Sensu load average check
Table of Contents
Overview
The Sensu load average check is a Sensu Check that provides alerting and metrics for load averages. Metrics are provided in nagios_perfdata format.
Usage examples
Check load averages and provide metrics
Usage:
check-load [flags]
check-load [command]
Available Commands:
help Help about any command
version Print the version number of this plugin
Flags:
-c, --critical string Critical threshold for load averages (default "0.85,0.8,0.75")
-h, --help help for check-load
-m, --metricsonly Outputs only the metrics without checking the threshold.
-r, --percpu Check the load average divided by the number of CPUs.
-w, --warning string Warning threshold for load averages (default "0.75,0.7,0.65")
Use "check-load [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Configuration
Asset registration
Sensu Assets are the best way to make use of this plugin. If you're not using an asset, please consider doing so! If you're using sensuctl 5.13 with Sensu Backend 5.13 or later, you can use the following command to add the asset:
sensuctl asset add jadiunr/check-load
If you're using an earlier version of sensuctl, you can find the asset on the Bonsai Asset Index.
Check definition
---
type: CheckConfig
api_version: core/v2
metadata:
name: check-load
namespace: default
spec:
command: check-load -r -w 0.8,0.7,0.6 -c 0.9,0.8,0.7
output_metric_format: nagios_perfdata
output_metric_handlers:
- influxdb
subscriptions:
- system
runtime_assets:
- jadiunr/check-load
interval: 60
publish: true
Installation from source
The preferred way of installing and deploying this plugin is to use it as an Asset. If you would like to compile and install the plugin from source or contribute to it, download the latest version or create an executable script from this source.
From the local path of the check-load repository:
go build
Contributing
For more information about contributing to this plugin, see Contributing.
