File check plugin

[ofadl]

Hello,

So i am trying to find a check for nagios, that would basically check files or files in a directory that have been sitting there for more than 5 minutes. Any help?

[lmiltchev]

You can probably use this plugin:

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Pl ... ck/details

[ofadl]

interesting, i rather not install python though. I found this plugin:

https://www.itefix.no/i2/check_winfile

I got it working on the command prompt from the remote server itself, but i am having difficulty getting it to work on the nagios. I am trying to set it up with a service check and a check command. Any help is appreciated.

For example, on the command prompt on the remote server inside C:\nrpe_nt, i ran

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check_winfile --target C:\nrpe_nt --filter "age gt -5 minutes" --critical 0

and got an output this:

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FILE OK - 0 files out of 72 to consider |'selected files'=0;;0; 'all files'=72 '
deleted files'=0

i tried doing similar on the nagios machine with :

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./check_nrpe -H 10.100.50.18 -p 5666 -c check_winfile -a  --target C:\nrpe_nt --filter "age gt -5 minutes" --critical 0

but im getting this:

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./check_nrpe: unrecognized option '--filter'
./check_nrpe: unrecognized option '--critical'

[abrist]

What are you using as your nrpe client on the remote host?
Additionally, you need to wrap nrpe's command argument with single quotes:

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./check_nrpe -H 10.100.50.18 -p 5666 -c check_winfile -a  '--target C:\nrpe_nt --filter "age gt -5 minutes" --critical 0'

You will also have to configure the command on the remote side in nsclient, etc.

[ofadl]

i am using NSClient. I wrapped the command as you said, and now i get :

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CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon.  Check the remote server logs for error messages.

Any suggestions on how to configure a command to be put in the nsc.ini file?

[abrist]

What version of nsclient are you using? Could you by chance post your nsclient config in code wraps? (obfuscate password, etc)

[ofadl]

ok

[scottwilkerson]

Copy check_winfile to your scripts directory, then add the following to your nsclient.ini under the [External Scripts] header

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check_winfile=scripts\check_winfile.exe $ARG1$ $ARG2$ $ARG3$ $ARG4$ $ARG5$ $ARG6$ $ARG7$ $ARG8$ $ARG9$

restart NSClient++ and try again from nagios server

[ofadl]

so i copied it exactly as you put it, under the external scripts section, and reset nsclient. Went on the nagios machine, ran :

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./check_nrpe -H 10.100.50.18 -p 5666 -c check_winfile -a  '--target C:\nrpe_nt --filter "age gt -5 minutes" --critical 0'

and got the output :

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UNKNOWN: No handler for that command

[yancy]

Did you also restart NSClient? Also verify the plugin is in the Scripts directory of NSClient.

-Yancy