From cb7670a84ccef4283401a68271ab64e91e158dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nico Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:46:34 +0200 Subject: added Multigraph, Licence + added ICS Licence to repo + added multiggraph plugin variant with all features included + added nextcloud 14 pending app updates plugin * updated README.md * updated requests.sessions handeling to reduce keepalive sessions - removed keepalive header for all plugins --- README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 45bf39c..267f9a8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Nextcloud Munin Plugin -Some basic Munin Plugins gathering information from the NextCloud external API. +Within this repository there are some basic Munin Plugins gathering information from the NextCloud external API. I choose to also include a multigraph plugin `nextcloud_multi` which does everything the other plugins do but in one single request. + +There are drawbacks to using a multigraph plugin which can be read up here : [Munin-Monitoring.org](http://guide.munin-monitoring.org/en/latest/plugin/multigraphing.html) ## install To use these plugins properly some configuration parameters need to be added to the plugin-config `/etc/munin/plugin-config.d/munin-node`. @@ -9,21 +11,33 @@ url = https://URL.TO.YOUR.NEXTCLOUD.tld/ocs/v2.php/apps/serverinfo/api/v1/info username = username password = password or logintoken ``` -After that the script needs to be placed in the munin plugin directory eg. `/etc/munin/plugins/` +To install these plugins, you just have to symlink those plugins you would like to activate to the munin plugin directory eg. `/etc/munin/plugins/`. Or if you want to use the multigraph plugin only symlink that one the the munin plugin directory. -The munin-node needs to be restarted to facilitate the new plugins. +After this has been done the munin-node needs to be restarted to facilitate the new plugins. `systemctl restart munin-node` ### everything working? -To check if everything is working as expected check if the plugins actually gather data. +To check if everything is working as expected check if the plugins are listed and actually gather data. ``` telnet localhost 4949 # localhost or IP the munin-node list fetch nextcloud_shares fetch nextcloud_users +fetch nextcloud_db +fetch nextcloud_apps +``` +If everything works as it should, list will return the symlinked plugins within the list of active plugins. + +##### multipgrah plugin +To check if the multigraph plugin is working correctly it is necessary to first instruct the capability multigraph before the `list` instruction. +``` +telnet localhost 4949 # localhost or IP the munin-node +cap multigraph +list +fetch nextcloud_multi ``` -If everything works as it should, list will return `nextcloud_shares` and `nextcloud_users` within the list of other active plugins. The `fetch` commands will run the script and return the gathered values. As long as none of them are NaN everything works as expected. +The `fetch` commands will run the script and return the gathered values. As long as none of them are NaN everything works as expected. ### uninstall -To remove the plugins from munin remove both plugins from the directory and restart the node. +To remove the plugins from munin remove all symlinked plugins from the directory and restart the node. -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258