-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/08/09 10:13 PM, Onotsky, Steve x55328 wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: August 18, 2009 21:56 >> To: nagios-users ML >> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_ntp offsets >> >> I am running check_ntp plugin and I have setup an offset threshold of >> -w 200 -c 300 but Nagios is still showing "Offset -102.234564 secs" >> (Warning) >> >> Running check_ntp from command line shows NTP OK >> (/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp -H hostname -w 200 -c 300) >> >> Output: NTP OK: Offset -102.234564 >> secs|offset=-102.234564s;200.000000;300.000000; >> >> Here is what I have added: >> >> edit /etc/nagios/objetcs/command.cfg and add: >> >> define command{ >> command_name check_ntp >> command_line $USER1$/check_ntp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c >> $ARG2$ >> } >> >> edit /etc/nagios/objetcs/server.cfg and add: >> >> define service{ >> use critical-service >> host_name hostname >> service_description NTP >> check_command check_ntp!200!300 >> } > > According to your check definition, the result is absolutely correct. > You asked it to warn you if the offset is more than 200 seconds, and go > critical if over 300 seconds. > > What you were probably hoping for were thresholds in milliseconds. In > that case, you'll want to set -w and -c to fractional values ("-w 0.2 -c > 0.3", or whatever values you actually want as thresholds).
The offset and thresholds are both in seconds: $ ./check_ntp -H pool.ntp.org -w 0.001 -c 0.01 NTP WARNING: Offset 0.008824706078 secs |offset=0.008825s;0.001000;0.010000; - -- Thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKi2zZ6dZ+Kt5BchYRAn4mAJ4y32+xYuxfEJYdvuu7iCyDQwQaxgCePb4H BBTNdZuZfNm2M7fZXclQnvk= =Vi0W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
