Log File Management

check_file_content

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Description:

Check if a string or a chain provided by -s option is present in a file
which is critical when the number of founded line(s) is bigger than one provided by -c option.
It works with local file or with file on cifs sharing with smb protocol, in the futur, it would be on nfs, sftp, ftp etc …
This plugin requires that perl, perl-Filesys-SmbClient package are installed on the system.
Under RHEL/CentOS or Fedora : yum –enablerepo=rpmforge install perl-Filesys-SmbClient
Exit 0 on success, providing some information
Exit 2 on failure.

Current Version

1.2

Last Release Date

2013-06-18

Compatible With

  • Nagios 3.x

Owner

Alexandre Frandemiche

Website

http://www.slobberbone.net/dotclear/index.php?pages/check_file_content

Download URL

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagioschkflcont/files/check_file_content.pl/download

License

GPL

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Project Files
FileDescription
check_file_content.pl

nagios plugin

Project Notes
Usage: ./check_file_content.pl -f -P [-u -p -d ] -s <"search_expression"> -t [-w -c ] -V -h, --help print this help message -f, --filepath=PATHTOFILENAME full path to file to analyze -P, --protocol=PROTOCOL protocol used to acess file : LOCAL for local file (default), SMB for CIFS file -u, --user=USER user to login -p, --password=PASSWORD password -d, --domain=DOMAIN domain name -s, --search="EXPRESSION", expression to search in the specified file if check_type INCLUDE, if not, this is the expression to not find -x, --exception="EXPRESSION", exception expression to search in the specified file if check_type INCLUDE, if not, this is the expression to not search -t, --check_type=TYPE Type of search : INCLUDE for include at least the critical option, then the warning option EXCLUDE for exclude with a maximum of founded expression smaller than critical option -w, --warn=INTEGER number that will cause a warning -c, --critical=INTEGER number that will cause an error (Default: 1) -V, --version prints version number Note : The script will return * With warn and critical options: OK if we are able to found expression and the count result respect and depending check_type, WARNING if we are able to found expression and the count result unrespect and depending check_type, CRITICAL if we are able to found expression and the count result unrespect and depending check_type, UNKNOWN if we aren't able to read the file Commands.cfg : # 'check_file_content' command definition define command{ command_name check_file_content command_line $USER1$/check_file_content.pl -f $ARG1$ -P $ARG2$ -u $ARG3$ -p $ARG4$ -d $ARG5$ -t $ARG6$ -s $ARG7$ -w $ARG8$ -c $ARG9$ } # 'check_file_content_with_exception' command definition define command{ command_name check_file_content_with_exception command_line $USER1$/check_file_content.pl -f $ARG1$ -P $ARG2$ -u $ARG3$ -p $ARG4$ -d $ARG5$ -t $ARG6$ -s $ARG7$ -x $ARG8$ -w $ARG9$ -c $ARG10$ } Services.cfg : define service{ use generic-service host_name my_file_server service_description Include at least 4 instances of "Provider : OK" in mytest.log check_command check_file_content!smb://server/dir/file.log!SMB!user!password!domain!INCLUDE!"Provider : OK"!5!3 normal_check_interval 10 } define service{ use generic-service host_name my_file_server service_description Include at least 4 instances of "Provider : OK" in mytest.log with an exception check_command check_file_content_with_exception!smb://server/dir/file.log!SMB!user!password!domain!INCLUDE!"Provider : OK"!"Provider : OK but i m not sure"!5!3 normal_check_interval 10 } For more informations : http://www.slobberbone.net/dotclear/index.php?pages/check_file_content
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Where can i find smb file contend
by JVD, January 31, 2020
Where can i find: smb_file_contend?
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Example
by nens63, September 30, 2015
./check_smb_file_content -f smb://w.x.y.z/Directory/file.txt -P SMB -u login -p password -s search_expression -t INCLUDE -w 1 -c 10
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Small fix
by svamberg, September 30, 2015
This plugin needs small patch:
--- check_file_content.pl.orig 2015-09-15 13:44:43.941945012 +0200
+++ check_file_content.pl 2015-09-15 13:42:31.572945415 +0200
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
my $o_user= undef; # user
my $o_password= undef; # password
my $o_domain= undef; # domain
-my @o_search= undef; # word or chain we search
+my @o_search= (); # word or chain we search
my @o_exception= undef; # exception word or chain we not search
my $o_check_type= undef; # check type
my $o_version= undef; # print version
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@

# Should match
foreach (@o_search) {
- if ($line =~ m/@o_search/) {
+ if ($line =~ m/$_/) {
if ($exception==1) {
if ($line =~ m/@o_exception/) {
$found=0;
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