LKBEN11173: debian linux compiled nagios run plugin from command line

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LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Symptom

debian linux compiled nagios manual manually run plugin run plugin from command line

Cause

path to plugin directory nagios self compiled

Solution

on a debian linux with a self compiled installation of nagios - not the installation from debian software repository!! - the following path is necessary to run a plugin from command line

  1. login
  2. cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec
  3. check_<command>

About the Author

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.

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