Nagios

NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor)

Encrypted binary TCP daemon (default port 5667) that accepts passive service/host check results from remote machines. Not REST — clients send tab-delimited records over a shared-secret-encrypted socket. Use NRDP for an HTTP/JSON equivalent.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nagios:nsca
name: NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor)
description: Encrypted binary TCP daemon (default port 5667) that accepts passive service/host check results
  from remote machines. Not REST — clients send tab-delimited records over a shared-secret-encrypted socket.
  Use NRDP for an HTTP/JSON equivalent.
humanURL: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nsca
baseURL: tcp://{nsca-host}:5667
tags:
- Monitoring
- Passive Check
- Binary Protocol
- NSCA
properties:
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nsca