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Monitor file count of a directory and notify if the count of files exceedes threshold. Shell script (sh), GPL
Current Version
Last Release Date
June 16, 2009
Owner
Nagios Exchange
Download URL
https://exchange.nagios.org/wp-content/uploads/project-files/2009/06/check_numoffiles.sh
check_numoffiles.sh
## Description
This plugin determines the file count of a directory (without sub dirs) and compares it with the supplied thresholds.
Usage: check_numoffiles -d path -w warn -c crit
## Output:
The plugin prints the count of files in the directory followed by "ok" or either "warning" or "critical" if the corresponing threshold is reached.
Exit Codes 0 = OK (Directory count of files checked and everything is ok) 1 = Warning (Directory count of files above "warning" threshold) 2 = Critical (Directory count of files above "critical" threshold) 3 = Unknown (Invalid command line arguments or could not determine directory size)
## Example
check_numoffiles -d . -w 1000 -c 1400
121 files - ok (exit code 0) 1234 files - warning (exit code 1) 1633 files - critical (exit code 2)
On the nagios client side, NRPE is giving proper output. But, Nagios Core is showing something else. On Nagios Clinet (NRPE): /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_numoffiles.sh -d /var/named/ 213 files - ok NRPE.CFG File Configuration: command[check_files]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_numoffiles.sh -d /var/named/ Error comes in Nagios Core: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 203.77.200.10 -c check_files 0 files - ok I don't understand why it is showing -0 files? The plugin is pretty much simple to run.
It works but I needed to make some enhancements. Not sure how updates on NagiosExchange works so I'll mention them here. Removed dependacy on /usr/bin/basename PROGNAME=$0 PROGPATH=${PROGNAME%/*} PROGNAME=${PROGNAME##*/} Replaced -ge by -gt to allow warning/error for 0 files on directories that should be empty.
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