[ubuntu] nagios: Some plugin questions (HP 2605N)

[RabbieBurns]

Ive got this php plugin to check hp printers for nagios but im not too sure how to implement it

 

http://plextech.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/check_hp2600.txt (Rename to php)

 

what do i need to put in the commands.cfg and the printer.cfg to call this php script?

 

Thanks in advance

Edited November 11, 2009 by RabbieBurns

[bmike78]

RabbieBurns,

 

This looks like a php script that is run via shell to return exit codes. Nagios then interprets these exit codes as:

 

0 OK

1 WARNING

2 CRITICAL

anything else as Unknown

 

Having written custom checks before, Nagios is just looking for these exit codes to determine if the threshold you're defining is 0,1,2 and based on this return code, it knows what to do and what to display.

 

Here are the variables you need to pass:

 

function usage($msg)

{

print(basename($_SERVER["argv"][0]) . " v" . VERSION . " (" . VERDATE .")\n\n");

print(basename($_SERVER["argv"][0]) . " -H -c -w \n");

print(" -H Host to check (IP Address)\n");

print(" -c Critical toner threshold (percentage of remaining toner)\n");

print(" -w Warning toner threshold (percentage of remaining toner\n");

 

You'll want to set something up in commands.cfg like so:

 

define command{

command_name check_hp2600

command_line /usr/bin/php /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_hp_2600.php -H '$HOSTADDRESS$' -c 10 -w 20

}

 

 

As an example, I'm saying 10% toner left is critical, 20% left is warning and your php binary is located in /usr/bin/

 

Then you will want to define this check in your printer.cfg file (guessing this is where you have your printer hosts defined.

 

# check_hp2600 check

define service{

use generic-service

hostgroup hp2600_printers

service_description HP 2600 Toner Level

check_command check_hp2600

}

 

You just need to put all the hp2600 printers in their own hostgroup called hp2600_printers and the check should work. If you have problems, then try running the command from the Nagios server's shell:

 

/usr/bin/php /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_hp_2600.php -H -c 10 -w 20

[bmike78]

Forgot to add this... at the top of the php script, it's going to put some temp files here.

 

// Directory for temp files with / at the end

$directory_for_temp_files = "/usr/local/groundwork/nagios/libexec/temp/";

 

You may need to change to be a directory that you have in your filesystem...

[RabbieBurns]

Thanks for the reply. I should really have posted my solution back when I got it working, sorry..

 

Although we are now phasing out the 2600's anyway...