NAME¶
sa-check_spamd - spamd monitoring script for use with Nagios, etc.
SYNOPSIS¶
sa-check_spamd [options]
Options:
-c secs, --critical=secs Critical ping response threshold
-h, -?, --help Print usage message
-H hostname, --hostname=hostname Hostname of spamd service to ping
-p port, --port=port Port of spamd service to ping
--socketpath=path Connect to given UNIX domain socket
-t secs, --timeout=secs Max time to wait for a ping response
-v, --verbose Verbose debug output
-V, --version Output version info
-w secs, --warning=secs Warning ping response threshold
DESCRIPTION¶
The purpose of this program is to provide a tool to monitor the status of
"spamd" server processes. spamd is the daemonized version of the
spamassassin executable, both provided in the SpamAssassin distribution.
This program is designed for use, as a plugin, with the Nagios service
monitoring software available from
http://nagios.org. It might be compatible
with other service monitoring packages. It is also useful as a command line
utility or as a component of a custom shell script.
OPTIONS¶
Options of the long form can be shortened as long as the remain unambiguous
(i.e.
--host can be used instead of
--hostname).
- -c secs, --critical=secs
- Critical ping response threshold in seconds. If a spamd
ping response takes longer than the value specified (in seconds) the
program will exit with a value of 2 to indicate the critical status.
This value must be at least as long as the value specified for
warning and less than the value specified for timeout.
- -h, -?, --help
- Prints this usage message and exits.
- -H hostname,
--hostname=hostname
- The hostname, or IP address, of the spamd service to ping.
By default the hostname localhost is used. If --socketpath
is set this value will be ignored.
- -p port, --port=port
- The port of the spamd service to ping. By default port
783 (the spamd default port number) is used. If --socketpath
is set this value will be ignored.
- --socketpath=path
- Connect to given UNIX domain socket. Use instead of a
hostname and TCP port. When set, any hostname and TCP port specified will
be ignored.
- -t secs, --timeout=secs
- The maximum time to wait for a ping response. Once exceeded
the program will exit with a value of 2 to indicate the critical status.
The default timeout value is 45 seconds. The timeout must be no less than
1 second.
This value must be greater than the values specified for both the
critical and warning values.
- -v, --verbose
- Display verbose debug output on STDOUT.
- -V, --version
- Display version info on STDOUT.
- -w secs, --warning=secs
- Warning ping response threshold in seconds. If a spamd ping
response takes longer than the value specified (in seconds), and does not
exceed the critical threshold value, the program will exit with a
value of 1 to indicate the warning staus.
This value must be no longer than the value specified for critical
and less than the value specified for timeout.
EXIT CODES¶
The program will indicate the status of the spamd process being monitored by
exiting with one of these values:
- 0
- OK: A spamd ping response was received within all threshold
times.
- 1
- WARNING: A spamd ping response exceeded the warning
threshold but not the critical threshold.
- 2
- CRITICAL: A spamd ping response exceeded either the
critical threshold or the timeout value.
- 3
- UNKNOWN: An error, probably caused by a missing dependency
or an invalid configuration parameter being supplied, occurred in the
sa-check_spamd program.
SEE ALSO¶
spamc(1) spamd(1)
spamassassin(1)
PREREQUISITES¶
"Mail::SpamAssassin" version 3.1.1 or higher (3.1.6 or higher
recommended)
AUTHOR¶
Daryl C. W. O'Shea, DOS Technologies <spamassassin@dostech.ca>
LICENSE¶
sa-check_spamd is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, as
described in the file "LICENSE" included with the Apache
SpamAssassin distribution and available at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0