check_smartmon

check_smartmon is a Nagios-Plugin that uses smartmontools (http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/) to check disk health status and temperature.

Installation

Dependencies

The script simply needs a Python interpreter with the psutil library.

Configuration

Adjust the first line to your Python binary (e.g. /usr/local/bin/python or /usr/bin/python) and the path to your smartctl binary (e.g. /usr/local/sbin/smartctl or /usr/sbin/smartctl).

Unprivileged setup

If you intend to use this script as an unprivileged user, you need to run

gcc -o check_smartmon scriptwrap.c

Then set check_smartmon as being owned by root, and set the execute and setuid bits.

IMPORTANT: if you do this, make sure unprivileged users can't replace or edit check_smartmon.py or they will be able to execute arbitrary code as root!

Usage

Use check_smartmon -h to get a list of options. You will see the following output:

    usage: check_smartmon(.py) [options]

    options:
      --version             show program's version number and exit
      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
      -d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE
                            device to check
      -a, --all-disks       Check all disks
      -v LEVEL, --verbosity=LEVEL
                            set verbosity level to LEVEL; defaults to 0 (quiet),
                            possible values go up to 3
      -w TEMP, --warning-threshold=TEMP
                            set temperature warning threshold to given temperature
                            (defaults to 55)
      -c TEMP, --critical-threshold=TEMP
                            set temperature critical threshold to given
                            temperature (defaults to 60)

Monitor configuration

Read the Nagios documentation and create a command definition and service.like Example:

    # 'check_smartmon' command definition
    define command{
            command_name    check_smartmon
            command_line    $USER1$/check_smartmon -d $ARG1$
            }

    ...

    # check local disk S.M.A.R.T. status
    define service{
            use                             generic-service
            host_name                       localhost
            service_description             Check local disk S.M.A.R.T. status
            is_volatile                     0
            check_period                    24x7
            max_check_attempts              4
            normal_check_interval           5
            retry_check_interval            1
            contact_groups                  admins
            notification_options            w,u,c,r
            notification_interval           960
            notification_period             24x7
            check_command                   check_smartmon!/dev/ad0
            }

The device /dev/ad0 is used on FreeBSD systems, so if you run another system you must set the appropriate name.

Caveats

The -a option currently does not work when using software raid, lfs or encryption, since psutil reports the /dev/mapper/* device rather than the actual physical device.

Contact

• Project Link: http://daemogorgon.net/check-smartmon
• Author: fuller fuller@daemogorgon.net
• Fork author: nihlaeth info@nihlaeth.nl

License

Copyright (C) 2006 daemogorgon.net

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.