[checkmk-commits] Check_MK Git: check_mk: Added README for cached agent plugins

Module: check_mk Branch: master Commit: d43cda4f4e4f11fe02652c9ffa18bce6719b3522 URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=d43cda4f4e4f11… Author: Mathias Kettner <mk(a)mathias-kettner.de> Date: Mon Mar 4 21:47:21 2013 +0100 Added README for cached agent plugins --- agents/plugins/README | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/agents/plugins/README b/agents/plugins/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8072aff --- /dev/null +++ b/agents/plugins/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +These plugins can be installed in the plugins directory of the +Linux agent in /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins/. Please only install +the plugins that you really need. + +If you want a plugin to be run asynchronously and also in +a larger interval then the normal check interval, then you can +copy it to a subdirectory named after a number of seconds, +e.g.: + +/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins/3600/mk_zypper + +In that case the agent will: + + - Run this plugin in the background and wait not for it to finish. + - Store the result of the plugin in a cache file below /etc/check_mk/cache. + - Use that file for 300 seconds before running the script again. +