---
name: "nrpe"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nagios-nrpe-server"
version: "4.1.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nrpe"
---

# nrpe(8)

Nagios Remote Plugin Executor - Server

## NAME

nrpe - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor - Server

## SYNOPSIS

**nagios-nrpe** *\[-n\] -c \<config\_file\> \[-4\|-6\] \<mode\>*

## DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this addon is to allow you to execute Nagios plugins on a remote host in as transparent a manner as possible.

This program runs as a background process on the remote host and processes command execution requests from the check\_nrpe plugin on the Nagios host.

## OPTIONS

- **-n** = Do not use SSL

  - **-c** \<config\_file\> = Name of config file to use

  - **-4** = Use IPv4 only

  - **-6** = Use IPv6 only

  - \<mode\> = One of the following two operating modes:

  - **-i** = Run as a service under inetd or xinetd

  - **-d** = Run as a standalone daemon

  - **-d -s** = Run as a subsystem under AIX

  - **-f** = Don't fork() for systemd, launchd, etc.

  Notes: This program is designed to process requests from the check\_nrpe plugin on the host(s) running Nagios.  It can run as a service under inetd or xinetd (read the docs for info on this), or as a standalone daemon. Once a request is received from an authorized host, NRPE will execute the command/plugin (as defined in the config file) and return the plugin output and return code to the check\_nrpe plugin.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jason Thomas \<jason@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).