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check_remote_by_udp_time - nagios plugin for getting remote clock
diff by udp
check_remote_by_udp_time -w warnlevel -c critlevel -H
ip-address -p port [ -u unit ]
check_remote_by_udp_time is a
nagios plugin for remote checking hosts by udp. It was written as a (fast)
alternative to net-snmp and it is designed to work with knoerred, a small
udp-server.
check_remote_by_udp_time sends a "timediff" request with the current unix
timestamp to the remote server. Then it expects the difference in seconds
between local and remote system clock. It takes the value from the last
line of the remote response. The value will be interpreted as a positive
integer with up to 64 bits.
If the value is greater than the specified warning or critical level then
check_remote_by_udp_time will also recognize the line before and print
it contents as additional information (if knoerre runs on the remote host
it will send its own timestamp in the line before last). This additional
or debug information is printed between the remote value and the performance
data. See examples.
- -w warnlevel
- Specify the warning level. The remote
value must be greater than the warnlevel to trigger.
- -c critlevel
- Specify
the critical level. The remote value must be greater than the critlevel
to trigger.
- -H ip-address
- Specify the IP address of the remote server to
check.
- -p port
- Specify the port of the udp server on the remote host.
- -u
unit
- Specify an optional unit string which is placed after the remote value
and which is visible in nagios.
check_remote_by_udp_time does not
use any files, but a sample nagios config is shown here:
# cat /etc/nagios/oth.cfg
define command{
command_name check_remote_time
command_line $USER1$/check_remote_by_udp_time -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -H
$HOSTADDRESS$ -p 8888 -u " sec(s) difference"
}
# cat /etc/nagios/msc.cfg
define service{
use service-1h
name time
check_command check_remote_time!30!1800
register 0
}
check_remote_by_udp(1)
, knoerred(1)
, knoerre(1)
http://downloads.tuxad.de/ngtx
Two examples of check_remote_by_udp_time
with knoerred as remote udp server:
$ check_remote_by_udp_time -H 172.16.1.1
-w 30 -c 300 -p 8888
REMOTE OK - 0 | timediff=0
Frank Bergmann, http://www.tuxad.com
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