[checkmk-commits] Check_MK Git: check_mk: Document inventory helper script

Module: check_mk Branch: master Commit: 432eabcb3c4d18c115dcdbc0b3ceb6f3469843d9 URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=432eabcb3c4d18… Author: Florian Heigl <fh(a)mathias-kettner.de> Date: Fri Aug 24 12:08:08 2012 +0200 Document inventory helper script --- doc/treasures/inventory_helper.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/treasures/inventory_helper.sh b/doc/treasures/inventory_helper.sh index 844bff3..0f90fe5 100644 --- a/doc/treasures/inventory_helper.sh +++ b/doc/treasures/inventory_helper.sh @@ -1,28 +1,44 @@ #!/bin/sh +# A script to +# * identify systems where the inventory check has fired +# * output their list including the services that are unmonitored add +# * then reinventorize them +# * reschedule the inventory check to clean up +# The script does not remove any services! -# A script to get systems where the inventory check has fired -# then output those including the services they'll add -# then reinventorize them -# then reschedule the inventory check to clean up +# this works as intended. If you have a flaky enviroment, you +# might want to filter for hosts that are in state up before the +# inventory goes looking for them. reinventory() { -check_mk --automation inventory new $HOST - -echo "COMMAND [`date +%s`] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;$HOST;Check_MK inventory;`date +%s`" | lq +now=`date +%s` + +# Use the automation API to run an inventory, only for new objects. +check_mk --automation inventory new $HOST >/dev/null + +# Then reschedule the inventory check right now to clear up. +# (currently we're running it just once a day at the same time on all hosts) +echo "COMMAND [$now] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;$HOST;Check_MK inventory;$now" | lq } +# Here we grab the hosts where the inventory check found something. +# we look at the check output because we don't know what serverity +# is configured for the inventory check by a user. +# The only info we store is the host name and the list of detected services. +# (so you can log the info) + INVENTORY_INFO=`echo "GET services Columns: host_name long_plugin_output Filter: description = Check_MK inventory Filter: plugin_output !~~ no unchecked" | lq` -if [ $INVENTORY_INFO != "" ]; then +if [ "$INVENTORY_INFO" != "" ]; then HOSTS=`echo "$INVENTORY_INFO" | cut -f1 -d\;` echo "$INVENTORY_INFO" for HOST in "$HOSTS" ; do