check_hping_syntcp

Project Notes

copyright Whit Blauvelt 18 Sept. 2012 - GPL3
copyright Alessandro Cardia 18 Dec. 2019 - GPL3

Usage : check_hping_syntcp DestHost TCPport

hping3 must be installed (e.g. "yum install hping").
The user (e.g. "nagios") must have sudoers permission to run hping3
The port may be any used by a TCP service on the host.

Example:

define command{
command_name check_hping_syntcp
command_line $USER1$/check_hping_syntcp $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name some-host
service_description TCP port 4602
check_command check_hping_syntcp!4602
contact_groups some-contact-group
}