check_iftraffic.pl plugin

Alex Dehaini alexdehaini at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 19:40:29 CEST 2007


Thanks Patrick,

I have been able to get the check_iftraffic.pl to give me some values, but I
think these values are not correct and/or - I am missing something
important.


Thanks for your help.

Alex

On 10/11/07, Patrick Proy <patrick at proy.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Didn't follow everything about this post, but to disable the embeded Perl,
> just add "/usr/bin/perl" (depending on your Linux install) before the
> script
> in your command.cfg file.
>
> Patrick
> http://nagios.manubulon.com
>
> ________________________________
>
> De : nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] De la part de Alex
> Dehaini
> Envoyé : jeudi 11 octobre 2007 19:09
> À : nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Objet : Re: [Nagios-users] check_iftraffic.pl plugin
>
>
> 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: 2173.82MB<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: 2173.86MB<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: 2173.89MB<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-
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>         >     > 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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Alex Dehaini
Developer
Site - www.alexdehaini.com
Email - alexdehaini at gmail.com
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