13 files changed, 341 insertions, 144 deletions

diff --git a/lib/output.c b/lib/output.c
index 17919afc..61fbf832 100644
--- a/lib/output.c
+++ b/lib/output.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "perfdata.h"
 #include "states.h"
 
+// == Global variables
+static mp_output_format output_format = MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+
 // == Prototypes ==
 static char *fmt_subcheck_output(mp_output_format output_format, mp_subcheck check, unsigned int indentation);
 static inline cJSON *json_serialize_subcheck(mp_subcheck subcheck);
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@ static inline char *fmt_subcheck_perfdata(mp_subcheck check) {
  */
 mp_check mp_check_init(void) {
         mp_check check = {0};
-        check.format = MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
         return check;
 }
 
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ mp_state_enum mp_compute_check_state(const mp_check check) {
 char *mp_fmt_output(mp_check check) {
         char *result = NULL;
 
-        switch (check.format) {
+        switch (output_format) {
         case MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE: {
                 if (check.summary == NULL) {
                         check.summary = get_subcheck_summary(check);
@@ -482,7 +484,7 @@ void mp_print_output(mp_check check) { puts(mp_fmt_output(check)); }
  */
 void mp_exit(mp_check check) {
         mp_print_output(check);
-        if (check.format == MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON) {
+        if (output_format == MP_FORMAT_TEST_JSON) {
                 exit(0);
         }
 
@@ -533,3 +535,7 @@ parsed_output_format mp_parse_output_format(char *format_string) {
 
         return result;
 }
+
+void mp_set_format(mp_output_format format) { output_format = format; }
+
+mp_output_format mp_get_format(void) { return output_format; }
diff --git a/lib/output.h b/lib/output.h
index ffc36f53..2bdfa074 100644
--- a/lib/output.h
+++ b/lib/output.h
@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ typedef enum output_format {
 #define MP_FORMAT_DEFAULT MP_FORMAT_MULTI_LINE
 
 /*
+ * Format related functions
+ */
+ void mp_set_format(mp_output_format format);
+ mp_output_format mp_get_format(void);
+
+/*
  * The main state object of a plugin. Exists only ONCE per plugin.
  * This is the "root" of a tree of singular checks.
  * The final result is always derived from the children and the "worst" state
  * in the first layer of subchecks
  */
 typedef struct {
-        mp_output_format format; // The output format
         char *summary;           // Overall summary, if not set a summary will be automatically generated
         mp_subcheck_list *subchecks;
 } mp_check;
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile.am b/plugins/Makefile.am
index a0e9cabf..28763dfc 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ SUBDIRS = picohttpparser
 
 np_test_scripts = tests/test_check_swap.t
 
-EXTRA_DIST = t tests $(np_test_scripts) check_swap.d check_dbi.d
+EXTRA_DIST = t \
+                        tests \
+                        $(np_test_scripts) \
+                        check_swap.d \
+                        check_dbi.d \
+                        check_ssh.d
 
 PLUGINHDRS = common.h
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.c b/plugins/check_ssh.c
index 42a88cf9..9d0d7cde 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "output.h"
+#include "perfdata.h"
+#include "states.h"
 const char *progname = "check_ssh";
 const char *copyright = "2000-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
@@ -35,26 +38,26 @@ const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 #include "./common.h"
 #include "./netutils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "./check_ssh.d/config.h"
 
 #ifndef MSG_DONTWAIT
 #       define MSG_DONTWAIT 0
 #endif
 
-#define SSH_DFL_PORT 22
-#define BUFF_SZ      256
+#define BUFF_SZ 256
 
-static int port = -1;
-static char *server_name = NULL;
-static char *remote_version = NULL;
-static char *remote_protocol = NULL;
 static bool verbose = false;
 
-static int process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
-static int validate_arguments(void);
+typedef struct process_arguments_wrapper {
+        int errorcode;
+        check_ssh_config config;
+} process_arguments_wrapper;
+
+static process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/);
 static void print_help(void);
 void print_usage(void);
 
-static int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_protocol);
+static int ssh_connect(mp_check *overall, char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_protocol);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -64,24 +67,35 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         /* Parse extra opts if any */
         argv = np_extra_opts(&argc, argv, progname);
 
-        if (process_arguments(argc, argv) == ERROR)
+        process_arguments_wrapper tmp_config = process_arguments(argc, argv);
+
+        if (tmp_config.errorcode == ERROR) {
                 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
+        }
+
+        check_ssh_config config = tmp_config.config;
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+        }
 
         /* initialize alarm signal handling */
         signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
         alarm(socket_timeout);
 
         /* ssh_connect exits if error is found */
-        int result = ssh_connect(server_name, port, remote_version, remote_protocol);
+        ssh_connect(&overall, config.server_name, config.port, config.remote_version, config.remote_protocol);
 
         alarm(0);
 
-        return (result);
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
+#define output_format_index CHAR_MAX + 1
+
 /* process command-line arguments */
-int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+process_arguments_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"host", required_argument, 0, 'H'}, /* backward compatibility */
@@ -93,22 +107,33 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                                                            {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
                                                                            {"remote-version", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
                                                                            {"remote-protocol", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
-        if (argc < 2)
-                return ERROR;
+        process_arguments_wrapper result = {
+                .config = check_ssh_config_init(),
+                .errorcode = OK,
+        };
+
+        if (argc < 2) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0)
+        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+                if (strcmp("-to", argv[i]) == 0) {
                         strcpy(argv[i], "-t");
+                }
+        }
 
         int option_char;
         while (true) {
                 int option = 0;
                 option_char = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+Vhv46t:r:H:p:P:", longopts, &option);
 
-                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF)
+                if (option_char == -1 || option_char == EOF) {
                         break;
+                }
 
                 switch (option_char) {
                 case '?': /* help */
@@ -123,10 +148,11 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                         verbose = true;
                         break;
                 case 't': /* timeout period */
-                        if (!is_integer(optarg))
+                        if (!is_intpos(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);
-                        else
-                                socket_timeout = atoi(optarg);
+                        } else {
+                                socket_timeout = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+                        }
                         break;
                 case '4':
                         address_family = AF_INET;
@@ -139,50 +165,61 @@ int process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
                         break;
                 case 'r': /* remote version */
-                        remote_version = optarg;
+                        result.config.remote_version = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'P': /* remote version */
-                        remote_protocol = optarg;
+                        result.config.remote_protocol = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'H': /* host */
-                        if (!is_host(optarg))
+                        if (!is_host(optarg)) {
                                 usage2(_("Invalid hostname/address"), optarg);
-                        server_name = optarg;
+                        }
+                        result.config.server_name = optarg;
                         break;
                 case 'p': /* port */
                         if (is_intpos(optarg)) {
-                                port = atoi(optarg);
+                                result.config.port = atoi(optarg);
                         } else {
                                 usage2(_("Port number must be a positive integer"), optarg);
                         }
+                        break;
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 }
         }
 
         option_char = optind;
-        if (server_name == NULL && option_char < argc) {
+        if (result.config.server_name == NULL && option_char < argc) {
                 if (is_host(argv[option_char])) {
-                        server_name = argv[option_char++];
+                        result.config.server_name = argv[option_char++];
                 }
         }
 
-        if (port == -1 && option_char < argc) {
+        if (result.config.port == -1 && option_char < argc) {
                 if (is_intpos(argv[option_char])) {
-                        port = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
+                        result.config.port = atoi(argv[option_char++]);
                 } else {
                         print_usage();
                         exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
                 }
         }
 
-        return validate_arguments();
-}
+        if (result.config.server_name == NULL) {
+                result.errorcode = ERROR;
+                return result;
+        }
 
-int validate_arguments(void) {
-        if (server_name == NULL)
-                return ERROR;
-        if (port == -1) /* funky, but allows -p to override stray integer in args */
-                port = SSH_DFL_PORT;
-        return OK;
+        return result;
 }
 
 /************************************************************************
@@ -191,28 +228,34 @@ int validate_arguments(void) {
  *
  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_protocol) {
+int ssh_connect(mp_check *overall, char *haddr, int hport, char *desired_remote_version, char *desired_remote_protocol) {
         struct timeval tv;
         gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 
         int socket;
         int result = my_tcp_connect(haddr, hport, &socket);
 
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        mp_subcheck connection_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "Failed to establish TCP connection to Host %s and Port %d", haddr, hport);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
                 return result;
+        }
 
         char *output = (char *)calloc(BUFF_SZ + 1, sizeof(char));
         char *buffer = NULL;
-        ssize_t recv_ret = 0;
+        size_t recv_ret = 0;
         char *version_control_string = NULL;
-        ssize_t byte_offset = 0;
-        while ((version_control_string == NULL) && (recv_ret = recv(socket, output + byte_offset, BUFF_SZ - byte_offset, 0) > 0)) {
+        size_t byte_offset = 0;
+        while ((version_control_string == NULL) &&
+                   (recv_ret = recv(socket, output + byte_offset, (unsigned long)(BUFF_SZ - byte_offset), 0) > 0)) {
 
                 if (strchr(output, '\n')) { /* we've got at least one full line, start parsing*/
                         byte_offset = 0;
 
                         char *index = NULL;
-                        int len = 0;
+                        unsigned long len = 0;
                         while ((index = strchr(output + byte_offset, '\n')) != NULL) {
                                 /*Partition the buffer so that this line is a separate string,
                                  * by replacing the newline with NUL*/
@@ -243,14 +286,23 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
         }
 
         if (recv_ret < 0) {
-                printf("SSH CRITICAL - %s", strerror(errno));
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s", "SSH CRITICAL - %s", strerror(errno));
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
 
         if (version_control_string == NULL) {
-                printf("SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received");
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s", "SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received");
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
+
+        connection_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(connection_sc, STATE_OK);
+        xasprintf(&connection_sc.output, "%s", "Initial connection succeeded");
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, connection_sc);
+
         /*
          * "When the connection has been established, both sides MUST send an
          * identification string.  This identification string MUST be
@@ -259,8 +311,9 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
          *              - RFC 4253:4.2
          */
         strip(version_control_string);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", version_control_string);
+        }
 
         char *ssh_proto = version_control_string + 4;
 
@@ -288,41 +341,65 @@ int ssh_connect(char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version, char *remote_proto
         if (tmp) {
                 ssh_server[tmp - ssh_server] = '\0';
         }
+
+        mp_subcheck protocol_validity_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
         if (strlen(ssh_proto) == 0 || strlen(ssh_server) == 0) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - Invalid protocol version control string %s\n"), version_control_string);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                protocol_validity_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_validity_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_validity_sc.output, "Invalid protocol version control string %s", version_control_string);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_validity_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
+
+        protocol_validity_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_validity_sc, STATE_OK);
+        xasprintf(&protocol_validity_sc.output, "Valid protocol version control string %s", version_control_string);
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_validity_sc);
+
         ssh_proto[strspn(ssh_proto, "0123456789. ")] = 0;
 
         static char *rev_no = VERSION;
         xasprintf(&buffer, "SSH-%s-check_ssh_%s\r\n", ssh_proto, rev_no);
         send(socket, buffer, strlen(buffer), MSG_DONTWAIT);
-        if (verbose)
+        if (verbose) {
                 printf("%s\n", buffer);
+        }
 
-        if (remote_version && strcmp(remote_version, ssh_server)) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - %s (protocol %s) version mismatch, expected '%s'\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto, remote_version);
+        if (desired_remote_version && strcmp(desired_remote_version, ssh_server)) {
+                mp_subcheck remote_version_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+                remote_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(remote_version_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&remote_version_sc.output, _("%s (protocol %s) version mismatch, expected '%s'"), ssh_server, ssh_proto,
+                                  desired_remote_version);
                 close(socket);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+                mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, remote_version_sc);
+                return OK;
         }
 
         double elapsed_time = (double)deltime(tv) / 1.0e6;
-        if (remote_protocol && strcmp(remote_protocol, ssh_proto)) {
-                printf(_("SSH CRITICAL - %s (protocol %s) protocol version mismatch, expected '%s' | %s\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto, remote_protocol,
-                           fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, (int)socket_timeout));
-                close(socket);
-                exit(STATE_CRITICAL);
+        mp_perfdata time_pd = perfdata_init();
+        time_pd.value = mp_create_pd_value(elapsed_time);
+        time_pd.label = "time";
+        time_pd.max_present = true;
+        time_pd.max = mp_create_pd_value(socket_timeout);
+
+        mp_subcheck protocol_version_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&protocol_version_sc, time_pd);
+
+        if (desired_remote_protocol && strcmp(desired_remote_protocol, ssh_proto)) {
+                protocol_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_version_sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_version_sc.output, _("%s (protocol %s) protocol version mismatch, expected '%s'"), ssh_server, ssh_proto,
+                                  desired_remote_protocol);
+        } else {
+                protocol_version_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(protocol_version_sc, STATE_OK);
+                xasprintf(&protocol_version_sc.output, "SSH server version: %s (protocol version: %s)", ssh_server, ssh_proto);
         }
 
-        printf(_("SSH OK - %s (protocol %s) | %s\n"), ssh_server, ssh_proto,
-                   fperfdata("time", elapsed_time, "s", false, 0, false, 0, true, 0, true, (int)socket_timeout));
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(overall, protocol_version_sc);
         close(socket);
-        exit(STATE_OK);
+        return OK;
 }
 
 void print_help(void) {
         char *myport;
-        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", SSH_DFL_PORT);
+        xasprintf(&myport, "%d", default_ssh_port);
 
         print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
 
@@ -349,6 +426,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
         printf(" %s\n", "-P, --remote-protocol=STRING");
         printf("    %s\n", _("Alert if protocol doesn't match expected protocol version (ex: 2.0)"));
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
 
         printf(UT_VERBOSE);
 
@@ -357,5 +435,5 @@ void print_help(void) {
 
 void print_usage(void) {
         printf("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
-        printf("%s  [-4|-6] [-t <timeout>] [-r <remote version>] [-p <port>] <host>\n", progname);
+        printf("%s  [-4|-6] [-t <timeout>] [-r <remote version>] [-p <port>] --hostname <host>\n", progname);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c150fd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.d/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "../../lib/monitoringplug.h"
+
+const int default_ssh_port = 22;
+
+typedef struct check_ssh_config {
+        int port;
+        char *server_name;
+        char *remote_version;
+        char *remote_protocol;
+
+        bool output_format_is_set;
+        mp_output_format output_format;
+} check_ssh_config;
+
+check_ssh_config check_ssh_config_init(void) {
+        check_ssh_config tmp = {
+                .port = default_ssh_port,
+                .server_name = NULL,
+                .remote_version = NULL,
+                .remote_protocol = NULL,
+
+                .output_format_is_set = false,
+        };
+
+        return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/check_swap.c b/plugins/check_swap.c
index 4d3b6099..cb95949a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_swap.c
+++ b/plugins/check_swap.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         double percent_used;
         mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
         if (config.output_format_is_set) {
-                overall.format = config.output_format;
+                mp_set_format(config.output_format);
         }
         mp_subcheck sc1 = mp_subcheck_init();
         sc1 = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc1, STATE_OK);
diff --git a/plugins/netutils.c b/plugins/netutils.c
index ee81912a..e2916c65 100644
--- a/plugins/netutils.c
+++ b/plugins/netutils.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "states.h"
 #include "netutils.h"
 
 unsigned int socket_timeout = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
@@ -43,12 +45,19 @@ int address_family = AF_INET;
 
 /* handles socket timeouts */
 void socket_timeout_alarm_handler(int sig) {
-        if (sig == SIGALRM)
-                printf(_("%s - Socket timeout after %d seconds\n"), state_text(socket_timeout_state), socket_timeout);
-        else
-                printf(_("%s - Abnormal timeout after %d seconds\n"), state_text(socket_timeout_state), socket_timeout);
+        mp_subcheck timeout_sc = mp_subcheck_init();
+        timeout_sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(timeout_sc, socket_timeout_state);
 
-        exit(socket_timeout_state);
+        if (sig == SIGALRM) {
+                xasprintf(&timeout_sc.output, _("Socket timeout after %d seconds\n"), socket_timeout);
+        } else {
+                xasprintf(&timeout_sc.output, _("Abnormal timeout after %d seconds\n"), socket_timeout);
+        }
+
+        mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
+        mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, timeout_sc);
+
+        mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* connects to a host on a specified tcp port, sends a string, and gets a
@@ -65,12 +74,13 @@ int process_tcp_request2(const char *server_address, int server_port, const char
         int recv_length = 0;
 
         result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd, IPPROTO_TCP);
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
 
         send_result = send(sd, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
         if (send_result < 0 || (size_t)send_result != strlen(send_buffer)) {
-                printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
@@ -87,7 +97,7 @@ int process_tcp_request2(const char *server_address, int server_port, const char
                 if (!FD_ISSET(sd, &readfds)) { /* it hasn't */
                         if (!recv_length) {
                                 strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                                printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
                                 result = STATE_WARNING;
                         } else { /* this one failed, but previous ones worked */
                                 recv_buffer[recv_length] = 0;
@@ -130,8 +140,9 @@ int process_request(const char *server_address, int server_port, int proto, cons
         result = STATE_OK;
 
         result = np_net_connect(server_address, server_port, &sd, proto);
-        if (result != STATE_OK)
+        if (result != STATE_OK) {
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        }
 
         result = send_request(sd, proto, send_buffer, recv_buffer, recv_size);
 
@@ -169,15 +180,16 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                         host_name++;
                         len -= 2;
                 }
-                if (len >= sizeof(host))
+                if (len >= sizeof(host)) {
                         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+                }
                 memcpy(host, host_name, len);
                 host[len] = '\0';
                 snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);
                 result = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &res);
 
                 if (result != 0) {
-                        printf("%s\n", gai_strerror(result));
+                        // printf("%s\n", gai_strerror(result));
                         return STATE_UNKNOWN;
                 }
 
@@ -187,7 +199,7 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                         *sd = socket(r->ai_family, socktype, r->ai_protocol);
 
                         if (*sd < 0) {
-                                printf("%s\n", _("Socket creation failed"));
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("Socket creation failed"));
                                 freeaddrinfo(r);
                                 return STATE_UNKNOWN;
                         }
@@ -226,21 +238,23 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                         die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("Socket creation failed"));
                 }
                 result = connect(*sd, (struct sockaddr *)&su, sizeof(su));
-                if (result < 0 && errno == ECONNREFUSED)
+                if (result < 0 && errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
                         was_refused = true;
+                }
         }
 
-        if (result == 0)
+        if (result == 0) {
                 return STATE_OK;
-        else if (was_refused) {
+        } else if (was_refused) {
                 switch (econn_refuse_state) { /* a user-defined expected outcome */
                 case STATE_OK:
                 case STATE_WARNING:  /* user wants WARN or OK on refusal, or... */
                 case STATE_CRITICAL: /* user did not set econn_refuse_state, or wanted critical */
-                        if (is_socket)
-                                printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
-                        else
-                                printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                        if (is_socket) {
+                                // printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
+                        } else {
+                                // printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                        }
                         return STATE_CRITICAL;
                         break;
                 default: /* it's a logic error if we do not end up in STATE_(OK|WARNING|CRITICAL) */
@@ -248,10 +262,11 @@ int np_net_connect(const char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto) {
                         break;
                 }
         } else {
-                if (is_socket)
-                        printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
-                else
-                        printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                if (is_socket) {
+                        // printf("connect to file socket %s: %s\n", host_name, strerror(errno));
+                } else {
+                        // printf("connect to address %s and port %d: %s\n", host_name, port, strerror(errno));
+                }
                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
         }
 }
@@ -265,7 +280,7 @@ int send_request(int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
 
         send_result = send(sd, send_buffer, strlen(send_buffer), 0);
         if (send_result < 0 || (size_t)send_result != strlen(send_buffer)) {
-                printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("Send failed"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
@@ -280,7 +295,7 @@ int send_request(int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
         /* make sure some data has arrived */
         if (!FD_ISSET(sd, &readfds)) {
                 strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
+                // printf("%s\n", _("No data was received from host!"));
                 result = STATE_WARNING;
         }
 
@@ -288,11 +303,13 @@ int send_request(int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
                 recv_result = recv(sd, recv_buffer, (size_t)recv_size - 1, 0);
                 if (recv_result == -1) {
                         strcpy(recv_buffer, "");
-                        if (proto != IPPROTO_TCP)
-                                printf("%s\n", _("Receive failed"));
+                        if (proto != IPPROTO_TCP) {
+                                // printf("%s\n", _("Receive failed"));
+                        }
                         result = STATE_WARNING;
-                } else
+                } else {
                         recv_buffer[recv_result] = 0;
+                }
 
                 /* die returned string */
                 recv_buffer[recv_size - 1] = 0;
@@ -301,26 +318,30 @@ int send_request(int sd, int proto, const char *send_buffer, char *recv_buffer,
 }
 
 bool is_host(const char *address) {
-        if (is_addr(address) || is_hostname(address))
+        if (is_addr(address) || is_hostname(address)) {
                 return (true);
+        }
 
         return (false);
 }
 
 void host_or_die(const char *str) {
-        if (!str || (!is_addr(str) && !is_hostname(str)))
+        if (!str || (!is_addr(str) && !is_hostname(str))) {
                 usage_va(_("Invalid hostname/address - %s"), str);
+        }
 }
 
 bool is_addr(const char *address) {
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
-        if (address_family == AF_INET && is_inet_addr(address))
+        if (address_family == AF_INET && is_inet_addr(address)) {
                 return true;
-        else if (address_family == AF_INET6 && is_inet6_addr(address))
+        } else if (address_family == AF_INET6 && is_inet6_addr(address)) {
                 return true;
+        }
 #else
-        if (is_inet_addr(address))
+        if (is_inet_addr(address)) {
                 return (true);
+        }
 #endif
 
         return (false);
@@ -335,11 +356,13 @@ int dns_lookup(const char *in, struct sockaddr_storage *ss, int family) {
         hints.ai_family = family;
 
         retval = getaddrinfo(in, NULL, &hints, &res);
-        if (retval != 0)
+        if (retval != 0) {
                 return false;
+        }
 
-        if (ss != NULL)
+        if (ss != NULL) {
                 memcpy(ss, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen);
+        }
         freeaddrinfo(res);
         return true;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_http.t b/plugins/t/check_http.t
index 6ab4a5b6..bb1fd27d 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_http.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_http.t
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "./$plugin $host_nonresponsive -wt 1 -ct 2 -t 3"
         );
 cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Webserver $host_nonresponsive not responding" );
-cmp_ok( $res->output, 'eq', "CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 3 seconds", "Output OK");
+like( $res->output, "/Socket timeout after/", "Output OK");
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd(
         "./$plugin $hostname_invalid -wt 1 -ct 2"
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_jabber.t b/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
index fcdae179..08cadcbd 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_jabber.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID", "An invalid (no
 
 my $jabberOK = '/JABBER OK\s-\s\d+\.\d+\ssecond response time on '.$host_tcp_jabber.' port 5222/';
 
-my $jabberUnresponsive = '/CRITICAL\s-\sSocket timeout after\s\d+\sseconds/';
+my $jabberUnresponsive = '/Socket timeout after\s\d+\sseconds/';
 
 my $jabberInvalid = '/JABBER CRITICAL - Invalid hostname, address or socket:\s.+/';
 
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ldap.t b/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
index b8a4a766..fcba0393 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ldap.t
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SKIP: {
 
     $result = NPTest->testCmd("$command -H $host_nonresponsive -b ou=blah -t 2 -w 1 -c 1");
     is( $result->return_code, 2, "$command -H $host_nonresponsive -b ou=blah -t 5 -w 2 -c 3" );
-    is( $result->output, 'CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 2 seconds', "output ok" );
+    like($result->output, '/Socket timeout after \d+ seconds/', "output ok" );
 };
 
 SKIP: {
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
index b8fc8fdf..a8ac7bb8 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ntp.t
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ my $ntp_critmatch1 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?
 my $ntp_okmatch2 = '/^NTP\sOK:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_warnmatch2 = '/^NTP\sWARNING:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+,\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2}\s\(WARNING\),\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
 my $ntp_critmatch2 = '/^NTP\sCRITICAL:\sOffset\s-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]{2})?\ssecs,\sjitter=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\s\(CRITICAL\),\sstratum=[0-9]{1,2},\struechimers=[0-9]+/';
-my $ntp_noresponse = '/^(CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 3 seconds)|(NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server)$/';
+my $ntp_noresponse = '/(.*Socket timeout after \d+ seconds.*)|(.*No response from NTP server.*)/';
 my $ntp_nosuchhost = '/^check_ntp.*: Invalid hostname/address - ' . $hostname_invalid . '/';
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_smtp.t b/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
index 1a1ebe3e..73b4a1fd 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_smtp.t
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter( "NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
                                            "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname", "nosuchhost" );
 my $res;
 
-plan tests => 16;
+plan tests => 15;
 
 SKIP: {
         skip "No SMTP server defined", 4 unless $host_tcp_smtp;
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ SKIP: {
         my $unused_port = 4465;
         $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_smtp -H $host_tcp_smtp_tls -p $unused_port --ssl" );
         is ($res->return_code, 2, "Check rc of connecting to $host_tcp_smtp_tls with TLS on unused port $unused_port" );
-        like ($res->output, qr/^connect to address $host_tcp_smtp_tls and port $unused_port: Connection refused/, "Check output of connecting to $host_tcp_smtp_tls with TLS on unused port $unused_port");
 }
 
 $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_smtp $host_nonresponsive" );
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_ssh.t b/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
index 907d33a8..8a20782e 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_ssh.t
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Test::More;
 use NPTest;
-
-my $res;
+use JSON;
 
 # Required parameters
 my $ssh_host           = getTestParameter("NP_SSH_HOST",
@@ -23,30 +23,38 @@ my $hostname_invalid   = getTestParameter("NP_HOSTNAME_INVALID",
                                           "An invalid (not known to DNS) hostname",
                                           "nosuchhost" );
 
+        my $outputFormat = '--output-format mp-test-json';
+
+plan tests => 24;
 
-plan tests => 14 + 6;
+my $output;
+my $result;
 
 SKIP: {
         skip "SSH_HOST must be defined", 6 unless $ssh_host;
+
+
         my $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $ssh_host"
+                "./check_ssh -H $ssh_host" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
         cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
-        like($result->output, '/^SSH OK - /', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
 
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $host_nonresponsive -t 2"
+                "./check_ssh -H $host_nonresponsive -t 2" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
-        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 2, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
-        like($result->output, '/^CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 2 seconds/', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "State was correct");
 
 
 
         $result = NPTest->testCmd(
-                "./check_ssh -H $hostname_invalid -t 2"
+                "./check_ssh -H $hostname_invalid -t 2" ." ". $outputFormat
                 );
-        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 3, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 3, "Exit with return code 3 (UNKNOWN)");
         like($result->output, '/^check_ssh: Invalid hostname/', "Status text if command returned none (OK)");
 
 
@@ -63,46 +71,80 @@ SKIP: {
         #
         # where `comments` is optional, protoversion is the SSH protocol version and
         # softwareversion is an arbitrary string representing the server software version
+
+        my $found_version = 0;
+
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.1' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /.*nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\).*/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-3.2.9.1' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, "==", 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string with non-alpha softwareversion string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - 3.2.9.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK for non-alpha softwareversion string");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /3.2.9.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 this is a comment' | nc ${nc_flags} |");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003 -r nagiosplug.ssh.0.1" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got SSH protocol version control string, and parsed comment appropriately");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003 -r nagiosplug.ssh.0.1" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /nagiosplug.ssh.0.1 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'SSH-' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "Got invalid SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "Got invalid SSH protocol version control string");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo '' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "No version control string received");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "No version control string received");
         close NC;
 
         open(NC, "echo 'Not a version control string' | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 2, "No version control string received");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH CRITICAL - No version control string received/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003"  ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "CRITICAL", "No version control string received");
         close NC;
 
 
@@ -116,8 +158,18 @@ SKIP: {
                 echo 'Some\nPrepended\nData\nLines\n'; sleep 0.2;
                 echo 'SSH-2.0-nagiosplug.ssh.0.2';} | nc ${nc_flags}|");
         sleep 0.1;
-        $res = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" );
-        cmp_ok( $res->return_code, '==', 0, "Got delayed SSH protocol version control string");
-        like( $res->output, '/^SSH OK - nagiosplug.ssh.0.2 \(protocol 2.0\)/', "Output OK");
+        $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_ssh -H localhost -p 5003" ." ". $outputFormat);
+        cmp_ok($result->return_code, '==', 0, "Exit with return code 0 (OK)");
+        $output = decode_json($result->output);
+        is($output->{'state'}, "OK", "State was correct");
+
+        # looking for the version
+        $found_version = 0;
+        for my $subcheck (@{$output->{'checks'}}) {
+                if ($subcheck->{'output'} =~ /nagiosplug.ssh.0.2 \(protocol version: 2.0\)/ ){
+                        $found_version = 1;
+                }
+        }
+        cmp_ok($found_version, '==', 1, "Output OK");
         close NC;
 }