute plug-ins (such as check_tcp and check_ping) on the remote Console Server 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:
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