check_tomcat.py

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check_tomcat.py =============== Check tomcat server plugin for nagios Author: Daniel Dueñas Domingo ([email protected]) Version 2.0 Description =========== This plugin uses the tomcat manager webapp, this app usually is located in the URL: http://tomcat-host-name:xxxx/manager which "tomcat-host-name" is the dns name or ip of the tomcat server and "xxxx" is the port number of the tomcat service (the tomcat port is 8080 by default) This plugin works in tomcat6 and tomcat7 versions, i don't know if works in previous versions. This plugin can monitorize this items: 1- tomcat server status 2- tomcat server memory 3- tomcat server thread connectors 4- application status on tomcat server This plugin uses the nagios plugin python template in https://github.com/dduenasd/nagios_plugin_template_python Requirements ============ - python 2 Python must be installed in nagios server. I use python 2.7, python 3 is not tested for this plugin. - Tomcat Manager Webapp The tomcat server for monitorize must be installed the manager web app The documentation of the manager of tomcat: - Tomcat 6 -> [Manager_Howto_Tomcat6](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/manager-howto.html) - Tomcat 7 -> [Manager_Howto_Tomcat7](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/manager-howto.html) Installation ============ Copy check_tomcat.py file to a plugins nagios directory, usually in this path: /usr/local/nagios/libexec