SSH Sendmail

SSH Sendmail Profile

This profile monitors a Sendmail server. Mail services are monitored from the GroundWork server. 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_mailq_sendmail	check_by_ssh_mailq_ sendmail!5!10	$USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "sudo $USER22$/check_mailq -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -M sendmail"	number_graph
ssh_process_crond	check_by_ssh_process_crond	$USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "$USER22$/check_procs -c 1:1 -a crond"	percent_graph
ssh_process_sendmail_accept	check_by_ssh_process_ sendmail_accept	$USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "$USER22$/check_procs -c 1:1 -a sendmail:\ accepting\ con"	number_graph
ssh_process_sendmail_qrunner	check_by_ssh_process_ sendmail_qrunner	$USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "$USER22$/check_procs -c 1:1 -a sendmail:\ Queue\ runner"	number_graph
ssh_process_xinetd	check_by_ssh_process_xinetd	$USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -l "$USER17$" -C "$USER22$/check_procs -c 1:1 -a xinetd"	number_graph
tcp_imap	check_imap!3!5	$USER1$/check_imap -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -p 143	number_graph
tcp_imaps	check_imaps!3!5	$USER1$/check_imap -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -p 993 -S	number_graph
tcp_pop3	check_pop3	$USER1$/check_pop -H $HOSTADDRESS$	number_graph
tcp_pop3s	check_pop3s!3!5	$USER1$/check_pop -t 60 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -S	number_graph
tcp_smtp	check_smtp!3!5	$USER1$/check_smtp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
tcp_smtp_sendmail	check_sendmail!3!5	$USER1$/check_smtp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$" -C "ehlo groundworkopensource.com" -R "ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES" -f nagios@$HOSTADDRESS$	number_graph

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-ssh-sendmail.xml
perfconfig-ssh-sendmail.xml

Plugins Scripts on the GroundWork Server

check_imap
check_pop
check_smtp
check_by_ssh

Plugins scripts on the Remote Monitored Server

check_procs
check_mailq

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_mailq_sendmail

Check for number of messages in sendmail queue.
Default warning threshold is 5 messages.
$ARG1$ - Warning threshold in messages
Default critical threshold is 10 messages.
$ARG2$ - Critical threshold in messages

ssh_process_crond

Check for the number of crond processes running.
No arguments.

ssh_process_sendmail_accept

Check for the number of sendmail 'accepting connection' processes running.
No arguments.

ssh_process_sendmail_qrunner

Check for the number of sendmail 'queue runner' processes running.
No arguments.

tcp_imap

Uses check_imap plugin to connect to port 143 of $HOSTADDRESS$ and search for [* OK] in the IMAP server output.
Default warning threshold is a 3 second response time.
$ARG1$ - Warning seconds
Default critical threshold is a 5 second response time.
$ARG2$ - Critical seconds

tcp_imaps

Uses check_imap plugin with the -S (SSL) switch to connect to port 993 of $HOSTADDRESS$ and search for [* OK] in the IMAP server output.
Default warning threshold is a 3 second response time.
$ARG1$ - Warning seconds
Default critical threshold is a 5 second response time.
$ARG2$ - Critical seconds

tcp_pop3

Uses check_pop plugin to connect to port 110 of $HOSTADDRESS$ and search for [+OK] in the beginning of the POP3 server output.
No arguments.

tcp_pop3s

Uses check_pop plugin with the -S (SSL) switch to connect to port 995 of $HOSTADDRESS$ and searches for [+OK] in beginning of the POP3 server output.
Default warning threshold is a 3 second response time.
$ARG1$ - Warning seconds
Default critical threshold is a 5 second response time.
$ARG2$ - Critical seconds

tcp_smtp

Uses check_smtp plugin to connect to port 25 of $HOSTADDRESS$, sends "HELO servername" and searches for '250 .*' in the beginning of the SMTP server output.
Default warning threshold is a 3 second response time.
$ARG1$ - Warning seconds
Default critical threshold is a 5 second response time.
$ARG2$ - Critical seconds

tcp_smtp_sendmail

Check the response to a command to the SMTP server
Default warning threshold is a 3 second response time.
$ARG1$ - Warning response time threshold in seconds
Default critical threshold is a 5 second response time.
$ARG2$ - Critical response time threshold in seconds
-C - Command string issued to SMTP server
-R - Expected response string to the command from the SMTP server
-f - From address to use in MAIL command

Performance Graphing Parameters

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