Tripp Lite B092-016 - Additional Plug-Ins; Basic Nagios Plug-Ins

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Chapter 10: Nagios Integration
10.4.2 Basic Nagios plug-ins
Plug-insarecompiledexecutablesorscriptsthatcanbescheduledtoberunontheConsoleServertocheckthestatusofa
connectedhostorservice.ThisstatusisthencommunicatedtotheupstreamNagiosserverwhichusestheresultstomonitor
the current status of the distributed network. Each Console Server is preconfigured with a selection of the checks that are part
oftheNagiosplug-inspackage:
check_tcp and check_udp are used to check open ports on network hosts
check_ping is used to check network host availability
check_nrpeisusedtoexecutearbitraryplug-insinotherdevices
Each Console Server is also preconfigured with two checks that are specific to the Console Server:
check_serial_signals is used to monitor the handshaking lines on the serial ports
check_port_log is used to monitor the data logged for a serial port.
10.4.3 Additional plug-ins
AdditionalNagiosplug-ins(listedbelow)areavailableforalltheTrippLiteConsoleServers:
check_apt
check_by_ssh
check_clamd
check_dig
check_dns
check_dummy
check_fping
check_ftp
check_game
check_hpjd
check_http
check_imap
check_jabber
check_ldap
check_load
check_mrtg
check_mrtgtraf
check_nagios
check_nntp
check_nntps
check_nt
check_ntp
check_nwstat
check_overcr
check_ping
check_pop
check_procs
check_real
check_simap
check_smtp
check_snmp
check_spop
check_ssh
check_ssmtp
check_swap
check_tcp
check_time
check_udp
check_ups
check_users