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## <a id="monitoring-remote-clients"></a> Monitoring Remote Clients
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### Agent-less Checks
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If the remote service is available using a network protocol and port,
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and a [check plugin](#setting-up-check-plugins) is available, you don't
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necessarily need a local client installed. Rather choose a plugin and
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configure all parameters and thresholds. The [Icinga 2 Template Library](#itl)
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already ships various examples.
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### Agent-based Checks
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If the remote services are not directly accessible through the network, a
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local agent installation exposing the results to check queries can
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become handy.
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#### SNMP
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The SNMP daemon runs on the remote system and answers SNMP queries by plugin
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binaries. The [Monitoring Plugins package](#setting-up-check-plugins) ships
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the `check_snmp` plugin binary, but there are plenty of [existing plugins](#integrate-additional-plugins)
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for specific use cases already around, for example monitoring Cisco routers.
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The following example uses the [SNMP ITL](#itl-snmp) `CheckCommand` and only defines
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additional macros (note the `+=` operator) as command parameters for the `oid`
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(`community` is already set):
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object Host "remote-snmp-host" inherits "generic-host" {
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...
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services["uptime"] = {
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templates = [ "generic-service" ],
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check_command = "snmp",
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macros += {
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"oid" = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0"
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}
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},
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macros = {
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"address" = "192.168.1.101"
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}
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}
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#### SSH
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Calling a plugin using the SSH protocol to execute a plugin on the remote server fetching
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its return code and output. `check_by_ssh` is available in the [Monitoring Plugins package](#setting-up-check-plugins).
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object CheckCommand "check_by_ssh_swap" inherits "plugin-check-command" {
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command = [ "$plugindir$/check_by_ssh",
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"-l", "remoteuser",
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"-H", "$address$",
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"-C", "\"/usr/local/icinga/libexec/check_swap -w $warn$ -c $crit$\""
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]
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}
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object Host "remote-ssh-host" inherits "generic-host" {
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...
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services["swap"] = {
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templates = [ "generic-service" ],
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check_command = "check_by_ssh_swap",
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macros = {
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"warn" = "50%",
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"crit" = "75%"
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}
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},
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macros = {
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"address" = "192.168.1.102"
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}
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}
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#### NRPE
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[NRPE](http://docs.icinga.org/latest/en/nrpe.html) runs as daemon on the remote client including
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the required plugins and command definitions.
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Icinga 2 calls the `check_nrpe` plugin binary in order to query the configured command on the
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remote client.
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> **Note**
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>
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> The NRPE daemon uses its own proprietary configuration format in nrpe.cfg while `check_nrpe`
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> can be embedded into the Icinga 2 `CheckCommand` configuration syntax.
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Example:
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object CheckCommand "check_nrpe" inherits "plugin-check-command" {
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command = [ "$plugindir$/check_nrpe",
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"-H", "$address$",
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"-c", "$remote_nrpe_command$",
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],
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}
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object Host "remote-nrpe-host" inherits "generic-host" {
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...
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services["users"] = {
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templates = [ "generic-service" ],
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check_command = "check_nrpe",
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macros = {
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"remote_nrpe_command" = "check_users"
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}
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},
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macros = {
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"address" = "192.168.1.103"
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}
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}
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nrpe.cfg:
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command[check_users]=/usr/local/icinga/libexec/check_users -w 5 -c 10
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#### NSClient++
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[NSClient++](http://nsclient.org) works on both Windows and Linux platforms and is well
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known for its magnificant Windows support. There are alternatives like the WMI interface,
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but using `NSClient++` will allow you to run local scripts similar to check plugins fetching
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the required output and performance counters.
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> **Note**
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> The NSClient++ agent uses its own proprietary configuration format while `check_nt`
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> can be embedded into the Icinga 2 `CheckCommand` configuration syntax.
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Example:
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object CheckCommand "check_nscp" inherits "plugin-check-command" {
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command = [ "$plugindir$/check_nt",
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"-H", "$address$",
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"-p", "$port$",
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"-v", "$remote_nscp_command$",
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"-l", "$partition$",
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"-w", "$warn$",
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"-c", "$crit$",
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"-s", "$pass$"
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],
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macros = {
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"port" = "12489",
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"pass" = "supersecret"
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}
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}
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object Host "remote-windows-host" inherits "generic-host" {
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...
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services["users"] = {
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templates = [ "generic-service" ],
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check_command = "check_nscp",
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macros += {
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"remote_nscp_command" = "USEDDISKSPACE",
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"partition" = "c",
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"warn" = "70",
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"crit" = "80"
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}
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},
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macros = {
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"address" = "192.168.1.104"
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}
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}
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For details on the `NSClient++` configuration please refer to the [official documentation](http://www.nsclient.org/nscp/wiki/doc/configuration/0.4.x).
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#### Icinga 2 Agent
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A dedicated Icinga 2 agent supporting all platforms and using the native
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Icinga 2 communication protocol supported with SSL certificates, IPv4/IPv6
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support, etc is on the [development roadmap](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2?jump=issues).
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Meanwhile remote checkers in a [Cluster](#cluster) setup could act as
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immediate replacement, but without any local configuration - or pushing
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their standalone configuration back to the master node including their check
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result messages.
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### Passive Check Results and SNMP Traps
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> **Note**
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> The host and service object configuration must be available on the Icinga 2
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> server in order to process passive check results.
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#### NSCA-NG
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[NSCA-ng](http://www.nsca-ng.org) provides a client-server pair that allows the
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remote sender to push check results into the Icinga 2 `ExternalCommandListener`
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feature.
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The [Icinga 2 Vagrant Demo VM](#vagrant) ships a demo integration and further samples.
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#### SNMP Traps
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SNMP Traps can be received and filtered by using [SNMPTT](http://snmptt.sourceforge.net/) and specific trap handlers
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passing the check results to Icinga 2.
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