help with a plugin

[benhank]

if this request is not something you guys are supposed to fix , just lock it. But if not:
I have this plugin that I cant seem to get to work:
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Pl ... ts/details .
i added the command he put up, but I get :

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COMMAND: /check_insight_agents  -H wkensimpo1 -C 
OUTPUT: 

any help is welcome!

[slansing]

If you are running the command from your libexec directory be sure to append it with an execute like so:

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./check_insight_agents -H ip.of.target.host/hostname -C community.string.here

[benhank]

yah know I need to learn how to fish (if you give a man a fish he will eat for a day, but teach his punk >censored< to fish and he will never go hongry).
The truly larger issue is I don't know how plugin code works. Can you point me to a good resource that explains\teaches how to write a nagios plugin? I dont care how advanced it is, cause right now I got nuthin.

[slansing]

Sure, keep in mind plugins can be written in many of the popular languages due to the nature of how they are executed, you need only return data in a format readable to Nagios, and supply that data with a exit code to notate state changes. We have several guidelines, here are a couple links:

http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/devel ... lines.html

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/pluginapi.html

[benhank]

thanks bro. till next-time! fort nox this mofo!

[slansing]

Will do, locking as resolved.