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authorEthan Galstad <egalstad@users.sourceforge.net>2002-03-01 02:42:56 (GMT)
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4This directory contains plugins which have been contributed by various people, but that 4This directory contains plugins which have been contributed by various people, but that
5have not yet been incorporated into the core plugins distribution. 5have not yet been incorporated into the core plugins distribution.
6 6
7Most Perl plugins should work without modification. Some of the C plugins may require
8a few tweaks to compile.
9
7If you have questions regarding the use of these plugins, try contacting the author(s) 10If you have questions regarding the use of these plugins, try contacting the author(s)
8or post a message to the nagios-users mailing list (nagios-users@onelist.com) 11or post a message to the nagiosplug-help mailing list (nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net)
9requesting assistance. 12requesting assistance.
10 13
11 14
12Plugin Overview 15
13--------------- 16Contrib Tarballs
17----------------
18
19In addition to the plugins located in this directory, there are some additional tarballs
20containing plugins in the tarballs/ subdirectory. They have not yet been organized.
21A brief description of their contents follows.
22
14 23
15berger-ping.tar.gz - Perl script version of the check_ping plugin and a corresponding 24berger-ping.tar.gz - Perl script version of the check_ping plugin and a corresponding
16 CGI (mtr.cgi) that uses mtr to traceroute a path to a host. 25 CGI (mtr.cgi) that uses mtr to traceroute a path to a host.
@@ -21,71 +30,13 @@ bowen-langley_plugins.tar.gz
21 (Adam Bown & Thomas Langley) 30 (Adam Bown & Thomas Langley)
22 31
23 32
24check_bgpstate.tar.gz - Perl script intended for monitoring BGP sessions on Cisco routers. 33check_bgp-1.0.tar.gz - Perl script intended for monitoring BGP sessions on Cisco routers.
25 Only useful if you are using BGP4 as a routing protocol. For 34 Only useful if you are using BGP4 as a routing protocol. For
26 critical alert the AS (autonomous system) number has to be in the 35 critical alert the AS (autonomous system) number has to be in the
27 uplinks hash (see the source code). Requires SNMP read community. 36 uplinks hash (see the source code). Requires SNMP read community.
28 (Christoph Kron) 37 (Christoph Kron)
29 38
30check_breeze.tar.gz - Perl script to test signal strength on Breezecom wireless 39check_memory.tgz - C plugin to check available system memory
31 equipment (Jeffrey Blank)
32
33check_dns_random.tar.gz - Perl script to see if dns resolves hosts randomly from a list
34 using the check_dns plugin (Richard Mayhew)
35
36check_flexlm.tar.gz - Perl script to check a flexlm licensing manager using lmtest
37 (Ernst-Dieter Martin)
38
39check_hltherm.tar.gz - C program to check the temperature on a Hot Little Therm temperature
40 probe. The HLT device, along with temperature probes, can be obtained
41 from Spiderplant at http://www.spiderplant.com
42 (Ethan Galstad)
43
44check_ifoperstatus.tar.gz
45 - Perl script that checks the operational interface status (up/down) for
46 one interface on cisco/ascend routers. Especially useful for monitoring
47 leased lines. Requires SNMP read community and SNMP interface key.
48 (Christoph Kron)
49
50check_ifstatus.tar.gz - Perl script that checks operational interface status for every interface
51 on cisco routers. Requires SNMP read community.
52 (Christoph Kron)
53
54check_ipxping.tar.gz - C program that it similiar to the check_ping plugin, except that it
55 send IPX ping packets to Novell servers or other IPX devices. This
56 requires the ipxping binary for Linux systems. It does NOT by work
57 without modification with the ipxping binary for SunOS/Solaris.
58 (Ethan Galstad)
59
60check_maxchannels.tar.gz
61 - Perl script that can only be used for monitoring Ascend/Lucent Max/TNT
62 access server. Checks ISDN channels and modem cards. Also shows ISDN and
63 modem usage. Requires SNMP read community.
64 (Christoph Kron)
65
66check_maxwanstate.tar.gz
67 - Perl script that can only be used for monitoring Ascend/Lucent Max/TNT
68 access server. Checks if every enabled E1/T1 interface is operational
69 (link active). Requires SNMP read community.
70 (Christoph Kron)
71
72check_memory.tgz - C program to check available system memory - RAM, swap, buffers,
73 and cache (Joshua Jackson)
74
75check_nfs.tar.gz - Perl script to test and NFS server using rpcinfo
76 (Ernst-Dieter Martin)
77 <NOW PART OF check_rpc IN CORE>
78
79check_ntp.tar.gz - Perl script to check an NTP time source (Bo Kernsey)
80 <MOVED TO CORE>
81
82check_ora.tar.gz - Shell script that will check an Oracle database and the TNS listener.
83 Unlike the check_oracle plugin, this plugin detects when a database is
84 down and does not create temp files (Jason Hedden)
85 <MOVED TO CORE>
86
87check_pop3.tar.gz - Perl script that checks to see if POP3 is running and whether or not
88 authentication can take place (Richard Mayhew)
89 40
90check_radius.tar.gz - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a hacked version of 41check_radius.tar.gz - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a hacked version of
91 the Cistron Radiusd program radtest that acts as a plugin for Nagios. 42 the Cistron Radiusd program radtest that acts as a plugin for Nagios.
@@ -95,24 +46,6 @@ check_radius.tar.gz - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a ha
95 will not appear in the core plugin distribution! 46 will not appear in the core plugin distribution!
96 (Adam Jacob) 47 (Adam Jacob)
97 48
98check_real.tar.gz - C program to check the status of a REAL media server
99 (Pedro Leite)
100 <MOVED TO CORE>
101
102check_rpc.pl.gz - Perl script to check rpc services. Will check to see if the a specified
103 program is running on the specified server (Chris Kolquist)
104
105check_sap.tar.gz - Shell script to check an SAP message or application server. Requires
106 that you install the saprfc-devel-45A-1.i386.rpm (or higher) package
107 on your system. The package can be obtained from the SAP FTP site in
108 the /general/misc/unsupported/linux directory. (Kavel Salavec)
109
110check_uptime.tar.gz - C program to check system uptime. Must be compiled with the release
111 1.2.8 or later of the plugins. (Teresa Ramanan)
112
113check_wave.tar.gz - Perl script to test signal strength on Speedlan wireless
114 equipment (Jeffrey Blank)
115
116hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley Hopcroft. 49hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley Hopcroft.
117 Includes a plugin to check Internet connectivity by checking various 50 Includes a plugin to check Internet connectivity by checking various
118 popular search engines, a plugin to check the availability of login 51 popular search engines, a plugin to check the availability of login
@@ -121,27 +54,7 @@ hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley
121 search via the web. 54 search via the web.
122 (Stanley Hopcroft) 55 (Stanley Hopcroft)
123 56
124maser-oracle.tar.gz - This is a modification to the check_oracle plugin script that returns
125 the response time in milliseconds. Requires the Oracle tnsping utility.
126 (Christoph Maser)
127
128radius.tar.gz - Code modifications necessary to make the radexample app 57radius.tar.gz - Code modifications necessary to make the radexample app
129 supplied with the radiusclient code work as a RADIUS plugin 58 supplied with the radiusclient code work as a RADIUS plugin
130 for Nagios (Nick Shore) 59 for Nagios (Nick Shore)
131 60
132vincent-check_radius.tar.gz
133 - C program to check RADIUS authentication. Requires the radiusclient
134 library available from ftp://ftp.cityline.net/pub/radiusclient/
135 (Robert August Vincent II)
136 <MOVED TO CORE>
137
138weipert-mysql.tar.gz - C program to check a connection to a MySQL database server, with an
139 optional username and password. Requires mysql.h and libmysqlclient
140 to compile (Time Weipert)
141
142wright-mysql.tar.gz - Perl script to check MySQL database servers. Requires that mysqladmin(1)
143 be installed on the system (included in the MySQL distribution). This
144 plugin can accept warning and critical thresholds for the number of threads
145 in use by the server (Mitch Wright)
146
147