[Nagiosplug-devel] New specification method for thresholds - still a valid vison?

[Ingo Lantschner]

Hi Thomas,
I am again at the point where implementing this new format by writing a 
Perl module is an option. But I am stuck at this point:

The perf-data will change in way, that is most likely not compatible 
with addons like PnP.

Following an example:

check_netapp.pl Usage (…) -o aggr --th metric=%,ok=0..70,warn=70..90 
--th metric=GiB
==> OK …. | aggr0=52%;0..70;??????
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      here is the problem?!?!?

instead of:

check_netapp.pl Usage (…) -o aggr -w 70% -c 90% --perf_uom=GB
==> OK …. | aggr0=52%;70;90

Any ideas how this can be solved?

Thanks, Ingo


Thomas Guyot-Sionnest schrieb:



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> On 13/04/10 11:38 PM, Ingo Lantschner wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am working on a quiet complex problem of a multiple-instance-check
>> regarding the thresholds. (The complexity comes from the fact, that the
>> thresholds are relative in % whereas the perfdata and thresholds in the
>> perf-output are absolute values.)
>>
>> I started by programming around Nagios::Plugin::Threshold which now led
>> to some thoughts about patching it. Then I found this document:
>>
>> http://nagiosplugins.org/rfc/new_threshold_syntax
>>
>> Although not being directly related to the concrete problem, it is 
>> addressing some important aspects of it.
>>
>> Is this still a valid vision? Are there any plans in enhancing 
>> Nagios::Plugin 0.33 into this direction?
> 
> Absolutely. I think there may be some additional notes elsewhere but
> this page explains is pretty much the plan. Now we'll need to start
> coding this in C and Perl.
> 
> Our development effort is led by volunteers so any help coding this will
> be greatly appreciated... Further down the road the new thresholds
> library should be part of official C an Perl libraries to make writing
> plugins in both languages much easier. Those libraries will handle other
> aspects like argument passing, output, etc.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> - --
> Thomas
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