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@@ -65,7 +65,42 @@ Obviously, the check command must either be defined using nagios_command objects (some are supplied in nagios::defaults::commands) or in the nagios configuration files directly. -NRPE Services +NRPE client configuration +========================= + +To setup a machine as an NRPE client, the class 'nagios::nrpe' should be used: + + class { 'nagios::nrpe': + allowed_hosts => '10.2.3.4,10.5.6.7', + } + +The class can take the following parameters to change configuration or +configuration directory: + + * $cfg_dir : Defines the path to the NRPE configuration. The default is to use + the path used by packages per your distro. + + * $pid_file : Sets the path of the PID file. The default value is the path + used by init script shipped with your distro's packages. + + * $plugin_dir : Defines the path in which nagios plugins that are to be + executed with NRPE commands are stored. The default value is the path where + your distro's nagios package stores plugins. + + * $server_address : The IP address to which the NRPE client daemon should + bind. The default behaviour is to bind to all IPs. + + * $allowed_hosts : A string containing a comma-separated list of host IPs that + are allowed to request NRPE commands to be run. The default value is to + allow only 127.0.0.1, so you might want to pass in a list of additional host + IPs. + + * $dont_blame : A string that enables ('1') or disables ('0') NRPE command + arguments. Enabling arguments can lead to potentials of shell escapes so it + should be used with caution and only if absolutely needed. This is disabled + by default. + +NRPE Services ------------- Some Nagios services need to be checked via NRPE. The following will make the |