Nagios

NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor)

Daemon that runs Nagios plugins on a remote Linux/Unix host on TCP port 5666, returning the plugin's exit code and output to the Nagios server. Binary protocol, not REST.

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https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nrpe

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nagios:nrpe
name: NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor)
description: Daemon that runs Nagios plugins on a remote Linux/Unix host on TCP port 5666, returning the
  plugin's exit code and output to the Nagios server. Binary protocol, not REST.
humanURL: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nrpe
baseURL: tcp://{nrpe-host}:5666
tags:
- Monitoring
- Active Check
- Binary Protocol
- NRPE
properties:
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nrpe