check_nrpe.pl - An implemetation of the check_nrpe command in pure perl
Usage: check_nrpe -H <host> -c <command> [ -b <bindaddr> ] [-4] [-6] [-n] [-u] [-p <port>] [-t <timeout>] [-a <arglist...>] Options: -4 = use ipv4 only -6 = use ipv6 only -H <host> = The address of the host running the NRPE daemon -b <bindaddr> = bind to local address -c command = The name of the command that the remote daemon should run -n = Do no use SSL -p [port] = The port on which the daemon is running (default=5666) -t [timeout] = Number of seconds before connection times out (default=10) -u = Make socket timeouts return an UNKNOWN state instead of CRITICAL -a [arglist] = Optional arguments that should be passed to the command. Multiple arguments should be separated by a space. If provided, this must be the last option supplied on the command line.
Using this script you can request the current status of checks on your remote hosts
It takes the following options
Use ipv4 only
Use ipv6 only
The remote host running NRPE-Server (default localhost)
Bind to this local address
The remote port on which the NRPE-server listens
Don't use SSL
The check command defined in the nrpe.cfg file you would like to trigger
This help.
This software is copyright (c) 2017 by the authors (see AUTHORS file).
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Nagios::NRPE, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Nagios::NRPE
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Nagios::NRPE
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.