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diff --git a/contrib/readme.txt b/contrib/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9ae0250 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +Contrib Plugins README +---------------------- + +This directory contains plugins which have been contributed by various people, but that +have not yet been incorporated into the core plugins distribution. + +If you have questions regarding the use of these plugins, try contacting the author(s) +or post a message to the nagios-users mailing list (nagios-users@onelist.com) +requesting assistance. + + +Plugin Overview +--------------- + +berger-ping.tar.gz - Perl script version of the check_ping plugin and a corresponding + CGI (mtr.cgi) that uses mtr to traceroute a path to a host. + (Gary Berger) + +bowen-langley_plugins.tar.gz + - Several C plugins including check_inode, check_boot, etc. + (Adam Bown & Thomas Langley) + + +check_bgpstate.tar.gz - Perl script intended for monitoring BGP sessions on Cisco routers. + Only useful if you are using BGP4 as a routing protocol. For + critical alert the AS (autonomous system) number has to be in the + uplinks hash (see the source code). Requires SNMP read community. + (Christoph Kron) + +check_breeze.tar.gz - Perl script to test signal strength on Breezecom wireless + equipment (Jeffrey Blank) + +check_dns_random.tar.gz - Perl script to see if dns resolves hosts randomly from a list + using the check_dns plugin (Richard Mayhew) + +check_flexlm.tar.gz - Perl script to check a flexlm licensing manager using lmtest + (Ernst-Dieter Martin) + +check_hltherm.tar.gz - C program to check the temperature on a Hot Little Therm temperature + probe. The HLT device, along with temperature probes, can be obtained + from Spiderplant at http://www.spiderplant.com + (Ethan Galstad) + +check_ifoperstatus.tar.gz + - Perl script that checks the operational interface status (up/down) for + one interface on cisco/ascend routers. Especially useful for monitoring + leased lines. Requires SNMP read community and SNMP interface key. + (Christoph Kron) + +check_ifstatus.tar.gz - Perl script that checks operational interface status for every interface + on cisco routers. Requires SNMP read community. + (Christoph Kron) + +check_ipxping.tar.gz - C program that it similiar to the check_ping plugin, except that it + send IPX ping packets to Novell servers or other IPX devices. This + requires the ipxping binary for Linux systems. It does NOT by work + without modification with the ipxping binary for SunOS/Solaris. + (Ethan Galstad) + +check_maxchannels.tar.gz + - Perl script that can only be used for monitoring Ascend/Lucent Max/TNT + access server. Checks ISDN channels and modem cards. Also shows ISDN and + modem usage. Requires SNMP read community. + (Christoph Kron) + +check_maxwanstate.tar.gz + - Perl script that can only be used for monitoring Ascend/Lucent Max/TNT + access server. Checks if every enabled E1/T1 interface is operational + (link active). Requires SNMP read community. + (Christoph Kron) + +check_memory.tgz - C program to check available system memory - RAM, swap, buffers, + and cache (Joshua Jackson) + +check_nfs.tar.gz - Perl script to test and NFS server using rpcinfo + (Ernst-Dieter Martin) + <NOW PART OF check_rpc IN CORE> + +check_ntp.tar.gz - Perl script to check an NTP time source (Bo Kernsey) + <MOVED TO CORE> + +check_ora.tar.gz - Shell script that will check an Oracle database and the TNS listener. + Unlike the check_oracle plugin, this plugin detects when a database is + down and does not create temp files (Jason Hedden) + <MOVED TO CORE> + +check_pop3.tar.gz - Perl script that checks to see if POP3 is running and whether or not + authentication can take place (Richard Mayhew) + +check_radius.tar.gz - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a hacked version of + the Cistron Radiusd program radtest that acts as a plugin for Nagios. + The vast majority of the code was written by someone at Livingston + Enterprises and Cistron. NOTE: Due to the copyright restrictions in + this code, it cannot be distributed under the GPL license, and thus + will not appear in the core plugin distribution! + (Adam Jacob) + +check_real.tar.gz - C program to check the status of a REAL media server + (Pedro Leite) + <MOVED TO CORE> + +check_rpc.pl.gz - Perl script to check rpc services. Will check to see if the a specified + program is running on the specified server (Chris Kolquist) + +check_sap.tar.gz - Shell script to check an SAP message or application server. Requires + that you install the saprfc-devel-45A-1.i386.rpm (or higher) package + on your system. The package can be obtained from the SAP FTP site in + the /general/misc/unsupported/linux directory. (Kavel Salavec) + +check_uptime.tar.gz - C program to check system uptime. Must be compiled with the release + 1.2.8 or later of the plugins. (Teresa Ramanan) + +check_wave.tar.gz - Perl script to test signal strength on Speedlan wireless + equipment (Jeffrey Blank) + +hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley Hopcroft. + Includes a plugin to check Internet connectivity by checking various + popular search engines, a plugin to check the availability of login + to a TN/3270 mainframe database using Expect to search for "usual" + screens, and another plugin to test the availability of a database + search via the web. + (Stanley Hopcroft) + +maser-oracle.tar.gz - This is a modification to the check_oracle plugin script that returns + the response time in milliseconds. Requires the Oracle tnsping utility. + (Christoph Maser) + +radius.tar.gz - Code modifications necessary to make the radexample app + supplied with the radiusclient code work as a RADIUS plugin + for Nagios (Nick Shore) + +vincent-check_radius.tar.gz + - C program to check RADIUS authentication. Requires the radiusclient + library available from ftp://ftp.cityline.net/pub/radiusclient/ + (Robert August Vincent II) + <MOVED TO CORE> + +weipert-mysql.tar.gz - C program to check a connection to a MySQL database server, with an + optional username and password. Requires mysql.h and libmysqlclient + to compile (Time Weipert) + +wright-mysql.tar.gz - Perl script to check MySQL database servers. Requires that mysqladmin(1) + be installed on the system (included in the MySQL distribution). This + plugin can accept warning and critical thresholds for the number of threads + in use by the server (Mitch Wright) + + |