SamK/check_iftraffic_nrpe.py

Traffic MBps CRITICAL: Cannot write in /var/tmp/traffic_stats.dat ?

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Deleted user commented

Hi

I've tried to set up check_iftraffic_nrpe.py this way

  1. In /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/ added:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamK/check_iftraffic_nrpe.py/master/check_iftraffic_nrpe.py
  1. In vi /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg added:
command[check_traffic]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_iftraffic_nrpe.py -u MBps -i eth0 -b 2 -w 50 -c 80
  1. Test/restart:
chmod +x /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_iftraffic_nrpe.py
/usr/lib/nagios/plugins//check_iftraffic_nrpe.py -x lo
service nagios-nrpe-server restart

(/usr/lib/nagios/plugins//check_iftraffic_nrpe.py -x lo works)

  1. On MyNagiosServer:

In /etc/nagios3/conf.d/server.cfg added:

define service {
  use generic-service
  host_name MonitoredServerName
  service_description Net Traffic
  check_command check_nrpe_1arg!check_traffic
}

service nagios3 restart

Problem: Nagios says Traffic MBps CRITICAL: Cannot write in /var/tmp/traffic_stats.dat.

Is

root@MyMonitoredServer:/var/tmp# ls -la
total 12
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root 4096 Apr 30 16:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Dec 14 02:44 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  712 Apr 30 16:28 traffic_stats.dat

not enough?

SamK commented

Hi,
This is a permission issue, you executed script as root and now the nagios service cannot write the file.

Just delete the file /var/tmp/traffic_stats.dat and let Nagios create it for you.

Deleted user commented

Thx @SamK - works fine now!
/solved