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How do I know if NRPE is installed correctly?

If you get the NRPE version number (as shown above), NRPE is installed and configured correctly. You can also test from your Nagios host by executing the same command above, but instead of 127.0.0.1 you will need to replace that with the IP Address / DNS name of the machine with NRPE running.

Where is NRPE config file?

So, the command must exist in the nrpe config file of the server to be monitored. In the other hand, the list of the nrpe commands to be executed in the mentioned remote server is located under the nagios server: .../nagios/configurations/objects/server1.cfg

How to enable command arguments in NRPE?

To enable command arguments in NRPE, you should do the following two things. 1. Configure NRPE with –enable-command-args Typically when you install NRPE on the remote host, you’ll do ./configure without any arguments. To enable support for command arguments in the NRPE daemon, you should install it with –enable-command-args as shown below.

How do I find the NRPE version of a remote host?

Log onto the Nagios XI server as root and run the following command, inserting the actual remote host IP address: The command above should return the NRPE version of the remote host. If not, follow the steps in this KB article: An important step in the previous command was to use the IP ADDRESS of the remote host.