Check top processes
Windows and Linux
If you are wondering what is taking up so much memory on your server, this script is made perfectly for you! Just download and never be surprised again!
Icinga check top processes plugin
Icinga is Nagios forked monitoring tool. This repository contains script written in Powershell for monitoring processes which consuming the most memory
Table of contents
check_top_processes
Synopsis
check_top_processes.ps1 and check_top_processes.sh - If you are wondering what is taking up so much memory on your server, this script is made perfectly for you!
Just download and never be surprised again!
Description
Using this script you are able to monitor processes which consume the most memory. This repo contains scripts written in powershell for Windows and in bash for Linux.
For better readability, the result of the script is a table containing data about the processes.
This script was written just in order to inform user of server status. It always exits with OK status. If any process makes trouble please use check_service_by_name script.
Example
check_top_processes.ps1 -n 3
bash check_top_processes.sh -n 3
Icinga2 configuration
Command
Windows
object CheckCommand "ps-check-top-processes" {
command = [ "C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe" ]
arguments = {
"-command" = {
value = "$ps_check_top_processes_path$"
required = true
}
"-number" = {
value = "$ps_check_top_processes_number$"
required = true
}
";exit" = {
value = "$$LastExitCode"
}
}
vars.ps_check_top_processes_path = "C:\\'Program Files'\\ICINGA2\\sbin\\check_top_processes.ps1"
}
Linux
object CheckCommand "sh-check-top-processes" {
command = [ "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_top_processes.sh" ]
arguments = {
"--number" = {
value = "$sh_check_top_processes_number$"
required = true
}
}
vars.sh_check_top_processes_number = 3
}
Service
apply Service "TopProcesses" {
import "generic-service"
vars.ps_check_top_processes_number = 3
display_name = "Top " + vars.ps_check_top_processes_number + " RAM process"
if (vars.ps_check_top_processes_number > 1) { display_name = display_name + "es" }
check_command = "ps-check-top-processes"
command_endpoint = host.name
assign where host.vars.os == "Windows"
}
Visualization
Visit the Icinga home page.
