How To Fix NRPE “Could not complete SSL handshake” Error

Author: , December 13th, 2010

If you get this obnoxious error fron Nagios/NRPE: “CHECK_NRPE: Error – Could not complete SSL handshake” Make sure to comment out the following line in /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg: #allowed_hosts=127.0.0.1 Use this to test on MacOSX: /opt/local/libexec/nagios/check_nrpe -H {IP} NOTE: Be sure to fully stop and restart nrpe!