• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• OPTIONS
• EXAMPLES
• EXIT VALUES
• AUTHOR
• SEE ALSO
• COPYRIGHT
• VERSION
• CHANGELOG

NAME

check-rsync - Nagios compatible check plugin for rsync checks

SYNOPSIS

check-rsync [ --capability rsync capability[,...] ... ] [ --module rsync module[,...] ... ] [ --version rsync version ] [ --protocol rsync protocol ] [ --print_capability ] [ --print_module ] [ --rsync rsync path] [ --verbose ] [ --help ]

DESCRIPTION

check-rsync is a Nagios NRPE plugin for checking various aspects of rsync like version, protocol, capabilities and modules

OPTIONS

--capability rsync capability[,...] ...

This option specifies the required set of rsync capabilities to check for. You can specify several comma separated capabilities for one --capability option, as well as several --capability options. Optional. Default is no capability check.

--module rsync module[,...] ...

This option specifies the required set of rsync modules served by the local rsync daemon. You can specify several comma separated modules for one --module option, as well as several --module options. Optional. Default is no module check.

--version rsync version

This option specifies the minimum required version of the rsync program. Optional. Default is no version check.

--protocol rsync protocol

This option specifies the minimum required version of the rsync protocol. Optional. Default is no protocol check.

--print_capability

This option instructs check-rsync to print the list of available capabilities at the local rsync. Optional. Default output is the version and protocol number.

--print_module

This option instructs check-rsync to print the list of modules served by the local rsync daemon. Optional. Default output is the version and protocol number.

--rsync rsync path

You can use this option to specify the exact location of the rsync program. Optional. Default is rsync via search path.

--verbose

Increases output verbosity for debugging.

--help

Produces a help message.

EXAMPLES

 check-rsync

Prints version and protocol number

 check-rsync --version 3.0.2 --protocol 30

Prints the rsync version and protocol. Returns CRITICAL if the version is lower than 3.0.2 or the protocol is lower than 30.

 check-rsync --rsync "C:\program files\icw\bin\rsync.exe" --capability "64-bit files,iconv" --print_cap

Uses C:\program files\icw\bin\rsync.exe as the rsync program and prints the rsync version, protocol and capabilities available. Returns CRITICAL if the capabilities 64-bit files and iconv are not among the supported ones.

 check-rsync --module "mirror_a,backup_b" --print_module

Prints the rsync version, protocol and visible modules served by the local daemon. Returns CRITICAL if the modules mirror_a and backup_b are not among the available ones.

EXIT VALUES

 0 OK
 1 WARNING
 2 CRITICAL
 3 UNKNOWN

AUTHOR

Tevfik Karagulle http://www.itefix.net

SEE ALSO

Nagios web site http://www.nagios.org

Rsync http://rsync.samba.org

COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under the Artistic License. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php

VERSION

Version 1.0, February 2009

CHANGELOG

Initial version