Chapter 9.  Passive Checks and NRDP

Nagios is a very powerful platform because it is easy to extend. The previous chapters talked about the check command plugins and how they can be used to check any host or service that your company might be using. Another great feature that Nagios offers is the ability for third-party software or other Nagios instances to report information on the status of services or hosts. This way Nagios does not need to schedule and run checks by itself; other applications can report information as it is available to them.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding passive checks
  • Using NRDP

Understanding passive checks

The previous parts of this book often mentioned Nagios performing checks on various ...

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