Nagios SSL/Connection Issue Solved

May 26, 2010Leave a reply

On /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg, (remote server) comment out the following line:

  • #allowed_hosts=

They say it ignores this config line if you use xinet.d, but they are totally wrong. I used to get the “Host <blah> is not allowed to talk to us!” error because of this.

The command I used to test the connection (on the host server) is:

  • /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H <remote_server_ip>
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Linux Commands and Paths for a Plesk Server

March 4, 2010Leave a reply

This is my on-going cheat sheet of Linux commands for my Plesk server running on CentOS 5. I will keep updating this as I go on. Read more to see the list: (more…)

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SMARTd Commands for SATA Drives

February 26, 2010Leave a reply

Show all SMART information

smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda1
  • -a = Show all SMART information for device.
  • -d = Specify the device type to one of: ata, scsi, marvell, 3ware (ata is selected above).
  • /dev/sda1 = The drive.

Run a self-test

smartctl -d ata -t offline /dev/sda1
smartctl -d ata -t long /dev/sda1

Output self-test and other log results

  • smartctl -d ata -l selftest /dev/sda1
  • smartctl -d ata -l error /dev/sda1
  • smartctl -d ata -l selective /dev/sda1
  • smartctl -d ata -l directory /dev/sda1

Output all options

smartctl -h

Misc

  • Enable smart by editing /etc/smartd.conf file.
  • Smart Configuration file: /etc/smartd.conf
  • Start/Stop smart: /etc/init.d/smartd start | stop
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