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Example ranges (Nathan Vonnahme)
authorTon Voon <tonvoon@users.sourceforge.net>
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:29:09 +0000 (11:29 +0000)
committerTon Voon <tonvoon@users.sourceforge.net>
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:29:09 +0000 (11:29 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk@1458 f882894a-f735-0410-b71e-b25c423dba1c

doc/developer-guidelines.sgml

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                <para>Note: Not all plugins are coded to expect ranges in this format yet.
                There will be some work in providing multiple metrics.</para>
+
+               <table id="ExampleRanges"><title>Example ranges</title>
+                       <tgroup cols="2">
+                               <thead>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry><para>Range definition</para></entry>
+                                               <entry><para>Generate an alert if x...</para></entry>
+                                       </row>
+                               </thead>
+                               <tbody>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>10</entry>
+                                               <entry>&lt; 0 or &gt; 10, (outside the range of {0 .. 10})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>10:</entry>
+                                               <entry>&lt; 10, (outside {10 .. &infin;})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>~:10</entry>
+                                               <entry>&gt; 10, (outside the range of {-&infin; .. 10})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>10:20</entry>
+                                               <entry>&lt; 10 or &gt; 20, (outside the range of {10 .. 20})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>@10:20</entry>
+                                               <entry>&ge; 10 and &le; 20, (inside the range of {10 .. 20})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>10</entry>
+                                               <entry>&lt; 0 or &gt; 10, (outside the range of {0 .. 10})</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                               </tbody>
+                       </tgroup>
+               </table>
+               <table id="CommandLineExamples"><title>Command line examples</title>
+                       <tgroup cols="2">
+                               <thead>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry><para>Command line</para></entry>
+                                               <entry><para>Meaning</para></entry>
+                                       </row>
+                               </thead>
+                               <tbody>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -w10 -c20</entry>
+                                               <entry>Critical if "stuff" is over 20, else warn if over 10 (will be critical if "stuff" is less than 0)</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -w~:10 -c~:20</entry>
+                                               <entry>Same as above. Negative "stuff" is OK</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -w10: -c20</entry>
+                                               <entry>Critical if "stuff" is over 20, else warn if "stuff" is below 10 (will be critical if "stuff" is less than 0)</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -c1:</entry>
+                                               <entry>Critical if "stuff" is less than 1</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -w~:0 -c10</entry>
+                                               <entry>Critical if "stuff" is above 10; Warn if "stuff" is above zero</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -c5:6</entry>
+                                               <entry>The only noncritical range is 5:6</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                                       <row>
+                                               <entry>check_stuff -c10:20</entry>
+                                               <entry>Critical if "stuff" is 10 to 20</entry>
+                                       </row>
+                               </tbody>
+                       </tgroup>
+               </table>
                </section>
 
                <section><title>Performance data</title>