3 # Log file pattern detector plugin for Nagios
4 # Written by Ethan Galstad (nagios@nagios.org)
5 # Last Modified: 07-31-1999
7 # Usage: ./check_log <log_file> <old_log_file> <pattern>
11 # This plugin will scan a log file (specified by the <log_file> option)
12 # for a specific pattern (specified by the <pattern> option). Successive
13 # calls to the plugin script will only report *new* pattern matches in the
14 # log file, since an copy of the log file from the previous run is saved
19 # On the first run of the plugin, it will return an OK state with a message
20 # of "Log check data initialized". On successive runs, it will return an OK
21 # state if *no* pattern matches have been found in the *difference* between the
22 # log file and the older copy of the log file. If the plugin detects any
23 # pattern matches in the log diff, it will return a CRITICAL state and print
24 # out a message is the following format: "(x) last_match", where "x" is the
25 # total number of pattern matches found in the file and "last_match" is the
26 # last entry in the log file which matches the pattern.
30 # If you use this plugin make sure to keep the following in mind:
32 # 1. The "max_attempts" value for the service should be 1, as this
33 # will prevent Nagios from retrying the service check (the
34 # next time the check is run it will not produce the same results).
36 # 2. The "notify_recovery" value for the service should be 0, so that
37 # Nagios does not notify you of "recoveries" for the check. Since
38 # pattern matches in the log file will only be reported once and not
39 # the next time, there will always be "recoveries" for the service, even
40 # though recoveries really don't apply to this type of check.
42 # 3. You *must* supply a different <old_file_log> for each service that
43 # you define to use this plugin script - even if the different services
44 # check the same <log_file> for pattern matches. This is necessary
45 # because of the way the script operates.
49 # Check for login failures in the syslog...
51 # check_log /var/log/messages ./check_log.badlogins.old "LOGIN FAILURE"
53 # Check for port scan alerts generated by Psionic's PortSentry software...
55 # check_log /var/log/message ./check_log.portscan.old "attackalert"
58 # Paths to commands used in this script. These
59 # may have to be modified to match your system setup.
60 # TV: removed PATH restriction. Need to think more about what this means overall
72 PROGNAME
=`/bin/basename $0`
73 PROGPATH
=`echo $0 | sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'`
74 REVISION
=`echo '$Revision$' | sed -e 's/[^0-9.]//g'`
79 echo "Usage: $PROGNAME -F logfile -O oldlog -q query"
80 echo "Usage: $PROGNAME --help"
81 echo "Usage: $PROGNAME --version"
85 print_revision
$PROGNAME $REVISION
89 echo "Log file pattern detector plugin for Nagios"
94 # Make sure the correct number of command line
95 # arguments have been supplied
102 # Grab the command line arguments
107 exitstatus
=$STATE_WARNING #default
108 while test -n "$1"; do
119 print_revision
$PROGNAME $REVISION
123 print_revision
$PROGNAME $REVISION
159 echo "Unknown argument: $1"
167 # If the source log file doesn't exist, exit
169 if [ ! -e $logfile ]; then
170 $ECHO "Log check error: Log file $logfile does not exist!\n"
172 elif [ ! -r $logfile ] ; then
173 $ECHO "Log check error: Log file $logfile is not readable!\n"
177 # If the old log file doesn't exist, this must be the first time
178 # we're running this test, so copy the original log file over to
179 # the old diff file and exit
181 if [ ! -e $oldlog ]; then
182 $CAT $logfile > $oldlog
183 $ECHO "Log check data initialized...\n"
187 # The old log file exists, so compare it to the original log now
189 # The temporary file that the script should use while
190 # processing the log file.
191 if [ -x /bin
/mktemp
]; then
192 tempdiff
=`/bin/mktemp /tmp/check_log.XXXXXXXXXX`
194 tempdiff
=`/bin/date '+%H%M%S'`
195 tempdiff
="/tmp/check_log.${tempdiff}"
200 $DIFF $logfile $oldlog |
$GREP -v "^>" > $tempdiff
202 # Count the number of matching log entries we have
203 count
=`$GREP -c "$query" $tempdiff`
205 # Get the last matching entry in the diff file
206 lastentry
=`$GREP "$query" $tempdiff | $TAIL -1`
209 $CAT $logfile > $oldlog
211 if [ "$count" = "0" ]; then # no matches, exit with no error
212 $ECHO "Log check ok - 0 pattern matches found\n"
214 else # Print total matche count and the last entry we found
215 $ECHO "($count) $lastentry"
216 exitstatus
=$STATE_CRITICAL