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Added some instructions to install lm-sensors
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Jack-Benny Persson 2013-06-06 20:40:09 -07:00
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@ -5,11 +5,29 @@ It's written in Bash and uses *nix "sensors" and some sed & awk.
Default is to check the CPU temperature but this can be changed to, for example, Default is to check the CPU temperature but this can be changed to, for example,
the motherboard temperature with a "--sensor" argument. the motherboard temperature with a "--sensor" argument.
The plugin complies with the guidelines, for example uses -w -c -v arguments The plugin complies with the guidelines, for example uses -w -c -v arguments
etc. It also does some basic sanity checks and has a exit 3 catchall. etc. It also does some basic sanity checks and has a exit 3 catch-all.
The plugin was submitted to Nagios Exchange in 2011. The plugin was submitted to Nagios Exchange in 2011.
Known forks of check_temp: Known forks of check_temp:
There is a very good Perl fork of check_temp written by Chad Columbus. It's There is a very good Perl fork of check_temp written by Chad Columbus. It's
avalible on Nagios Exchange at available on Nagios Exchange at
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Operating-Systems/Linux/check_temp-2Epl/details http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Operating-Systems/Linux/check_temp-2Epl/details
Required:
1) Install lm-sensors:
a) On Debian/Ubuntu... apt-get install lm-sensors
2) Run sensors-detect:
sudo sensors-detect
Let it check for any sensors that you feel are necessary, or all. You can just
press <ENTER> to have it use the default option for each check. There is a
warning in the manpages (man sensors-detect) that there are (some rare)
hardware sensors that may lock up or even be permanently damaged, so be aware
of that.
3) Restart module-init-tools service
a) /etc/init.d/module-init-tools restart
or
b) service module-init-tools restart

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check_temp.sh
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# Nagios plugin to monitor CPU and M/B temperature with sensors. # # Nagios plugin to monitor CPU and M/B temperature with sensors. #
# Written in Bash (and uses sed & awk). # # Written in Bash (and uses sed & awk). #
# Latest version of check_temp can be found at the below URL: # # Latest version of check_temp can be found at the below URL: #
# https://bitbucket.org/jackbenny/check_temp # # https://github.com/jackbenny/check_temp #
# #
# If you are having problems getting it to work, check the instructions in #
# the README first. It walks you though install lm-sensors and getting it to #
# display sensor data. #
# # # #
############################################################################### ###############################################################################