NRPE_NT appears to work straight out of the box if you have a running Linux Nagios installation – the NRPE service works just like the linux version. I tried NSClient++ and found it a pain in the arse to setup now to write some plugins in “C” to pull back the stuff I really want. How to Install Nagios 4.0.1 on RHEL/CentOS 6.x/5.x and Fedora 19/18/17; Add Linux Host to Nagios Monitoring Server; To monitor Windows Machines you will need to follow several steps and they are: Install NSClient++ addon on the Windows Machine. Configure Nagios.

In the previous article, i have guide you on how to install Nagios Core, mainly for network and services monitoring. In this post, i will guide you on how to install Nagios NRPE. Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) is a Nagios agent that allows to remotely execute Nagios plugins on other Linux/Unix machines. NRPE can also communicate with Windows agent addons like NSClient++. It allows for monitoring resources such as disk usage, CPU load, etc. Please follow the following steps to install Nagios NRPE on your Nagios server.

Prerequisites
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Steps:
1. Install the Nagios NRPE and Nagios-devel. For your information, Nagios-devel is a header files, libraries and development documentation for nagios.

2. Set nrpe to start at boot and start nrpe

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3. Update the /etc/services. At the following line at the bottom of the page.

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4. Test NRPE daemon install