NRPE Windows

NRPE Windows Profile

This profile monitors a Windows server using Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE). NRPE is used by the Nagios server to communicate with the Windows server.

Services Configuration

Service - Definitions in Monarch are stored under this name.
Command Line - Service command name with arguments to be passed to the plugin.
Plugin Command Line - Plugin script called by Nagios for this Service.

Extended Info - The Extended Service Info definition, typically used for generating graphs.

Command lines displayed below are intended to be single line commands.

Service	Command Line	Plugin Command Line	Extended Info
tcp_nrpe	check_nrpe	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$	number_graph
nrpe_cpu	check_nrpe_cpu!_Total!80,90	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_cpu -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nrpe_disk_C	check_nrpe_disk!C:!80,90	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_disk -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nrpe_disktransfers	check_nrpe_disk_transfers!Name= _Total!10!20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_disktransfers -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$" "$ARG3$"	percent_graph
nrpe_mem	check_nrpe_mem!_Total!80,90	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_mem -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	percent_graph
nrpe_memory_pages	check_nrpe_memory_pages!10!20	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_swapping -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nrpe_service_Alerter	check_nrpe_service!Alerter	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
nrpe_service_Eventlog	check_nrpe_service!Eventlog	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
nrpe_service_MSDTC	check_nrpe_service!MSDTC	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
nrpe_service_TermService	check_nrpe_service!TermService	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_service -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$"	percent_graph
nrpe_uptime	check_nrpe_uptime!1800!900	$USER1$/check_nrpe -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c get_system_uptime -a "$HOSTADDRESS$" "$ARG1$" "$ARG2$"

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-nrpe-windows.xml
perfconfig-nrpe-windows.xml

Plugins Scripts

check_nrpe

NRPE scripts (installed on the monitored Windows Server)

nrpe_nt.zip

Performance Graphing Programs

number_graph.cgi
percent_graph.cgi

Installation

GroundWork Monitor includes many monitoring profiles for a variety of devices, systems and applications. Profiles already imported on a new GroundWork installation include Service Ping, SNMP Network, and SSH UNIX. The GroundWork Monitor Configuration tool is used to import updated Profiles and Profiles that require additional setup; the Profile XML file and its companion Performance Configuration definition file. Services can also be imported in addition to Service Profiles in the Profile Importer. The import process is documented under GROUNDWORK PROFILES > How to import profiles.

Implementation

Command Parameters

Command parameters are in the Configuration Services section with the following names and default values.

nrpe_cpu

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_cpu command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Name of CPU, default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

nrpe_disk_C

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_disk command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Drive letter, default is C:
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

nrpe_disktransfers

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_disktransfers command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Physical disk, default is Name=_Total
$ARG2$ - Warning value (per second), default is 10
$ARG3$ - Critical value (per second), default is 20

nrpe_mem

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_mem command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Memory type (RAM, PAGING, _Total), default is _Total
$ARG2$ - Warning and critical percentage, default is 80,90

nrpe_memory_pages

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_swapping command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Warning value (pages per second), default is 10
$ARG2$ - Critical value (pages per second), default is 20

nrpe_service

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the get_service command as defined in the nrpe.cfg.
$ARG1$ - Service Name (not Display Name!)
OK if service is running
CRITICAL is service is stopped.
UNKNOWN is service is not installed.

tcp_nrpe

Uses check_nrpe plugin to connect to NRPE on $HOSTADDRESS$.
Returns version of NRPE agent if connect is successful.

Performance Graphing Parameters

The following parameters are used to generate performance charts. These parameters are set using the Configuration>Performance tool in GroundWork Monitor.