I want to define new command in nagios for remote host but i can't find out where should i write this thing
define command {
}
on remote host i have only this file
vim /usr/local/nagios/etc/nrpe.cfg
Should i write that in above file or i have to write that on nagios host not on remote computer
There is no commands.cfg file on my remote host
Which Nagios packages do you have installed? On my CentOS 5.4 boxes, the Nagios config is in /etc/nagios. Take a look there. The filename is /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg
Edit
On the remote side, you need an entry in the nrpe.cfg that looks like command[something]=/some/path/to/command/binary. Then, on the Nagios host, you do your define service { }. The important part is that the command to run is going to look like check_nrpe!something, where something is the same as the one in nrpe.cfg.
If you are configuring to monitor a remote host, you will have to add a command in your nrpe.cfg found at /usr/local/nagios/etc/.
This command should be on the remote host. The sample commands that are already defined are :
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -c check_users
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -c check_load
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -c check_hda1
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -c check_total_procs
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost -c check_zombie_procs
Then adding the command definition to the any of the config file that you have specified in nagios.cfg
define command{
command_name check_nrpe
command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$
}
And finally your host and service
Correct me if i am wrong. I am not sure if nagios would reset the settings back to default for commands.cfg.
You can define the commands in the file /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg on the nagios host. Open that file and you should see examples for the syntax there.
