NSCP client (w/ SSL)

A simple client for checking remote NSCP servers (think proxy).

Queries (commands)

• nscp_forward? Forward query to remote NSCP host
• nscp_submit? Submit a query to a remote host via NSCP
• nscp_help? Help on using NSCP Client
• nscp_query? Submit a query to a remote host via NSCP
• nscp_exec? Execute remote command on a remote host via NSCP

Commands (executable)

TODO: Add command list

Configuration

REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS

Section: /settings/nscp/client/targets

TARGET DEFENITION

Target definition for: default

Section: /settings/nscp/client/targets/default

Keys:

Key	Title	Description
certificate	SSL CERTIFICATE
timeout	TIMEOUT	Timeout when reading/writing packets to/from sockets.
address	TARGET ADDRESS	Target host address
use ssl	ENABLE SSL ENCRYPTION	This option controls if SSL should be enabled.

Advanced Keys:

Key	Title	Description
parent	TARGET PARENT	The parent the target inherits from
port	TARGET PORT	The target server port
alias	TARGET ALIAS	The alias for the target
host	TARGET HOST	The target server to report results to.
is template	IS TEMPLATE	Declare this object as a template (this means it will not be avalible as a separate object)

SSL CERTIFICATE

Description:

Key: certificate

Default value: ${certificate-path}/nrpe_dh_512.pem

Sample:

# SSL CERTIFICATE
# 
[/settings/nscp/client/targets/default]
certificate=${certificate-path}/nrpe_dh_512.pem

TIMEOUT

Description: Timeout when reading/writing packets to/from sockets.

Key: timeout

Default value: 30

Sample:

# TIMEOUT
# Timeout when reading/writing packets to/from sockets.
[/settings/nscp/client/targets/default]
timeout=30

TARGET ADDRESS

Description: Target host address

Key: address

Sample:

# TARGET ADDRESS
# Target host address
[/settings/nscp/client/targets/default]
address=

ENABLE SSL ENCRYPTION

Description: This option controls if SSL should be enabled.

Key: use ssl

Default value: 1

Sample:

# ENABLE SSL ENCRYPTION
# This option controls if SSL should be enabled.
[/settings/nscp/client/targets/default]
use ssl=1

CLIENT HANDLER SECTION

Section: /settings/nscp/client/handlers

NSCP CLIENT SECTION

Section for NSCP active/passive check module.

Section: /settings/nscp/client

Keys:

Key	Title	Description
channel	CHANNEL	The channel to listen to.

CHANNEL

Description: The channel to listen to.

Key: channel

Default value: NSCP

Sample:

# CHANNEL
# The channel to listen to.
[/settings/nscp/client]
channel=NSCP