send_nsca(1) General Commands Manual send_nsca(1)NAME
send_nsca - send passive check results to an NSCA daemon
SYNOPSIS
send_nsca -H <host_address> [-p port] [-to to_sec] [-d delim] [ -c config_file]
DESCRIPTION
send_nsca This utility is used to send passive check results to the NSCA daemon. Host and Service check data that is to be sent to the
NSCA daemon is read from standard input. Input should be provided in the following format (tab-delimited unless overriden with -d command
line argument, one entry per line):
Service Checks
<host> <svc_description> <return_code> <plugin_output>
Host Checks:
<host> <return_code> <plugin_output>
OPTIONS
host_address
The IP address of the host running the NSCA daemon
port The port on which the daemon is running - default is 5667
to_sec Number of seconds before connection attempt times out. (default timeout is 10 seconds)
delim Delimiter to use when parsing input (defaults to a tab)
config_file
Name of config file to use
SEE ALSO nsca(1)FILES
/etc/nsca.cfg
nsca server configuration
/etc/send_nsca.cfg
send_nsca configuration
AUTHOR
NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>. This manpage was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for Debian (but it may
be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).
nsca December 2005 send_nsca(1)
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SYNOPSIS
icinga [-h] [-v] [-s] [-d] <main_config_file>
DESCRIPTION
icinga is a daemon program that monitors the status of various network accessible systems, devices, and more. For more information, please
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OPTIONS
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FILES
/etc/icinga
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AUTHOR
Icinga was started as Nagios by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>. Icinga is maintained by the Icinga Project <info@icinga.org>. This
manual page was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system (but it may be freely used, modified,
and redistributed by others).
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