nsca(8)

nsca8

Nagios service check acceptor

Usage

nsca -c <config_file> [-f] [{--inetd | --daemon | --single}]

Overview

nsca This program is designed to accept passive check results from remote hosts that use the send_nsca(1) utility. It can run as a service under inetd or xinetd (read the docs for info on this), or as a standalone daemon.

Options

config_file

Name of config file to use

-f

run in the foreground (do not fork)

--inetd

Run as a service under inetd or xinetd

--daemon

Run as a standalone multi-process daemon

--single

Run as a standalone single-process daemon

Files

/etc/nsca.cfg

nsca server configuration

/etc/send_nsca.cfg

send_nsca configuration

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1
  2. 11–13

-f since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <[email protected]>. This manpage was written by sean finney <[email protected]> for Debian (but it may be freely used by others).

From nsca 2.10.3-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.