Upgrade Nagios NRPE Addon

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This How To covers the process of upgrading the Nagios NRPE Addon that is used to monitor remote Linux clients.

Preparation

Download the Latest Version

• Create a downloads folder

mkdir /root/downloads
cd /root/downloads/

• Download the NRPE Addon

wget http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagios/nrpe-*.tar.gz

• Extract the NRPE Addon

tar xzf nrpe-*.tar.gz
cd nrpe-*

Installation

Nagios Server Upgrade

• Compile the NRPE Addon

./configure
make all

• Install the NRPE Plugin

make install-plugin

The NRPE Plugin should now be upgraded on the Nagios Server.

Remote Host Upgrade

• Compile the NRPE Addon

./configure
make all

• Install the NRPE Daemon

make install-daemon

• Restart the xinetd Process

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

The NRPE Daemon should now be upgraded.