NRPE in pfsense 2.3

[junnu]

pfSense 2.3-RELEASE is FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE

NRPE is quite old, but simple (and still working agent) package, is there a pfSense-way to install package from FreeBSD packet?

other way is; create own special package to pfSense…

I have also several small firewalls with pfSense 2.2.6 + NRPE connected to nagios...

Which way tooks longest future?

[rickbaran]

We also need this. Does anyone think that this is going to be addressed? We really like 2.3 but we have to stop deployment because of this/lack of.

[joeclifford]

It looks like it is being work on.

There is a pull request in the pfsense/FreeBSD-ports github with a bootstrapped package.

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pulls

[djzort]

i have encouraged it's acceptance

[voleatech]

Hi

we ported the nrpe package a few weeks ago.
It is waiting to get pulled in the pfsense repo.

I will talk to to the pfsense developers next week about it.

@djzort thanks for the encouragement :)

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

[vgaudin]

great news ! thks voleatech !

[21hertz]

Thank you. To be released any day now I guess. :)

[voleatech]

The pull request just got merged by Chris.

It should show up in the package list soon.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

[cmb]

It's available in the package list now. Thanks to Sven for getting that back.

[dneuhaeuser]

I don't see it in available packages yet…

pfSense 2.3.1

any action required to see it ?

[dneuhaeuser]

correction:

I was sure I had done the update from 2.3_1 to 2.3.1
but then I discovered it was still showing 2.3-RELEASE

after doing the firmware update to 2.3.1 again, now nrpe package is showing!
thx!

[dneuhaeuser]

got it working - thanks for the package!

but there is one problem:
the input fields for the commands are too small to read them!

see attached screenshot.

[voleatech]

Hi,

you are right.
I will make them larger on the next update for the package.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

[djzort]

thats terrific.

unfortunately, when upgrading from 2.2 to 2.3, pfsene doesnt realise that "NRPE v2" == "NRPE". even though when subsequently manually installed, the old config is discovered AOK

[jca1981]

Im using Check_mk, can it talk to this nrpe plugin?