[Nagiosplug-help] How to use an external file with data

[Marc Belanger]

Without knowing the details, wouldn't it be easy enough to use cron to run
the commands, and use check_log to parse the local file created? Or,
depending on the parsing logic you require, use the exit codes of a custom
plugin script to shoot back to nagios. There is information on plugin
development at http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.htmlthat
pointed me in the right direction for custom stuff.

-Marc

On 3/27/07, Robert Finney <rfinney at co.jefferson.co.us> wrote:
>
> List,
>
> I'm working with a developer to put together a plugin that when executed
> will login
> to a host, run a series of commands, and write the output to a local file.
>
> My question is how to set up Nagios to read the local file and update
> nagios appropriately.
>
> We are using Nagios 2.6, plugin version 1.4.5, OS is Linux Redhat 4.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Bob
>
>
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