#!@@GOODSH@@ # -*- sh -*- # # Plugin to monitor the load average on a system. # # Usage: Link or copy into /etc/munin/node.d/ # # Magic markers (optional - only used by munin-config and some # installation scripts): # #%# family=auto #%# capabilities=autoconf # If run with the "autoconf"-parameter, give our opinion on whether we # should be run on this system or not. This is optional, and only used # by munin-config. In the case of this plugin, we should most probably # always be included. if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then if [ -x /sbin/sysctl ]; then /sbin/sysctl vm.loadavg > /dev/null if [ $? = "0" ]; then echo yes exit 0 else echo no exit 0 fi else echo no exit 0 fi fi # If run with the "config"-parameter, give out information on how the # graphs should look. if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then # The host name this plugin is for. (Can be overridden to have # one machine answer for several) # The title of the graph echo 'graph_title Load average' # Arguments to "rrdtool graph". In this case, tell it that the # lower limit of the graph is '0', and that 1k=1000 (not 1024) echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0' # The Y-axis label echo 'graph_vlabel load' # We want Cur/Min/Avg/Max unscaled (i.e. 0.42 load instead of # 420 milliload) echo 'graph_noscale true' # The category of the plugin. Defaults to "other". echo 'graph_category system' # The fields. "label" is used in the legend. "label" is the only # required subfield. echo 'load.label load' # These two are optional. They are only used if you have # configured your munin to tell a Nagios-server about any # problems echo 'load.warning 10' echo 'load.critical 120' # This one is purely to add an explanation to the web page. The first # one is for the graph itself, while the second one is for the field # "load". echo 'graph_info The load average of the machine describes how many processes are in the run-queue (scheduled to run "immediately").' echo 'load.info Average load for the five minutes.' # Last, if run with the "config"-parameter, quit here (don't # display any data) exit 0 fi # If not run with any parameters at all (or only unknown ones), do the # real work - i.e. display the data. Almost always this will be # "value" subfield for every data field. echo -n "load.value " /sbin/sysctl vm.loadavg | cut -f3 -d' ' # How could this plugin have been written in its simplest form? # Something like this: # # --------------------- # #!/bin/sh # # if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then # echo "graph_title Load average" # echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0' # echo 'graph_vlabel load' # echo "load.label load" # exit 0 # fi # echo -n "load.value " # cut -f1 -d' ' < /proc/loadavg # --------------------- # # Except for the Nagios-warnings (which most people don't have any need # for) and things used by installation scripts and munin-config (which # you don't need if you don't plan on submitting your plugin to the # pacakge), the two versions will work identically.