Monitoring plugin to check Syncthing status

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README.md

Monitoring plugin to check Syncthing status

This Icinga/Nagios check plugin permit to check Syncthing status :

verify Syncthing REST API is responding
check remote devices last seen datetime
check system and shared folders errors

Installation

First, generate and retreive the REST API key from Syncthing web interface:

in Actions menu, click on Configuration
in General tab, under API key, click on Generate button and copy the key

API_KEY=n6RseK3HWY5LJ29PzNSUJbmK4XKHa5uV
apt install git python3-requests python3-dateutil
git clone https://gitea.zionetrix.net/bn8/check_syncthing.git /usr/local/src/check_syncthing
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins
ln -s /usr/local/src/check_syncthing/check_syncthing /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/
echo "command[check_syncthing]=/usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_syncthing -k $API_KEY" > /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/syncthing.cfg
service nagios-nrpe-server reload

Usage

usage: check_syncthing [-h] [-d] [-v] [-H HOST] [-p PORT] -k API_KEY [-S]
                       [-t TIMEOUT] [-D DEVICES] [-x EXCLUDED_DEVICES] [-F FOLDERS]
                       [-X EXCLUDED_FOLDERS] [-w WARNING_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN]
                       [-c CRITICAL_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN]

Monitoring plugin to check Syncthing status

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           Enable debug mode (default: False)
  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose mode (default: False)
  -H HOST, --host HOST  Syncthing host (default: 127.0.0.1)
  -p PORT, --port PORT  Syncthing port (default: 8384)
  -k API_KEY, --api-key API_KEY
                        Syncthing REST API key (default: None)
  -S, --ssl             Enable SSL (default: False)
  -t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
                        Requests timeout (in seconds) (default: 5)
  -D DEVICES, --devices DEVICES
                        Monitor only specified devices (default: [])
  -x EXCLUDED_DEVICES, --excluded-devices EXCLUDED_DEVICES
                        Do not monitor specified devices (default: [])
  -F FOLDERS, --folders FOLDERS
                        Monitor only specified folders (default: [])
  -X EXCLUDED_FOLDERS, --excluded-folders EXCLUDED_FOLDERS
                        Do not monitor specified folders (default: [])
  -w WARNING_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN, --warning-device-last-seen WARNING_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN
                        Warning threshold for device last seen time in hours
                        (default: 12)
  -c CRITICAL_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN, --critical-device-last-seen CRITICAL_DEVICE_LAST_SEEN
                        Critical threshold for device last seen time in hours
                        (default: 24)

Copyright

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.