[Nagiosplug-help] Pushing Nagios plugins over ssh

[Andreas Ericsson]

Jacob Joseph wrote:
> Check_by_ssh still requires that the command to be run exist on the 
> remote machine.  My script allows both distribution and running of the 
> plugins.
> 

Does it allow automagic propagation (if the plugin doesn't exist, copy 
it over before trying to run it)?

> 
> -Jacob
> 
> 
> Jeff Smelser wrote:
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>> On Wednesday 30 June 2004 02:08 am, Jacob Joseph wrote:
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>>> Hi all.  I have created a bit of infrastructure to aid in pushing nagios
>>> plugins to remote machines with nothing more than an ssh connection.
>>> nrpe and nsca became too much of a hassle to maintain across many client
>>> machines.  This solution allows centralize configuration and a very
>>> light installation on the clients.  Due to our range of architectures,
>>> I've also rewritten the plugins we need in python so as to be able to
>>> run without recompilation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hows this different then check_by_ssh?
>>
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