nsca(1) Nagios Service Check Acceptor

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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).