Contents

• Introduction
  • Install
  • Nagios like configuration

Introduction

check_planet.diff is a 'Nagios like' (Nagios|Icinga|Centreon|Shinken) probe checking the delay of your OSM Planet with offical, based on minute-diff state files.

More infos here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Minutely_Mapnik

• Code repository: https://github.com/paulla/paulla.checkplanetdiff

Install

easy_install | pip witthin or not a virtualenv:

pip install | easy_install paulla.check_planetdiff

zc.buildout users just add paulla.check_planetdiff to your eggs list as usual.

You could simply run install or tests with:

bin/python setup.py install
bin/python setup.py test

Mayba add a symbolic link from bin/check_planetdiff to your nagios/plugins/ directory

Nagios like configuration

check_planetdiff could be called localy or remotely via check_by_ssh or NRPE.

here a sample definition to check remotely by ssh

Command definition

# 'check_ssh_planetdiff' command definition
define command {
        command_name    check_ssh_planetdiff
        command_line    $USER1$/check_by_ssh -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_planetdiff -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ --state-file $ARG3$ -p"
}

Notice the last -p arg for performance data is optionnal, remove it if don't needed.

the service itself:

# planet diff delay
define service {
       use                             paulla-service
       service_description             delay planet diff
       check_command                   check_ssh_planetdiff!0.0:3600.0!0.0:21600.0!/home/mapnik/.osmosis/state.txt
       host_name                       biscaou
}