Most of the time my server is not able to connect to remote server within 10 secs.
So it gives socket timeout error.
How to change this socket timeout?? Can I set it to some higher value ??
Thanks !!!
In the /etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssh.cfg you could define new modified command with the -t switch after which you should enter the timeout value in seconds.
After you have defined the new command you have to edit the desired service definition and change the check_command variable.
If you want to get familiar with the syntax of the command then from terminal you can execute:
locate check_ssh
which would show you where plugin executable is and then you just execute the command with the --help switch, for example:
/usr/lib/nagios-plugins/check_ssh --help
Hey Albin,Thanks …but i m not getting what u have explained…
There is no ‘/etc/nagios-plugins/check_ssh.cfg’ on my box…
The path for plugins is /usr/local/src/nagios-plugins-1.4.11/plugins/…
but there is no .cfg file…contains check_command binary, .c & .o files…
To be more specific,I want to set socket timeout for check_ftp and check_http commands…
So can u guide me ???
Thanks !!!
Hm?
Those .c and .o files are the sources. Have you compiled nagios-plugins in order to install Nagios completely? If not, you should. Maybe this will help:
onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002 … tml?page=2
If you have compiled nagios-plugins and installed them properly, then there should be .cfg files in nagios etc folder and plugin executables somewhere within usr folder (distribution dependent).