The Nagios plugin, check-packeteer.pl, is a software that can monitor network statistics effectively.
Check-packeteer.pl is an exceptional Nagios plugin used for network statistics. It is an efficient software that requires Perl v5 (developed in Perl v5.8.0, tested on perl 5.8.8), Digest::MD5 Perl module to calculate md5 hash of credentials, and LWP::UserAgent for HTTP communication. The installation is simple and easy to follow. You can copy the script to your favourite nagios-plugin location, i.e. /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/ and ensure it is read/executable by the nagios daemon (chmod 755).
It becomes even more effortless to use the software if you add a section to your /etc/nagios/checkcommands.cfg file. The command section includes command_name, check-packeteer and command_line with $USER1$/check_packeteer.pl -host 10.11.12.13 -hash 893c830ea67a0ad636c81f8f93d99002 -target $ARG1$ -variable $ARG2$ -period $ARG3$ -warn $ARG4$ -crit $ARG5$.
The value after '-hash' in the command line is a md5 hash in hex format, calculated from the concatenated Packeteer password and serial number. If you want detailed information on command line options, call check-packeteer.pl without any arguments. To add a sensor to your Nagios environment, all you have to do is add a section to your /etc/nagios/services.cfg containing something like:
define service {
use generic-packeteer
service_description TCP connection inits out 10min
check_command check-packeteer!/Outbound!tcp-conn-inits!600!1000!1500
}
After adding the service, let Nagios reload its configuration ('service nagios reload' on RedHat), and the software is ready to use.
The new version of the software comes with added features such as fixing a bug in the documentation where the order of 'password' and 'serial' for the '-auth' parameter was wrong. Also, a '-number' command line argument was added for beautifying large numbers according to English or German style (1,234 or 1.234). Overall, Check-packeteer.pl is an excellent software for network statistics and offers great benefits.
It becomes even more effortless to use the software if you add a section to your /etc/nagios/checkcommands.cfg file. The command section includes command_name, check-packeteer and command_line with $USER1$/check_packeteer.pl -host 10.11.12.13 -hash 893c830ea67a0ad636c81f8f93d99002 -target $ARG1$ -variable $ARG2$ -period $ARG3$ -warn $ARG4$ -crit $ARG5$.
The value after '-hash' in the command line is a md5 hash in hex format, calculated from the concatenated Packeteer password and serial number. If you want detailed information on command line options, call check-packeteer.pl without any arguments. To add a sensor to your Nagios environment, all you have to do is add a section to your /etc/nagios/services.cfg containing something like:
define service {
use generic-packeteer
service_description TCP connection inits out 10min
check_command check-packeteer!/Outbound!tcp-conn-inits!600!1000!1500
}
After adding the service, let Nagios reload its configuration ('service nagios reload' on RedHat), and the software is ready to use.
The new version of the software comes with added features such as fixing a bug in the documentation where the order of 'password' and 'serial' for the '-auth' parameter was wrong. Also, a '-number' command line argument was added for beautifying large numbers according to English or German style (1,234 or 1.234). Overall, Check-packeteer.pl is an excellent software for network statistics and offers great benefits.
What's New
Version 0.2: N/A