---
name: "nsca"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nsca"
version: "2.9.2-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nsca"
---

# nsca(1)

Nagios Service Check Acceptor

## NAME

nsca - 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)](/send_nsca/1.md) 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

## SEE ALSO

- [nsca(1)](/nsca/1.md)

  ## FILES

- /etc/nsca.cfg

  nsca server configuration

- /etc/send\_nsca.cfg

  send\_nsca configuration

## AUTHOR

NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad \<nagios@nagios.org\>. This manpage was written by sean finney \<seanius@debian.org\> for  Debian (but it may be freely used by others).