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Note: This was tested using Alpine 1.9.1, running under VMware Workstation 5.5.1 build-19175. Host O/S for VMware Windows XP Home SP3. CPU: Intel Atom N270.
Install daemon:
Mostly due to laziness, didn't find openssl-dev, since apk wasn't available, so SSL support isn't compiled in when following he below steps.
{{Cmd|apk add nrpe && rc-update add nrpe default}}
Set up config file to bind to local IP, only allow needed hosts to connect (in /etc/nrpe.cfg):
server_address=10.14.8.3
allowed_hosts=10.14.8.149,10.14.8.150
Add a definition for a check command to /etc/nrpe.cfg, for example:
  command[check_routes]=/usr/bin/check_routes.sh
Create the above script, and populate:
#!/bin/sh
#
numroutes_ok=80
numroutes_warn=15
NUMROUTES=`ip route | grep -n '' | awk -F ':' '{print $1}' | tail -n 1`
if [ -z "$NUMROUTES" ]; then
    echo "WARNING: No routing information received"
    exit 1
elif [ $NUMROUTES -ge $numroutes_ok ]; then
    echo "OK: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 0
elif [ $NUMROUTES -ge $numroutes_warn ]; then
    echo "WARNING: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 1
else
    echo "CRITICAL: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 2
fi


Steps for compilation:
Restart NRPE.
Allow port 5666 (or whatever port you've specified for nrpe in /etc/nrpe.cfg) through Shorewall (in ''/etc/shorewall/rules'') through to monitoring hosts.
On the monitoring host, run the following command to test, where 10.14.8.3 is the IP of the host to monitor:
{{Cmd|/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 10.14.8.3 -p 5666 -c check_routes}}
You should get output like:
OK: 173 routes in routing table


# Downloaded nrpe-2.12
If you are having trouble, enable debugging in /etc/nrpe.cfg, and check /var/log/messages for errors. Most likely error(s) has to do with permissions of what you are trying to execute.
# apk add alpine-sdk
# apk add net-snmp # Wanted for some nrpe plugins
# apk add linux-grsec-dev
# ./configure --disable-ssl
# make all
# make install-plugin
# make install-daemon
# Since sample config didn't compile using above steps, configured the following config for testing:
  pid_file=/var/run/nrpe.pid
  server_port=5666
  server_address=192.168.48.128
  allowed_hosts=192.168.48.128
* /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -n -H 192.168.48.128
  "NRPE v2.12"


NOW: Compile with SSL support.
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Example of monitoring opennhrp connection: <br />
#!/bin/sh
# $1 is hostname to check
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Hostname must be specified as argument"
    exit 1
fi
# The 5 second wait is in case tunnel wasn't up, this will act as a keepalive when run often enough
ping -c 1 -w 5 $1 > /dev/null
HOSTOUTPUT="`host $1`"
# The final awk will grep for a /16 network range
HOSTNETWORK="`echo $HOSTOUTPUT | awk -F ' ' '{print $NF}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1"."$2}'`"
ROUTETONETWORK="`ip route | grep $HOSTNETWORK'\.'`"
NEXTHOP="`echo $ROUTETONETWORK | awk -F ' ' '{print $3}'`"
# This assumes that up/down is last entry on line which it was in testing
TUNNELSTATUS="`/usr/sbin/opennhrpctl show | grep -A 3 $NEXTHOP | grep Flags | awk -F ' ' '{print $NF}'`"
echo $TUNNELSTATUS
 
[[Category:Monitoring]]
[[Category:Networking]]

Revision as of 19:51, 23 March 2012

Install daemon:

apk add nrpe && rc-update add nrpe default

Set up config file to bind to local IP, only allow needed hosts to connect (in /etc/nrpe.cfg):

server_address=10.14.8.3
allowed_hosts=10.14.8.149,10.14.8.150

Add a definition for a check command to /etc/nrpe.cfg, for example:

command[check_routes]=/usr/bin/check_routes.sh

Create the above script, and populate:

#!/bin/sh
#
numroutes_ok=80
numroutes_warn=15

NUMROUTES=`ip route | grep -n  | awk -F ':' '{print $1}' | tail -n 1`
if [ -z "$NUMROUTES" ]; then
    echo "WARNING: No routing information received"
    exit 1
elif [ $NUMROUTES -ge $numroutes_ok ]; then
    echo "OK: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 0
elif [ $NUMROUTES -ge $numroutes_warn ]; then
    echo "WARNING: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 1
else
    echo "CRITICAL: $NUMROUTES routes in routing table"
    exit 2
fi

Restart NRPE. Allow port 5666 (or whatever port you've specified for nrpe in /etc/nrpe.cfg) through Shorewall (in /etc/shorewall/rules) through to monitoring hosts. On the monitoring host, run the following command to test, where 10.14.8.3 is the IP of the host to monitor:

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 10.14.8.3 -p 5666 -c check_routes

You should get output like:

OK: 173 routes in routing table

If you are having trouble, enable debugging in /etc/nrpe.cfg, and check /var/log/messages for errors. Most likely error(s) has to do with permissions of what you are trying to execute.


Example of monitoring opennhrp connection:

#!/bin/sh 
# $1 is hostname to check

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Hostname must be specified as argument"
    exit 1 
fi

# The 5 second wait is in case tunnel wasn't up, this will act as a keepalive when run often enough
ping -c 1 -w 5 $1 > /dev/null 

HOSTOUTPUT="`host $1`" 
# The final awk will grep for a /16 network range
HOSTNETWORK="`echo $HOSTOUTPUT | awk -F ' ' '{print $NF}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1"."$2}'`" 
ROUTETONETWORK="`ip route | grep $HOSTNETWORK'\.'`" 
NEXTHOP="`echo $ROUTETONETWORK | awk -F ' ' '{print $3}'`" 
# This assumes that up/down is last entry on line which it was in testing
TUNNELSTATUS="`/usr/sbin/opennhrpctl show | grep -A 3 $NEXTHOP | grep Flags | awk -F ' ' '{print $NF}'`"

echo $TUNNELSTATUS