check_freenas_api

Monitoring/Nagios plugin for FreeNAS systems

Overview

The check_freenas_api monitoring plugin utilizes the FreeNAS REST API for status monitoring.
It's designed to be easily extendable with new "check modes" for monitoring different parts of the system.

Use the plugin at your own risk and keep in mind that all contributions are appreciated!

Available check modes

"volume-usage":

Checks the usage percentage of all or specified volumes.
API version support: 1.0 (full)

"system-alerts":

Checks if any unhandled system alerts have been triggered.
API version support: 1.0 (full)

Installation and configuration

The plugin is written in Python and requires the following modules besides version 2.6 standard library:

• argparse
• requests
• nagiosplugin

You will also have to enable HTTPS access to your FreeNAS system if it's not already configured.