#!/bin/sh # # Plugin to monitor the load average on a system. # # Usage: Link or copy into /etc/munin/node.d/ # # $Log: load.in,v $ # Revision 1.1 2004/01/02 18:50:01 jimmyo # Renamed occurrances of lrrd -> munin # # Revision 1.1.1.1 2004/01/02 15:18:07 jimmyo # Import of LRRD CVS tree after renaming to Munin # # Revision 1.4 2003/11/15 11:10:28 jimmyo # Various fixes # # Revision 1.3 2003/11/07 17:43:16 jimmyo # Cleanups and log entries # # 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 wether we # should be run on this system or not. This is optinal, and only used by # munin-config. In the case of this plugin, we should most probably # always be included. if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then echo yes exit 0 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_scale no' # The fields. "label" is used in the legend. "label" is the only # required subfield. echo 'load.label load (1 min)' echo 'load5.label load (5 min)' echo 'load15.label load (15 min)' # 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' # 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 " cut -f1 -d' ' < /proc/loadavg echo -n "load5.value " cut -f2 -d' ' < /proc/loadavg echo -n "load15.value " cut -f3 -d' ' < /proc/loadavg # 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), and the scaling (no milliload numbers) the two versions will # work identically.