Running java plugins in nagios

[Karl DeBisschop]

Thomas Schimpke wrote:

> Hi Andreas,
> 
> 
>>You know, perl has rather excellent database support through the 
>>Perl::DBI module. I don't quite follow why writing it in the 
>>resource-hog java would make things better.
> 
> 
> just because the integration of Java into SAP is good, the maintenance
> of a Java program is easier (at least I don't remember, why my perl
> script once worked...).
> 
> I know, Java is a resource-hog, that's the reason, why I liked to hear
> some other opinions...

Java is a resource hog in starting up. If you run the plugins bay calls 
to a tomcat application server, the overhead can be more reasonable.

I haven't done it with nagios plugins, but it seems like it might be a 
practical way to leverage the tools without the performance issues you 
refer to.

-- 
Karl


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