[Nagiosplug-help] check_url.pl plugin
Evans Plummer
evans.plummer at usis.com
Mon May 18 21:47:59 CEST 2009
Philip,
Now I am receiving a "Return code of 255 is out of bounds" with that
check_url.pl command. Any ideas why....Thanks in advance!
Van
On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 12:18 -0700, Philip Marcus wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Evans Plummer
> <evans.plummer at usis.com> wrote:
>
> Philip
>
> Thanks very much, that helped! I have been frustrated for
> a while trying to figure this out. I was not aware that the
> nagios -v check actually identified your problem. That is a
> huge help.
>
> You are welcome!
>
>
>
> So each 3rd party plugin you choose to use must be defined
> in the command.cfg to operate properly? I assume that all the
> standard nagios plugins are already defined?
>
>
> Many come predefined in the commands.cfg, although lots do not.
> Also, if you use the predefined command in different ways, you may
> need to define additional commands.
>
> For instance I use the check_http command to verify the age of my SSL
> certificates.
> I have defined the following in my commands.cfg:
> # check SSL certificate age
> define command{
> command_name check_ssl_cert
> command_line $USER1$/check_http -S -I $HOSTADDRESS$ -C
> $ARG1$
> }
>
>
> Good luck with Nagios!
>
> -Philip
>
>
>
> Thanks again for you assistance!
>
> Van
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 09:14 -0700, Philip Marcus wrote:
>
> > Hi Van,
> >
> > Looks like it may be a type error:
> >
> > in your service definition, you use the check command
> > called:
> > check_url.pl
> >
> > In your command definition, you have named the command:
> > check_url ### without the .pl
> >
> > Also, when before starting nagios, you can have it run a
> > configuration check with something like:
> >
> > /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios
> > -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
> >
> > That should alert you to the config option which is failing.
> > It should say something like, undefined check_command on
> > line XXX of services.cfg
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> >
> > -Philip
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Evans Plummer
> > <evans.plummer at usis.com> wrote:
> >
> > Morning,
> >
> > I am attempting to use the above referenced
> > plugin without success. I can execute it from a
> > command line and it works fine, when I add it to the
> > cfg file it does not. I get the "Running
> > configuration check... CONFIG ERROR! Restart
> > aborted. Check your Nagios configuration." error.
> > Here is the syntax I am using:
> >
> > define service{
> > use
> > generic-service
> > host_name somehost
> > service_description URL
> > check_command check_url.pl!URL!1
> > max_check_attempts 5
> > normal_check_interval 5
> > retry_check_interval 3
> > check_period 24x7
> > notification_interval 0
> > notification_period 24x7
> > notification_options c,r
> > contact_groups some group
> > }
> >
> > I have defined this info in the command.cfg
> > file, I assume this must be done for all added check
> > commands? Is this true?
> >
> > # 'check_url command' definition
> > define command{
> > command_name check_url
> > command_line $USER1$/check_url.pl
> > $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$ $ARG2$
> > }
> >
> > Through trail and error I have remmed out
> > all lines in the "define service" section 1 at a
> > time and restart the Nagios service and have
> > identified the "service_description" line as being
> > the problem. That seem very strange to me since it
> > appears to only be a name. Never the less, I
> > obviously have some syntax error preventing this
> > from operating properly. Thanks for any assistance!
> >
> > Van
> >
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