Nagios check_apt alerting updates available for localhost also on network hosts

Question

I have setup nagios to monitor apt on my Debian servers. The problem is that I cannot understand why it is showing me the available number of updates on the local server also for the network servers.

For example I have a server that has 32 packages to update, but I am getting an email alert for 2.

Services Config:

define service {
    hostgroup_name                  apt-servers
    service_description             APT 
    check_command                   check_apt
    use                             generic-service
    notification_interval           0 ; set > 0 if you want to be renotified
}

Hosts Config

define hostgroup {
        hostgroup_name  apt-servers
        alias           APT servers
        members         vps1, vps2, vps3
        }  

Command Config From Debian package (untouched)

# 'check_apt' command definition
define command{
    command_name    check_apt
    command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt
    }   

# 'check_apt_distupgrade' command definition

define command{
    command_name    check_apt_distupgrade
    command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt -d
} 

I have tried to search for documentation on how to configure but failed to fin any extensive one.

Answer 1

To run this plugin on anything other than localhost, you need to run it through an agent of some sort.

For example: NRPE, check_by_ssh with keys, etc.

(This also applies to memory usage, load, disk usage... anything that's not available via a network socket.)