Collection of custom checks for the Zabbix monitoring software used in the Server Admin team of the TYPO3 project.
Include the specific recipe in the node's run list and load the according zabbix_template.xml into Zabbix. Please note: If you are not using active checks, you have to change the type of monitored objects from Zabbix agent (active) to Zabbix agent. Zabbix uses passive checks by default, which lets the Zabbix server/proxy collect the statistics.
Some recipies require sudo privileges. The recipies will put a file into /etc/sudoers.d/, thus make sure that your /etc/sudoers includes files from there. This can be achieved by including the following line in `/etc/sudoers:
#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
(note that the trailing # does not mean the line is commented out!)
Tested on 0.10.8 and 0.10.10 but newer and older version should work just fine.
The following platforms have been tested with this cookbook, meaning that the recipes and LWRPs run on these platforms without error:
- ubuntu (10.04)
- debian (6.0)
Please report any additional platforms so they can be added.
These cookbooks are defined as external dependencies:
- zabbix-cookbook
- nginx
- chef_handler
- [php]
- [cron]
All of them are available through the Opscode community site.
Does nothing currently...
Monitors Apache 2 through the output of mod_status at /server-status. Sets up an extra vHost on Port 61709 in order to not conflict with a reverse proxy (exposing the server-status to the outside world).
Credits for the check script go to rdvn.
Monitors the output of apt-check and reports, whether security or normal updates for installed apt-packages are available. Requires to run apt-get update regularly, etc. through the apt cookbook.
Monitors the duration of chef-client runs and the success status. Failed runs and continuously slow execution (>60 seconds) are reported. Makes use of chef_handler and registers as a report handler.
Monitors detailed disk usage data through the /proc/diskstats kernel interface. Also support discovery of disk with a custom script. Based on the zabbix-disk-performance project written by Grigory Chernyshev and licensed under The MIT License (MIT). So please also consider this license difference when you use this part of the cookbook. (The other parts of this cookbook are licensed under the license written at the end of this README).
Monitors MongoDB through a custom PHP script connectiong to the MongoDB server instance. Originally based on the mikoomi MongoDB plugin using an updated fork
Credits for the original script go to the mikoomi project.
Monitors Nginx through the output of HttpStubStatusModule at /server_status. This means that Nginx has to be compiled with --with-http_stub_status_module.
Monitors Nginx through the output of HttpStubStatusModule at /nginx_status. This means that Nginx has to be compiled with --with-http_stub_status_module. The port of the virtual host can be defined through node[:zabbix_custom_checks][:nginx][:port].
Credits for the check script go to zabbixtemplates.com.
Monitors OpenVZ VEs from inside the container through the output of /proc/user_beancounter. Alerts on exceeding the limits through a beancount monitor.
Monitors redis through the output of redis-cli info.
Credits for the check script go to rdvn.
Monitors varnish through the output of varnishstat.
Credits for the check script go to rdvn.
node[:zabbix_custom_checks][:nginx][:port]to change the port, where/nginx_statusis available.
Author:: Steffen Gebert ([email protected])
Copyright 2011, 2012, Steffen Gebert for TYPO3 Association
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