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<DIV>>>> Calvin Crutchfield <ccrutchfield@incodewireless.com> 4/25/2005 4:40 PM >>><BR>[SNIP]</DIV>
<DIV>Question:<BR>I need to execute a custom script via check_by_ssh on remote nodes.<BR>I am a little confused about what it takes to use a script as a plugin. </DIV>
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<DIV>Try this:</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html">http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html</A> Pay particular attention to return codes.</DIV>
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<DIV>>I want to start simple then I can deduce what I need to do to incorporate my<BR>larger scripts. </DIV>
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<DIV>Good idea.</DIV>
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<DIV>>If this is simple please help as I was not able to grasp the plugins document very well.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is very simple. See the link above. To see some live examples, look at some of the Perl plugins you probably already have installed like check_file_age, check_breeze, check_disk_smb, check_dsdb, etc. They do not have to be compiled C code. Bash, Perl, python, VB, C, etc can all be used. It's all a matter of what gets returned to Nagios.</DIV>
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<DIV>>If making your scripts into plugins is a big deal, I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee for some consultation.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>It's not, since plugins can be scripts. I have written several wrapper scripts for other plugins of to format output from other plugins. It's not that hard once you read the docs and see what is expected as a return code and value.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">HTH!</DIV></BODY></HTML>