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diff --git a/contrib/readme.txt b/contrib/readme.txt index d9ae0250..6438c99a 100644 --- a/contrib/readme.txt +++ b/contrib/readme.txt @@ -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) - - |