[Nagiosplug-help] check_mysql with unix sockets

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

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On 30/04/08 02:32 AM, Eric Ericson wrote:
> I'm running into an issue trying to configure to check_mysql to use a
> unix socket (by which I mean the mysql.sock file).
> 
> The only help file or documentation I can find is the output from the
> check_mysql which indicates that I can pass it via the -H or --hostname
> flag. Unfortunately though, when I use this configuration check_mysql
> throws an error about it being an invalid hostname after doing the
> appropriate DNS lookup for the full path the the sock file as a
> hostname. (e.g, '/var/lib/mysql-prod-uk/mysql.sock'.simplyhired.com).
> 
> Any guidance would be appreciated,

There were no support for specifying a socket until a few minutes ago ;)

By default (no -H) the library connects to the localhost socket (I
believe it's harcoded in the library and can be overridden by one of the
hardcoded my.cnf config files paths (including ~/.my.cnf).

I just added a -s/--socket switch to specify a socket. Since Sourceforge
appears to be down I can't guarantee it will appear in the next daily
snapshot, but if you're in a hurry you can get the patch from my Git repo:

http://solaris.beaubien.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/nagiosplug-dermoth.git

Thomas
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