Nagios output

nagios_out¶

Emit a Nagios-formatted output line with status code and job name. If the second argument contains '=', it is treated as performance data; otherwise a '-' separator is inserted before the message. $this_job is used as the service description. If not set by the caller, defaults to the invoking script's basename.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Status code or prefix (e.g. 0, 1, 2, 3, P)
• $2 (string): Message or performance data string
• ... (string): Optional: additional lines

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios-formatted status line(s)

nagios_auto¶

Emit a Nagios performance data output line, using nagios_long for multiple args.

Arguments¶

• ... (string): Message or performance data

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios-formatted output

nagios_ok¶

Emit a Nagios OK (status 0) output line. Accepts -r/--return to return 0 after output, or -x/--exit to exit 0.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Optional: -r/--return or -x/--exit
• ... (string): Message or performance data

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios OK output

nagios_warn¶

Emit a Nagios WARNING (status 1) output line. Accepts -r/--return to return 1 after output, or -x/--exit to exit 1.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Optional: -r/--return or -x/--exit
• ... (string): Message or performance data

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios WARNING output

nagios_crit¶

Emit a Nagios CRITICAL (status 2) output line. Accepts -r/--return to return 2 after output, or -x/--exit to exit 2.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Optional: -r/--return or -x/--exit
• ... (string): Message or performance data

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios CRITICAL output

nagios_unknown¶

Emit a Nagios UNKNOWN (status 3) output line. Accepts -r/--return to return 3 after output, or -x/--exit to exit 3.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Optional: -r/--return or -x/--exit
• ... (string): Message or performance data

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Nagios UNKNOWN output

nagios_long¶

Convert newlines to literal '\n' for Nagios multi-line output format. Reads from stdin.

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

Output on stdout¶

• Input with actual newlines replaced by the literal string \n