check_file_sha1.pl (Advanced Nagios Plugins Collection)

Project Notes

Part of the Advanced Nagios Plugins Collection

Download it here:

https://github.com/harisekhon/nagios-plugins

check_file_sha1.pl

Nagios Plugin to check a file’s checksum against an expected value

Useful if you want to check a file has been deployed and is the same version as stored in say Git

Consider combining with check_git_branch_checkout.pl to ensure you’re checking the right file from the right Git branch to check against the deployed version

–verbose mode shows which algorithm has been used in the output

usage: check_file_sha1.pl [ options ]

-f –file File to check
-c –checksum Checksum value to expect
-n –no-compare Do not expect a checksum or compare to it (otherwise raises unknown if an expected checksum is not given)
-t –timeout Timeout in secs (default: 10)
-v –verbose Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv …)
-h –help Print description and usage options
-V –version Print version and exit