On the one hand, i figure that were only working with monitoring data. You could see some commands which are already created in i in the form of alias. By pressing certain key combinations, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. Ive provided some articles on monitoring hyperv using nagios. Installing the mac osx agent for nagios xi nagios enterprises. So lets go ahead and run this command and see what our nsclient.
Just run the command getmac to get the mac addresses. For details about arguments see the howto about using external scripts. After installing xcode from the app store, the following command must be. Shift key, for instance, starts your mac in safe mode, and c or c starts up. The nrpe service, as everything on the mac, will have to run under a. You can skip the o option and use the o capital letter o to write save output to a local file named like the remote file we get.
How to securely monitor hyperv with nagios and nsclient. Since usrsbin exists in the default path, you can access the command directly. If you open up the file you will be pleasantly or not surprised it has very few options. If, on the other hand,you created the user account via command line. The alias commands are already predefined in nsclient. The final thing we need to do is load and configure scripts. In all of them, ive specifically avoided the topic of securing the communications chain. So, ive mac mini a, mac mini b and a nas all connected to the same network. Ive tried using terminal commands such as hdiutil and asr to restore the image but i guess im missing something. Find answers to nsclient for nagios on linux server from the expert community at experts exchange.
In this article, lll explain how to monitor remote windows machine and the various service running on the windows server using nagios monitoring server. The tag labeled with ether will most likely be your mac address. In macos catalina the default shell will change to zsh and in time this page will be updated to include that. Nslookup, ping, and tracert with mac os x nslookup in mac os x, how do i find out the ip address or domain name of another networked device. Centreon enterprise server ces includes all centreon functions in a unique product for more information, you can visit the website of centreon, and. I went through the whole hassle of installing the system through all these make commands and then making an rpm so i could distribute nagios to about 45 machines, only to find out i need to go through the whole process again if i want the command arguments.
The output from the first command is what will be displayed in nagios. However this does add administrative overhead, if you wanted to change a threshold there is extra work involved, compared to making the change on the nagios server to send. Here is what ive put together for helping others troubleshoot around here for agent commands. Mac os x comes with a very convenient tool called networksetup that makes it relatively easy to view or change network settings from the command line. This is a grooving process before it was all manual but slowly we are getting a more automated installation process so hopefully this will keep improving in the future as well and some of the steps might go away. Nsclient for nagios on linux server solutions experts. Installing the nagios xi mac osx agent nagios exchange. In addition to these settings, execute the follow commands on your windows server in a command prompt to ensure the external scripts module is correctly loaded. It was built for nagiosicinga, but nothing in the daemon is nagiosicinga specific and it can be used in many other scenarios where you want to receivedistribute check metrics. This will when you execute the foo querycommand run the script locate the in the scripts folder called foo.
To log into your mac on another mac, execute the command. Password password used to authenticate against server password 12345 12345 is not the actual pw but it uses no special characters from g. Please ensure nsclient has been configured correctly as per these kb articles. Checkcommands to provide the perfconfig and perfsyntax natively. Data collection from windows performance counters with. Ncpa is written in python and is able to run on almost any operating system. How to add windows host to nagios monitoring server. Monitoring a windows machine via nagios kitson consulting. For reference, heres the bash version im using in mac os x. This document describes how to install the mac osx nrpe agent for nagios xi. In the previous articles we discussed about nagios 3. To use any of these key combinations, press and hold the keys immediately after pressing the power button to turn on your mac, or after your mac begins to restart.
See some of the awesome features present in the web gui and api, available on any operating system. How can i retrieve the same informationpreferably using a single command with option, if needed, and without having to elevate privilegesfrom a bash terminal in mac os x. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. For example, to use commandc copy, press and hold the command key, then the c key, then release both keys. Sometimes its easy to create the i file from scratch, so heres how to do it. You will need to populate the fields with the values on the following page.
To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. It works on xp, vista, windows 7, server 2003 and server 2008 operating systems. Restoring mac os x using command line ask different. At the moment i recieve invalid password about twice a week. This document describes how to install the osx agent for monitoring with nagios xi. Commandline interface provided by unix and mac os x is called a shell a shell. Nsclient is an agent designed originally to work with nagios but has since evolved into a fully fledged monitoring agent which can be used with numerous monitoring tools like icinga, naemon, op5, neteye opsview etc.
Only the file part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off. We can find mac address physical address of a computer using the command getmac. Nrpe configuring nrpe commands to accept arguments. Ncpa is intended to simplify and universalize agentbased monitoring across different operating systems. Replace username with the username youd use to log into os x and remoteaddress with the ip address given to you in the sharing pane. This document is intended for use by nagios administrators who wish to use ncpa to monitor servers.
Static commands are a secure method of configuring nrpe, there is no way of changing what is execute on the remote host without changing the g file on the remote host. Centreon and monitoring your windows server using nsclient. If you want more indepth information see the documentation instead. You can now control your mac and execute terminal commands remotely, a real plus. If you have both a wired and wireless connection, itll be under ether in the en1 tag. Unzip the file and copy the folder to remote windows server and. Your mac and os x have a variety of startup keys and key combinations you can use to affect how the device starts up.
This can be used to get mac address for remote computers also. File permission is given for users,group and others too. This document describes how to install the nagios cross platform agent ncpa on windows, linux and mac os x. Mac startup key combinations learn about the mac features and tools that you can access by holding down one or more keys during startup. We build official binaries for windows, mac os x, and. In leopard, the command is readily available at usrsbinnetworksetup. Centreon is an open source software package alternative to nagios xi that lets you supervise all the infrastructure and applications comprising your information system ces standard is the open and free version of the product. It is an attempt to create a nsclient and nrpe compatible but yet extendable performance service for windows. You could look at the help of each command to specify which options you want to see in your supervision. Finally, you can create your own script and add it in the i. In mac os x, to find the ip address or domain name of another networked device, use the network utility, which is installed in the utilities folder, which in turn is inside the applications folder. Nsclient is an agent designed originally to work with nagios but has since evolved into a fully fledged monitoring agent.
For the time being i am using the preconfigured alias commands that come in the i file. Various system related checks, such as cpu load, process state, service state memory usage and pdh counters. Maccompatible keyboard has a command key, not windows directions. We assume that youve already installed and configured nagios server according to our following guides.
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