Sensu-Plugins-hardware
Functionality
check-hardware-fail will lookup in the output of dmesg
for lines matching a provided query, it accepts --facility
, --level
and --kernel
options to run dmesg
command. Returns CRITICAL if any occurrence is found and UNKNOWN if provided options are invalid or the command execution fails.
Files
- bin/check-hardware-fail
Usage
Usage: ./check-hardware-fail.rb (options)
-f FACILITY[,FACILITY], Restrict output to defined facilities. Supported log facilities: kern,user,mail,daemon,auth,syslog,lpr,news
--facility
--invert Invert order
-k, --kernel Include kernel messages
-L, --level LEVEL[,LEVEL] Restrict output to defined levels, otherwise all levels are included. Supported log levels: emerg,alert,crit,err,warn,notice,info,debug
-l, --lines NUMBER Maximum number of lines to read from dmesg, 0 (default) means all
-q, --query QUERY What pattern to look for in the output of dmesg (regex or literal)
-s, --seconds SECONDS Amount of seconds to lookbehind from dmesg output. This option is incompatible with --lines
Example of usage:
Check the first 100 lines for 'killed as a result of limit'
check-hardware-fail.rb -l 100 --invert -q 'killed as a result of limit'
Check the last 100 lines for 'killed as a result of limit'
check-hardware-fail.rb -l 100 -q 'killed as a result of limit'
The following options are only available for linux OS:
-
--seconds
Amount of seconds to lookbehind from dmesg output. This option is incompatible with--lines
-
--facility
Restrict output to defined facilities. Supported log facilities:kern,user,mail,daemon,auth,syslog,lpr,news
-
--level
Restrict output to defined levels, otherwise all levels are included. Supported log levels:emerg,alert,crit,err,warn,notice,info,debug
-
--kernel
Include kernel messages
Check the last 300 seconds for 'killed as a result of limit'
check-hardware-fail.rb -s 300 -q 'killed as a result of limit'
Check the last 300 seconds for 'killed' on auth
and syslog
facilities
check-hardware-fail.rb -s 300 -f auth,syslog -q 'killed'