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@@ -4,13 +4,22 @@ 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.
+Most Perl plugins should work without modification. Some of the C plugins may require
+a few tweaks to compile.
+
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)
+or post a message to the nagiosplug-help mailing list (nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net)
requesting assistance.
-Plugin Overview
----------------
+
+Contrib Tarballs
+----------------
+
+In addition to the plugins located in this directory, there are some additional tarballs
+containing plugins in the tarballs/ subdirectory. They have not yet been organized.
+A brief description of their contents follows.
+
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.
@@ -21,71 +30,13 @@ bowen-langley_plugins.tar.gz
(Adam Bown & Thomas Langley)
-check_bgpstate.tar.gz - Perl script intended for monitoring BGP sessions on Cisco routers.
+check_bgp-1.0.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_memory.tgz - C plugin to check available system memory
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.
@@ -95,24 +46,6 @@ check_radius.tar.gz - C program to check RADIUS authentication. This is a ha
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
@@ -121,27 +54,7 @@ hopcroft-plugins.tar.gz - Various example plugin scripts contributed by Stanley
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)
-
-