check service status on Linux

[natalia]

Hello,

I am using Zabbix 2.0.5.
I want to check "puppet" service on Linux servers.

%service puppet status

There are 4 possible values:

0 - puppetd (pid 1069) is running...
1 - puppetd is stopped
2 - puppet: unrecognized service
3 - puppet in maintenance state (?)

The following alerts should be sent :
0 - "OK"- "Puppet is running" (will Ack. any of the below alerts)
1- "Critical" - "Puppet is not running"
2 - "Information" - "Puppet is unrecognized service"
3 - "Information" - "Puppet is in maintenance mode"

I find the item "proc.num" but it don't return status of service.

How can I config the above checks/alerts ?
I don't believe that nobody was needed this but can't find any info.

Please help.
Thanks

[Colttt]

ehm thats an nagios-check, right?

please post the complete script, there is a description how nagios get the different stati

[natalia]

ehm thats an nagios-check, right?

please post the complete script, there is a description how nagios get the different stati

Thanks for the reply,
I don't using nagios and didn't find any check_service nagios plugin.
I put a "puppet" as an example, it can be any other our service "kuku" - I just try to understand how to config this ?

The script can be like this :

% check_service.sh
#!/bin/sh
service="$1"
status=`/sbin/service $service status`
if echo "$status" |grep -q running; then
echo "Status 0 - OK : $service is running"
else
if echo "$status" | grep -q stopped; then
echo "Status 1 - Critical : $service is not running"
else
echo "Status 2 - Information : $service is unrecognized service"
fi
fi

Thanks for the help!
Natalia

[Colttt]

ok, the programm checks only if the programm is running, its the same with proc.num.. if it returns "0" the programm/service is not start..

echo "Status 2 - Information : $service is unrecognized service"

i have never seen somthing like this..

[natalia]

ok, the programm checks only if the programm is running, its the same with proc.num.. if it returns "0" the programm/service is not start..

i have never seen somthing like this..

if service not installed on the server you will get :

%service ncsd status
ncsd: unrecognized service

and this is a diff from "service is stopped"

still need a option to run "service $service status" and to get a status : 0,1 or 2.

Should I define it with UserParameter, maybe (?)

Thanks

[Colttt]

yes ok, but why should i to monitor a service that dont exist/not installed?

yes you can use that as a userparameter

[natalia]

yes ok, but why should i to monitor a service that dont exist/not installed?

yes you can use that as a userparameter

for example, "puppet" service must be on all servers.You want to get alert once it not installed.

Could you explain more how to implement this with userparameter ?

Thanks !

[Colttt]

hello,

you can use this:
system.sw.packages[<package>,<manager>,<format>]
if you installed it by a supported packagemanager
now, you know if it installed..
after this you can use proc.num

if you dont use a package-manager for puppet you can try this

which puppetd
/usr/sbin/puppetd
vfs.file.exists[/usr/sbin/puppetd]

or

vfs.file.exists[/etc/init.d/puppet]

i hope it helped!?

[natalia]

hello,

you can use this:
system.sw.packages[<package>,<manager>,<format>]
if you installed it by a supported packagemanager
now, you know if it installed..
after this you can use proc.num

if you dont use a package-manager for puppet you can try this

which puppetd
/usr/sbin/puppetd
vfs.file.exists[/usr/sbin/puppetd]

or

vfs.file.exists[/etc/init.d/puppet]

i hope it helped!?

Looks like system.sw.packages can be a solution.Will check this.

Thanks a lot for your help !