check_esg_health

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check_esg_health

check vmware esg health via nsx rest api [PERL]

prerequisites

This script uses theses libs : REST::Client,Data::Dumper,Getopt::Long,MIME::Base64,LWP::UserAgent,IO::Socket::SSL

to install them you can use cpan :

sudo cpan REST::Client Data::Dumper Getopt::Long MIME::Base64 LWP::UserAgent IO::Socket::SSL

Use case

check_esg_health 1.1.0
Usage: check_esg_health.pl [-v] -U <User> -P <Password> -H <Host> -N <Name> [-S] [-F] [-B <List>]
-v, --verbose
print extra debugging information
-h, --help
print this help message
-S --SSL
Use SSL
-H, --Host=<Host>
Hostname or IP of the nsx server
-U, --User=<User>
User for webservice authentication
-P,--Password=<Password>
Password for webservice authentication
-N --Name=<Name>
Name of the edge to check
-B --Blacklist=<List>
list of service to ignore ex sslvpn, ipsec, nat, routing, syslog, highAvailability, firewall, routing
-F --Forcecritical
Force critical state when edge status is yellow

sample :

check_esg_health.pl -U Username -P Password -H MYNSX_IP_OR_FQDN -S -N EDGENAME -B sslvpn,ipsec,nat

you may get :

OK EDGENAME vm Name EDGENAME-1 OK, vm Name EDGENAME-2 OK, service routing is Applied, service syslog is up, service highAvailability is up, service firewall is Applied