check_iftraffic.pl plugin

[Alex Dehaini]

Frederik,

I run the plugin from the command line. How do I disable the embedded perl
intepreter. Can you furnish me with your syntax on how you used this plugin.

Thanks

On 10/11/07, Vanhee Frederik <fvanhee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alex Dehaini wrote:
> > Thanks Marc,
> >
> > I got the plug in from www.nagiosexchange.org
> > <http://www.nagiosexchange.org>, sorry I didn't specify that earlier
> >
> > I gave the traffic files in /tmp nagios group and user ownership and
> > after that, I ran the following command as the nagios user and this is
> > the result I got
> >
> > nagios at snmp:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_iftraffic.pl -H
> > 41.211.0.42 <http://41.211.0.42> -C britania -i eth0 -b 100 -u m
> > Total RX Bytes: 1395.95 MB, Total TX Bytes: 2173.82 MB<br>Average
> > Traffic: 0.00 kB/s (0.0%) in, 0.00 kB/s (0.0%) out| inUsage=0.0,85,98
> > outUsage=0.0,85,98 inAbsolut=1429448 outAbsolut=2225990
> > nagios at snmp:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_iftraffic.pl -H
> > 41.211.0.42 <http://41.211.0.42> -C britania -i eth0 -b 100 -u m
> > Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at ./check_iftraffic.pl
> > line 185, <FILE> line 1.
> > Total RX Bytes: 1395.99 MB, Total TX Bytes: 2173.86 MB<br>Average
> > Traffic: 4.12 kB/s (0.0%) in, 4.12 kB/s (0.0%) out| inUsage=0.0,85,98
> > outUsage=0.0,85,98 inAbsolut=1429448 outAbsolut=2225990
> > nagios at snmp:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_iftraffic.pl -H
> > 41.211.0.42 <http://41.211.0.42> -C britania -i eth0 -b 100 -u m
> > Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at ./check_iftraffic.pl
> > line 185, <FILE> line 1.
> > Total RX Bytes: 1396.02 MB, Total TX Bytes: 2173.89 MB<br>Average
> > Traffic: 3.60 kB/s (0.0%) in, 3.64 kB/s (0.0%) out| inUsage=0.0,85,98
> > outUsage=0.0,85,98 inAbsolut=1429493 outAbsolut=2226035
> >
> > I reckon this means that the plug in is working when ran from the
> > nagios plugin directory via the command line. However, the UNKNOWN
> > error still remains as reported from the the web cgi.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/11/07, *Marc Powell* <marc at ena.com <mailto:marc at ena.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     > -----Original Message-----
> >     > From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> >     <mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net>
> >     [mailto:nagios-users- <mailto:nagios-users->
> >     > bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> >     <mailto:bounces at lists.sourceforge.net>] On Behalf Of Alex Dehaini
> >     > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:17 AM
> >     > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >     <mailto:nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> >     > Subject: [Nagios-users] check_iftraffic.pl plugin
> >     >
> >     > Hi Guys,
> >     >
> >     > I need some help on how to use the check_iftraffic.pl plug in. I
> >     want
> >     > nagios to notify me if any of my servers reach a 150kbits/sec on
> >     their
> >     > NIC. This is what I have done so far.
> >     >
> >     > 1. I downloaded the plug in and gave it the appropriate
> >     ownership and
> >     > permissions.
> >
> >     When asking questions about a non-standard plugin, it's very
> >     helpful to
> >     provide specific details about where you got it from. How do we
> >     know the
> >     check_iftraffic.pl that google tells us about as the top hit is
> >     the same
> >     one you're using?
> >
> >
> >
> >     > UNKNOWN        10-11-2007 15:10:44     0d 0h 2m 22s    3/6     (No
> >     output!)
> >
> >     "NO output!" typically means the plugin is reporting errors.
> >
> >     > Can anyone please assist me. When I run this from the plug in
> >     directory, I
> >     > get results, forexample
> >     >
> >     > snmp:/usr/local/nagios/libexec# ./check_iftraffic.pl -H
> >     41.211.0.42 <http://41.211.0.42> -C
> >     > community -i eth0 -b 100 -u m
> >     > Total RX Bytes: 1381.80 MB, Total TX Bytes: 2155.67 MB<br>Average
> >     Traffic:
> >     > 10.23 kB/s (0.1%) in, 12.45 kB/s ( 0.1%) out| inUsage=0.1,85,98
> >     > outUsage=0.1,85,98 inAbsolut=1410835 outAbsolut=2202385
> >
> >     This implies a permissions issue. Testing as root isn't useful since
> >     nagios isn't running the plugin as root. Do the same test again,
> >     except
> >     as the nagios user. I'll bet you get different and more informative
> >     results.
> >
> >
> >
> >     I'm going to take a very arbitrary guess and assume that I'm
> >     looking at
> >     the same plugin as you. It uses a temporary file, hard-coded as
> >     /tmp/traffic. Based on your test above, that file is almost
> certainly
> >     owned by root and probably isn't modifiable by the nagios user.
> Change
> >     ownership/permissions of the file or remove it entirely, then test
> >     again
> >     as the nagios user.
> >
> >     --
> >     Marc
> >
> >
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> Hello Alex,
>
> I think I know  what the problem is; your plugin is supposed to give
> only one line of output (unles you use Nagios 3).
> However, upon your execution, the first line of output is :
>
> "Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at ./check_iftraffic.pl line
> 185, <FILE> line 1."
>
> So I think there is a problem with the plugin or the perl interpreter.
> Do you use the embedded perl interpreter ?
> I use the same plugin from NagiosExchange but don't experience any
> problems with it. I always disable the embedded perl interpreter in
> Nagios.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Frederik
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Alex Dehaini
Developer
Site - www.alexdehaini.com
Email - alexdehaini at gmail.com
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