nrpe

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with nrpe
   • What nrpe affects
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

This module installs and manages the NRPE server.

Module Description

This module differs from most existing NRPE module on the following points:

• commands are defined through a simple hash, not through resources;
• plugins are not managed;
• nagios/shinken/any monitoring system is not managed.

Setup

What nrpe affects

• nrpe package and service
• /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg

Usage

This module can be included, required, contained, or defined. However, to be useful, you should define it, as that allows you to specify extra/custom commands and set the allowed hosts.

Reference

todo

Limitations

The module has been tested/used in production with Puppet 3.x.

On the OS side, the module currently only works on Debian-family OSes, but we'd love to get a patch to add support for more families/operating systems.

Development

Development is happening on github, and we welcome pull requests!