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getting following error :

# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H nagios-server-ip
CHECK_NRPE: Socket timeout after 10 seconds.

But it's working for localhost 

# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost
NRPE v2.15

ps i have checked security groups as well as iptables

Also on Nagios server :

# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost
NRPE v2.13
[root@ADM-PROD-NAGIOS ec2-user]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H monitoring-host-ip
NRPE v2.15
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  • do you have nagios client running in the remote machine? Do you have opened 5666/tcp alllow Nagios IP in the AWS console firewall? – Rui F Ribeiro Nov 25 '15 at 10:55
  • I guess # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost NRPE v2.15 this on remote hosts proves nagios client is running on remote machine – Ashish Karpe Nov 25 '15 at 10:59
  • # netstat -at | grep nrpe tcp 0 0 :nrpe *: LISTEN – Ashish Karpe Nov 25 '15 at 10:59
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There are two thing in nrpe.cfg.

  1. allowed_hosts
  2. server_address

In allowed_host we should mention public IP of Nagios server if it is outside the LAN.

In server_address we should mention the IP of the local machine which is to listen nrpe, because we might have multiple ethernet ports enabled and IPs associated with it.

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