[Nagiosplug-devel] New plugins, autoconf & pre-built binaries

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 05:00, Voon, Ton wrote:
> check_cpu is actually a cpu check on processes, not the overall load on a
> system. Maybe a rename to check_procs_cpu? If so, there is a check_vsz to
> check the virtual size of processes - maybe this should change to
> check_procs_vsz for consistency?
> 
> I also notice that the configure.in holds checks for an RSS_COMMAND,  but
> there is no check_rss. Is this worthwhile to do? (I'm thinking a symlink of
> check_vsz, but with slightly different processing, ala check_tcp / check_ftp
> / check_telnet)

Actually, I'd prefer to see them all rolled up into on souped up version
of check_procs. Is that feasible? Do other people consider a single
program the better option?

To me, since we test status, owner, etc in check_procs, cpu usage is
just more of the same.

Problem would be making it portable, of course.

--
Karl

> Ton
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Karl DeBisschop [SMTP:karl at debisschop.net]
> > Sent:	Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:43 AM
> > To:	Ton Voon
> > Cc:	NagiosPlug Devel
> > Subject:	Re: [Nagiosplug-devel] New plugins, autoconf & pre-built
> > binaries
> > 
> > On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 16:41, Ton Voon wrote:
> > > Just wanted some opinions on a few things.
> > > 
> > > 1) What's the policy on new plugins? I'm working on check_cpu from the 
> > > New Plugins tracker on SF and - if I get it working - should it go into 
> > > contrib/ or plugins/? What makes a plugin go from contrib to the main 
> > > area?
> > 
> > Many people think of CPU usage and load together, with some
> > justification. I'm wondering if we might not want to integreat the CPU
> > checks into check_load? Thoughts?
> > 
> 
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