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check_rsync
I wrote check_rsync for the purpose of checking rsync servers availability, as well as (optionally) individual modules availability. It also supports authentication on modules.
Usage: check_rsync -H [-p ] [-m [,,] [-m [,,]...]]
The only required argument is -H, in which case it will only try to list modules on the Rsync server.
One or more -m arguments can be passed with one module name per -m argument. You can also append a username and password to the module name by separating them with commas (without spaces).
A timeout switch could be easily added, I just forgot at the time I wrote it. Comments are welcome.
Note: Original version used File::Rsync and caused problems on more recent Nagips ePNs, so I switched to IPC::Cmd. The latter ended-up having problems as well in recent versions of Perl so I don't use any of these modules anymore. There should not be any ePN problems from now on.
Changelog:
v.1.02beta (January 2008)
- Kill rsync process on ALRM timeouts (Avoids leaving stale rsync processes behind)
- More verbose Rsync errors
- Commas in the password field should work
Usage: check_rsync -H [-p ] [-m [,,] [-m [,,]...]]
The only required argument is -H, in which case it will only try to list modules on the Rsync server.
One or more -m arguments can be passed with one module name per -m argument. You can also append a username and password to the module name by separating them with commas (without spaces).
A timeout switch could be easily added, I just forgot at the time I wrote it. Comments are welcome.
Note: Original version used File::Rsync and caused problems on more recent Nagips ePNs, so I switched to IPC::Cmd. The latter ended-up having problems as well in recent versions of Perl so I don't use any of these modules anymore. There should not be any ePN problems from now on.
Changelog:
v.1.02beta (January 2008)
- Kill rsync process on ALRM timeouts (Avoids leaving stale rsync processes behind)
- More verbose Rsync errors
- Commas in the password field should work
Reviews (1)
byvmarzlin, September 1, 2010
Good job!
I just want to say 2 different things:
- on SuSE distribution, the utils.pm is located in /usr/lib/nagios/plugins directory (it's included in nagios-plugins package). So you need to correct line 30 of the script with:
use lib "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins";
- also, is not written in the information page of check_rsync, but this plugin is using rsync command, so it must be installed also on the Nagios server.
Anyway, it's working fine :)
I just want to say 2 different things:
- on SuSE distribution, the utils.pm is located in /usr/lib/nagios/plugins directory (it's included in nagios-plugins package). So you need to correct line 30 of the script with:
use lib "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins";
- also, is not written in the information page of check_rsync, but this plugin is using rsync command, so it must be installed also on the Nagios server.
Anyway, it's working fine :)
