SSH HTTPS

SSH HTTPS Profile

This profile monitors a UNIX Secure Web Server. HTTP and HTTPS services are monitored remotely. Monitoring scripts are installed on the remote server and called from the GroundWork server using the SSH protocol. Please reference SSH document under GroundWork Profiles>SSH Profiles when using this profile.

Services Configuration
  • SERVICE - Definitions in Monarch are stored under this name.
  • COMMAND LINE - Service command name with arguments to be passed to the plugin.
  • PLUGIN COMMAND LINE - Plugin script called by Nagios for this Service.
  • EXTENDED INFO - The Extended Service Info definition, typically used for generating graphs.
Command lines displayed below are intended to be single line commands.
Service Command Line Plugin Command Line Extended Info
ssh_process_cmd check_by_ssh_process_cmd!1:1!1:1!named $USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "$USER22$/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -C $ARG3$" percent_graph
tcp_http_port check_http_port!3!5!80 $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -p "$ARG3$" number_graph
tcp_https check_https!3!5 $USER1$/check_http -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -S number_graph
Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

  • service-profile-ssh-https.xml
  • perfconfig-ssh-https.xml

Plugins Scripts on the GroundWork Server

  • check_http
  • check_by_ssh

Plugins Scripts on the Remote Monitored Server

  • check_procs

Performance Graphing Programs

  • percent_graph.cgi
  • number_graph.cgi
Installation

GroundWork Monitor includes many monitoring profiles for a variety of devices, systems and applications. Profiles already imported on a new GroundWork installation include Service Ping, SNMP Network, and SSH UNIX. The GroundWork Monitor Configuration tool is used to import updated Profiles and Profiles that require additional setup; the Profile XML file and its companion Performance Configuration definition file. Services can also be imported in addition to Service Profiles in the Profile Importer. The import process is documented under GROUNDWORK PROFILES > How to import profiles.

Implementation

This section contains detail settings used by this Profile. These parameters can be altered with the Configuration tool.

Command Parameters

Command parameters are in the Configuration Services section with the following names and default values.

ssh_process_cmd

  • Check for the number of specified processes running.
  • $ARG1$ - Warning threshold, default is 1:1
  • $ARG2$ - Critical threshold, default is 1:1
  • $ARG3$ - Process command, default is "named"

tcp_https

  • Uses check_http plugin to get a web page from $HOSTADDRESS$
  • Default warning threshold is a 3 second page load time.
  • $ARG1$ - Warning seconds
  • Default critical threshold is a 5 second page load time.
  • $ARG2$ - Critical seconds

tcp_http_port

  • Uses check_http plugin to get a web page from $HOSTADDRESS$
  • Default warning threshold is a 3 second page load time.
  • $ARG1$ - Warning seconds
  • Default critical threshold is a 5 second page load time.
  • $ARG2$ - Critical seconds
  • Default port is 80.
  • $ARG3$ - HTTP port
Performance Graphing Parameters

The following parameters are used to generate performance charts. These parameters are set using the Configuration>Performance tool in GroundWork Monitor.

ssh_process_cmd

  • Graphs the number of running processes.
  • The Nagios® service description must contain the string "ssh_process".

tcp_https

  • Graphs response time of the HTTPS server.
  • Nagios® service description must contain the string "tcp_https".

tcp_http_port

  • Graphs response time of the HTTP server.
  • Nagios® service description must contain the string "tcp_http_port".
Implementation Notes

If you are communicating to a remote host that is behind a firewall, make sure the SSH port 22 is allowed to access the remote host.

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