[Nagiosplug-devel] Python plugin without output

[matthias eble]

On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 09:22 +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote:
> Ingo Lantschner wrote: 
> > Am 20.10.2008 um 16:32 schrieb Tarjei Huse:
> > 
> >   
> > > My problem is that when I use this plugin from nagios it ends up  
> > > saying
> > > that the reported output was "(null)". Now, I've tested the plugin on
> > > the commandline, as a nagios user without problems.
> > >     
> > Are you using NRPE or Nagios directly?
> >   
> It uses Nagios directly.
> > Does your plugin write to stdout?
> >   
> Yes

Stack traces are written to stderdd so I'd suppose
you run in an uncaught exception.

you can add 
2>&1 | cat  
to your check command. Tracebacks are printed in the UI then.
However your exit code won't be appropriate. Maybe someone has a smarter
solution to get stderr also printed in nagios.

HTH
Matthias