# you can disable an alarm notification by setting the 'to' line to: silent # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # net traffic overflow template: interface_speed on: net.net os: * hosts: * families: * calc: ( $nic_speed_max > 0 ) ? ( $nic_speed_max) : ( nan ) units: Mbit every: 10s info: The current speed of the physical network interface template: 1m_received_traffic_overflow on: net.net os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: average -1m unaligned absolute of received calc: ($interface_speed > 0) ? ($this * 100 / ($interface_speed * 1000)) : ( nan ) units: % every: 10s warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (80) : (85)) crit: $this > (($status == $CRITICAL) ? (85) : (90)) delay: down 1m multiplier 1.5 max 1h info: interface received bandwidth usage over net device speed max to: sysadmin template: 1m_sent_traffic_overflow on: net.net os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: average -1m unaligned absolute of sent calc: ($interface_speed > 0) ? ($this * 100 / ($interface_speed * 1000)) : ( nan ) units: % every: 10s warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (80) : (85)) crit: $this > (($status == $CRITICAL) ? (85) : (90)) delay: down 1m multiplier 1.5 max 1h info: interface sent bandwidth usage over net device speed max to: sysadmin # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # dropped packets # check if an interface is dropping packets # the alarm is checked every 1 minute # and examines the last 10 minutes of data # # it is possible to have expected packet drops on an interface for some network configurations # look at the Monitoring Network Interfaces section in the proc.plugin documentation for more information template: inbound_packets_dropped on: net.drops os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: sum -10m unaligned absolute of inbound units: packets every: 1m warn: $this >= 5 delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h info: interface inbound dropped packets in the last 10 minutes to: sysadmin template: outbound_packets_dropped on: net.drops os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: sum -10m unaligned absolute of outbound units: packets every: 1m warn: $this >= 5 delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h info: interface outbound dropped packets in the last 10 minutes to: sysadmin template: inbound_packets_dropped_ratio on: net.packets os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: sum -10m unaligned absolute of received calc: (($inbound_packets_dropped != nan AND $this > 0) ? ($inbound_packets_dropped * 100 / $this) : (0)) units: % every: 1m warn: $this >= 0.1 crit: $this >= 2 delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h info: the ratio of inbound dropped packets vs the total number of received packets of the network interface, during the last 10 minutes to: sysadmin template: outbound_packets_dropped_ratio on: net.packets os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: sum -10m unaligned absolute of sent calc: (($outbound_packets_dropped != nan AND $this > 0) ? ($outbound_packets_dropped * 100 / $this) : (0)) units: % every: 1m warn: $this >= 0.1 crit: $this >= 2 delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h info: the ratio of outbound dropped packets vs the total number of sent packets of the network interface, during the last 10 minutes to: sysadmin # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # FIFO errors # check if an interface is having FIFO # buffer errors # the alarm is checked every 1 minute # and examines the last 10 minutes of data template: 10min_fifo_errors on: net.fifo os: linux hosts: * families: * lookup: sum -10m unaligned absolute units: errors every: 1m warn: $this > 0 delay: down 1h multiplier 1.5 max 2h info: interface fifo errors in the last 10 minutes to: sysadmin # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # check for packet storms # 1. calculate the rate packets are received in 1m: 1m_received_packets_rate # 2. do the same for the last 10s # 3. raise an alarm if the later is 10x or 20x the first # we assume the minimum packet storm should at least have # 10000 packets/s, average of the last 10 seconds template: 1m_received_packets_rate on: net.packets os: linux freebsd hosts: * families: * lookup: average -1m unaligned of received units: packets every: 10s info: the average number of packets received during the last minute template: 10s_received_packets_storm on: net.packets os: linux freebsd hosts: * families: * lookup: average -10s unaligned of received calc: $this * 100 / (($1m_received_packets_rate < 1000)?(1000):($1m_received_packets_rate)) every: 10s units: % warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING)?(200):(5000)) crit: $this > (($status >= $WARNING)?(5000):(6000)) options: no-clear-notification info: the % of the rate of received packets in the last 10 seconds, compared to the rate of the last minute (clear notification for this alarm will not be sent) to: sysadmin