check_carp

Download | Installation

check_carp is a plugin intended for use with the Nagios network monitoring system. This plugin checks the status of a carp(4) device. It is written in C.

CARP OK - state MASTER (vhid 1 advbase 1 advskew 10)

# check_carp -h
check_carp 0.1

This plugin checks what state a given CARP interface is in.

If an expected state is given and the current state doesn't
match it, the plugin returns CRITICAL.  If no expected state
is given, the plugin returns OK.  If there is a problem
retrieving the information, the plugin returns UNKNOWN.

Usage: check_carp [-hV] [-e state] interface
        -h        - Print the full plugin help
        -V        - Print the plugin version
        -e state  - Critical when state is not this

Download

check_carp-0.1.tar.gz (signature) - 3/13/08

Installation

# tar xzf check_carp-XX.tar.gz
# cd check_carp-XX
# make && make install

You can manually specify the location to install the plugin:

# make install DESTDIR=/path/to/plugins/

You can remove it as follows:

# make uninstall DESTDIR=/path/to/plugins/