I have thousands of hosts to monitor. Many are other networks that I have to ssh through to a single machine and then run checks from there. I can’t install agents, and there is no VPN between them, the networks are isolated except for this single point of entry through SSH. We made a custom hosta…

[image] ChrisW: command = [ "ssh " + bySSHParams + " " + sshUser + "@$parent$ " + pluginsDir + “/check_ping” ] You need to turn this into an array e.g. something like this: command = [ "ssh ", bySSHParams, sshUser + “@” + parent + pluginsDir + “/check_ping” ]

Custom host check_command through ssh proxy host

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fluxX (Alex) August 26, 2020, 5:52am 2

Hi and welcome!

You need to wrap your ping command into the CheckCommand by_ssh.
This howto tackles also the option for presist connections and gives you an insight how you can configure your check:

Greetz

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