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Diffstat (limited to 'check_postgres.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | check_postgres.pl | 37 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/check_postgres.pl b/check_postgres.pl index f939208b4..9390ac62e 100755 --- a/check_postgres.pl +++ b/check_postgres.pl @@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ die $USAGE unless 'PSQL=s', + 'get_method=s', 'mrtg=s', ## used by MRTG checks only 'logfile=s', ## used by check_logfile only 'queryname=s', ## used by query_runtime only @@ -690,6 +691,25 @@ our $VERBOSE = $opt{verbose} || 0; our $OUTPUT = lc $opt{output} || ''; +## Allow the optimization of the get_methods list by an argument +if ($opt{get_method}) { + my $found = 0; + for my $meth (@get_methods) { + if ($meth =~ /^$opt{get_method}/io) { + @get_methods = ($meth); + $found = 1; + last; + } + } + if (!$found) { + print "Unknown value for get_method: $opt{get_method}\n"; + print "Valid choices are:\n"; + print (join "\n" => map { s/(\w+).*/$1/; $_ } @get_methods); + print "\n"; + exit; + } +} + ## Output the actual string returned by psql in the normal output ## Argument is 'a' for all, 'w' for warning, 'c' for critical, 'u' for unknown ## Can be grouped together @@ -6477,9 +6497,21 @@ Outputs the exact string returned by psql, for use in debugging. The value is on which determine if the output is displayed or not, where 'a' = all, 'c' = critical, 'w' = warning, 'o' = ok, and 'u' = unknown. Letters can be combined. +=item B<--get_method=VAL> + +Allows specification of the method used to fetch information for the C<new_version_cp> +and C<new_version_pg> checks. The following programs are tried, in order, to grab the +information from the web: GET, wget, fetch, curl, lynx, links. To force the use of just +one (and thus remove the overhead of trying all the others until one of those works), +enter one of the names as the argument to get_method. For example, a BSD box might enter +the folling line in their C<.checkpostgresrc> file: + + get_method=fetch + =back + =head1 ACTIONS The script runs one or more actions. This can either be done with the --action @@ -7078,7 +7110,7 @@ failure, the fourth line will provide more detail on the failure encountered. (check_postgres.pl) is available, by grabbing the version from a small text file on the main page of the home page for the project. Returns a warning if the returned version does not match the one you are running. Recommended interval to check is -once a day. +once a day. See also the information on the C<--get_method> option. =head2 B<new_version_pg> @@ -7087,7 +7119,8 @@ exists for each database connected to. Note that this only checks for revision, going from 8.3.6 to 8.3.7. Revisions are always 100% binary compatible and involve no dump and restore to upgrade. Revisions are made to address bugs, so upgrading as soon as possible is always recommended. Returns a warning if you do not have the latest revision. -It is recommended this check is run at least once a day. +It is recommended this check is run at least once a day. See also the information on +the C<--get_method> option. =head2 B<prepared_txns> |