Converting mon plugins to Nagios plugins?

[Stanley Hopcroft]

The only requirements of a Nagios plugin are

. that it sets a return code as documented (see developing your own 
plugins in the wonderful docco)

In other words, the plugin should only exit with a Nagios defined return 
code.

. it outputs something (probably a space is sufficient but I can't
recall).

This ouptut is _part_ of what gets sent to you in a notification. So 
it's an opportunity to be informative.

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:46:07PM -0800, Benjamin Feen wrote:
> Hiya!
> 
> I'm going to be setting up Nagios to replace an existing distributed
> monitoring system based on mon. We have a number of custom mon plugins scripts,
> and, being unfamiliar with both mon and Nagios, I'm interested in any advice
> anyone might have... is it fairly straightforward to make mon plugins play
> nicely with Nagios?
> 
> Thanks!
> Benjamin
> 

It cannot be hard because the Nagios requirements are so minimal.

Have a look at the plugin-scripts for some encouragement.

Yours sincerely.

-- 
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Stanley Hopcroft
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'...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a
manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...'

from Meditation 17, J Donne.


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