check_osx_services

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This script is typically run via NRPE and utilizes the 'serveradmin' command line tool that's included with OS X Server to check the status of various built-in services such as AFP, QuickTime Streaming Server, and DHCP. Since serveradmin requires root privileges, this script uses sudo to allow the nagios user to execute the script. See the sample nrpe.cfg file for instructions on adding the nagios user to the sudoers file. First add a check command to nrpe.cfg. For example: commandcheck_afp=sudo /opt/local/libexec/nagios/check_osx_services -s afp The script will check against warning and critical thresholds for services where it makes sense to do so. For OS 10.4 those services that accept -w and -c switches are: afp, smb, qtss, ftp, and jabber -- number of current connections dhcp -- number of current leases print -- number of current print jobs web -- total KBytes The use of -w and -c switches for these services is optional. If they are not provided, the check will simply return OK or CRITICAL based on whether the service is running. Typical usage: $ ./check_osx_services -s afp -w 10 -c 20 afp: Started - Uptime: 6 hrs 5.30 mins, 0 Connections $ ./check_osx_service -s web web: Started - 3519 Total requests, 15564 Total kB $ ./check_osx_services -s swupdate swupdate: Started - Uptime: 6 hrs 4.98 mins, Last check: Mon Jan 14 20:53:56 2008 To get a list of available services use the -l switch $ ./check_osx_services -l afp appserver dhcp dirserv ... (and so on)