Hello, we are using the raw edition and I am looking to have a check on specific hosts (windows) that require connectivity to external sources. I would to be able to check if they can reach these sources on port 443 & to alert if not successful, as well as have the history of the check showing. I …

You can use MRPE to use Nagios Checks on the Host, like Check_http or Check_tcp. Then you will have not only Performance Data and History, but also auto discovery. Just deploy the Plugin to the Host, then in /etc/check_mk/mrpe.cfg set: A_NAME /path/to_plugin -Params Details here: Monitoring Linux…

The hosts are windows host, is the setup still the same?

That you will find https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/agent_windows.html#mrpe . If possible, I would use the Agent Bakery for that. Also, you can’t use the Nagios plugins in Checkmk for that, you need to look to find windows versions of check_http for example

I was reading along, was interested in having something similar. Nagios Exchange has a bat file you can download: Check connect from windows host. - Nagios Exchange It needs a free to download file called PortQry.exe from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17148 D…

I would recommend doing this in powershell - writing a local check (or reuse one already created this have been asked several times) With powershell you would not have any dependencies, and writing an active check will not allow for any unsafe parameters to be passed

[image] Grog093: raw edition [image] bkuhn: I would use the Agent Bakery for that. There is no bakery in the RAW edition. Comments like this don’t help new users like @Grog093 .

Yes, I oversaw RAW Edition in my second post, which was an answer to the question about Windows, but both my answers point to the documentation, where you can see how to configure it manually in the RAW Edition.

I would also use a local check in powershell that uses invoke-webrequest. A simple example is in this post : [image] Windows Local Check - configuration not applying Troubleshooting CMK version: 2.2.0.p31 OS version: windows 10 (client) Problem Local Check ist not exec…

Thanks, I will have a look into the nagios plugins.

Thanks, I will take a look at this. I do have a simple check similar to this but just wasn’t getting anything historic…

Checking if host can reach external site

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aeckstein (Andre Eckstein) October 4, 2024, 9:23am 9

I would also use a local check in powershell that uses invoke-webrequest.
A simple example is in this post :

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