nrpe custom command problems

[Jeff McKeon]

Vol,

Thanks for the tip.  Placing the path to mysql in the script worked..
:o)

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 09:19, Volker.Aust at premiere.de wrote:
> a few hints:
> 
> - put in the full path to mysql into the script.
> 
> - put in the full path to grep into the script.
> 
> - test your plugin script with the user "nagios", like jc suggested.
> 
> - my mysgl uses shared libraries. When your script is called from nrpe,
> there is only a very limited environment. Be sure that mysql find all shared
> libraries. On Solaris you can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your script to ensure
> that or you can set a global path for shared libraries (crle for Solaris,
> ld_config for Linux(?)).
> 
> -vol
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jsm at inpro.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:39 PM
> > To: Carroll, Jim P ""[Contractor]
> > Cc: Nagios List
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nrpe custom command problems
> > 
> > 
> > nrpe runs under the user nagios, at least thats whats in the xinetd
> > startup script.  It is a /bin/bash shell script.  If I take out the
> > mysql command from the scrip nrpe runs it fine.  The problem 
> > seems to be
> > that nrpe doesn't recognize the mysql command as a real command.  Why
> > this matters I'm not sure because shouldn't nrpe just run the 
> > script and
> > wait for output?
> > 
> > I haven't tried to run it with check_by_ssh because OpenSSH on the
> > target machine is very old, has never been set up correctly 
> > and I really
> > don't want to start patching the hell out of a machine I'll probably
> > just rebuild in a month or two (If I have my way).  Long story there,
> > classic battle between development and operations.
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 16:29, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> > > What user do you normally run nrpe from?  When you tested 
> > the plugin, did
> > > you test it under that user?  Can you kick off your command 
> > from your Nagios
> > > server using check_by_ssh?  (You'll need to set up a null 
> > passphrase in
> > > order for this to work.)
> > > 
> > > What's the plugin written in?  If it's a /bin/bash script, 
> > try changing that
> > > to /bin/sh .
> > > 
> > > Will the plugin run if invoked using 'at' or 'cron'?
> > > 
> > > Food for thought.
> > > 
> > > jc
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jsm at inpro.net]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:54 AM
> > > > To: Nagios List
> > > > Subject: [Nagios-users] nrpe custom command problems
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hey all,
> > > > 
> > > > I've written a plugin for nrpe to check the records in a 
> > > > database table
> > > > and then report warning or critical based on how many records are
> > > > returned.  The table is basically a mailserver pending 
> > message queue. 
> > > > The plugin, check_msgcount works fine if invoked by 
> > itself.  However
> > > > when I try to run it with check_nrpe localhost -c 
> > check_msgcount it
> > > > crashes out..  any ideas why?
> > > > 
> > > > nrpe is working fine with the standard plugins, check_disk etc...
> > > > Also, I did restart xinetd after adding the command line to the
> > > > nrpe.cfg.
> > > > 
> > > > *******************
> > > > 
> > > > nrpe.cfg file:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > command[check_pendingmail]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_msgcount
> > > > 
> > > > ******************
> > > > 
> > > > if I run /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_msgcount by itself 
> > > > it all runs
> > > > fine.  
> > > > 
> > > > If I run /usr/local/nagios/libexec//check_nrpe localhost -c
> > > > check_pendingmail as in below, the following happens...
> > > > 
> > > > [root at db02tc07927 libexec]# ./check_nrpe localhost -c 
> > > > check_pendingmail
> > > > s/libexec/check_msgcount: mysql: command not found
> > > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_msgcount: [: -ge: unary operator
> > > > expected
> > > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_msgcount: [: -ge: unary operator
> > > > expected
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > the check_msgcount file is this:
> > > > 
> > > > ******************************************************************
> > > > 
> > > > #! /bin/sh
> > > > mysql telaurus -u nagios < 
> > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/messages.sql >
> > > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/msg_count
> > > > 
> > > > numqueued=`grep -v COUNT /usr/local/nagios/libexec/msg_count`
> > > > 
> > > > if [    $numqueued -ge 2 ]; then
> > > >         echo "CRITICAL: $numqueued waiting messages in seaCOMM"
> > > >         exit 2;
> > > > fi
> > > > 
> > > > if [    $numqueued -ge 10 ]; then
> > > >         echo "WARNING: $numqueued waiting messages in seaCOMM"
> > > >         exit 1;
> > > > fi
> > > > 
> > > > echo "OK: $numqueued waiting messages in seaCOMM"
> > > > exit 0;
> > > > 
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