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# Path to your package. '::' instead of '/', and no .pm at the end.
package apps::myawesomeapp::api::mode::appmetrics;
# Don't forget these ;)
use strict;
use warnings;
# We want to connect to an HTTP server, let's use the common module
use centreon::plugins::http;
# Use the counter module. It will save you a lot of work and will manage a lot of things for you.
# Consider this as mandatory when writing a new mode.
use base qw(centreon::plugins::templates::counter);
# Import some functions that will make your life easier when dealing with string values
use centreon::plugins::templates::catalog_functions qw(catalog_status_threshold_ng);
# We will have to process some JSON, no need to reinvent the wheel, load the lib you installed in a previous section
use JSON::XS;
sub new {
my ($class, %options) = @_;
# All options/properties of this mode, always add the force_new_perfdata => 1 to enable new metric/performance data naming.
# It also where you can specify that the plugin uses a cache file for example
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(package => __PACKAGE__, %options, force_new_perfdata => 1);
bless $self, $class;
# This is where you can specify options/arguments your plugin supports.
# All options here stick to what the centreon::plugins::http module needs to establish a connection
# You don't have to specify all options from the http module, only the one that the user may want to tweak for its needs
$options{options}->add_options(arguments => {
# One the left it's the option name that will be used in the command line. The ':s' at the end is to
# define that this options takes a value.
# On the right, it's the code name for this option, optionnaly you can define a default value so the user
# doesn't have to set it
'hostname:s' => { name => 'hostname' },
'port:s' => { name => 'port', default => 443 },
'proto:s' => { name => 'proto', default => 'https' },
'timeout:s' => { name => 'timeout' },
# These options are here to defined conditions about which status the plugin will return regarding HTTP response code
'unknown-status:s' => { name => 'unknown_status', default => '%{http_code} < 200 or %{http_code} >= 300' },
'warning-status:s' => { name => 'warning_status' },
'critical-status:s' => { name => 'critical_status', default => '' }
});
# This is to create a local copy of a centreon::plugins::http that we will manipulate
# %options basically overwrite default http value with key/value pairs from options above to instantiate the http module
# Ref https://github.com/centreon/centreon-plugins/blob/520a1f8c10cd434c6dedd1e342285eecff8b9d1b/centreon/plugins/http.pm#L59
$self->{http} = centreon::plugins::http->new(%options);
return $self;
}
sub check_options {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
$self->SUPER::check_options(%options);
# Check if the user provided a value for --hostname option. If not, display a message and exit
if (!defined($self->{option_results}->{hostname}) || $self->{option_results}->{hostname} eq '') {
$self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => 'Please set hostname option');
$self->{output}->option_exit();
}
# Set parameters for http module, note that the $self->{option_results} is a hash containing
# all your options key/value pairs.
$self->{http}->set_options(%{$self->{option_results}});
}
sub set_counters {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
$self->{maps_counters_type} = [
# health and queries are global metric, they don't refer to a specific instance.
# In other words, you cannot get several values for health or queries
# That's why the type is 0.
{ name => 'health', type => 0, cb_prefix_output => 'prefix_health_output' },
{ name => 'queries', type => 0, cb_prefix_output => 'prefix_queries_output' },
# app_metrics groups connections and errors and each will receive value for both instances (my-awesome-frontend and my-awesome-db)
# the type => 1 explicits that
# as above, you can define a callback (cb) function to manage the output prefix. This function is called
# each time a value is passed to the counter and can be shared across multiple counters.
{ name => 'app_metrics', type => 1, cb_prefix_output => 'prefix_app_output' }
];
$self->{maps_counters}->{health} = [
# This counter is specific because it deals with a string value
{
label => 'health',
# All properties below (before set) are related to the catalog_status_ng catalog function imported at the top of our mode
type => 2,
# These properties allow you to define default thresholds for each status but not mandatory.
warning_default => '%{health} eq "yellow"',
critical_default => '%{health} eq "red"',
# To simplify, manage things related to how get value in the counter, what to display and specific threshold
# check because of the type of the data (string)
set => {
key_values => [ { name => 'health' } ],
output_template => 'status: %s',
# Force ignoring perfdata as the collected data is a string
closure_custom_perfdata => sub { return 0; },
# Use imported function to check thresholds and define return code
closure_custom_threshold_check => \&catalog_status_threshold_ng
}
}
];
$self->{maps_counters}->{queries} = [
# The label defines options name, a --warning-select and --critical-select will be added to the mode
# The nlabel is the name of your performance data / metric that will show up in your graph
{
label => 'select',
nlabel => 'myawesomeapp.db.queries.select.count',
set => {
# Key value name is the name we will use to pass the data to this counter. You can have several ones.
key_values => [ { name => 'select' } ],
# Output template describe how the value will display
output_template => 'select: %s',
# Perfdata array allow you to define relevant metrics properties (min, max) and its sprintf template format
perfdatas => [
{ template => '%d', min => 0 }
]
}
},
{ label => 'update', nlabel => 'myawesomeapp.db.queries.update.count', set => {
key_values => [ { name => 'update' } ],
output_template => 'update: %s',
perfdatas => [
{ template => '%d', min => 0 }
]
}
},
{ label => 'delete', nlabel => 'myawesomeapp.db.queries.delete.count', set => {
key_values => [ { name => 'delete' } ],
output_template => 'delete: %s',
perfdatas => [
{ template => '%d', min => 0 }
]
}
}
];
$self->{maps_counters}->{app_metrics} = [
# The app_metrics has two different labels, connection and errors.
{ label => 'connections', nlabel => 'myawesomeapp.connections.count', set => {
# pay attention the extra display key_value. It will receive the instance value. (my-awesome-db, my-awesome-frontend).
# the display key_value isn't mandatory but we show it here for education purpose
key_values => [ { name => 'connections' }, { name => 'display' } ],
output_template => 'connections: %s',
perfdatas => [
# we add the label_extra_instance option to have one perfdata per instance
{ template => '%d', min => 0, label_extra_instance => 1 }
]
}
},
{ label => 'errors', nlabel => 'myawesomeapp.errors.count', set => {
key_values => [ { name => 'errors' }, { name => 'display' } ],
output_template => 'errors: %s',
perfdatas => [
{ template => '%d', min => 0, label_extra_instance => 1 }
]
}
}
];
}
sub prefix_health_output {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
return 'My-awesome-app ';
}
sub prefix_queries_output {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
return 'Queries: ';
}
sub prefix_app_output {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
return "'" . $options{instance_value}->{display} . "' ";
}
sub manage_selection {
my ($self, %options) = @_;
# We have already loaded all things required for the http module
# Use the request method from the imported module to run the GET request against the URL path of our API
my ($content) = $self->{http}->request(url_path => '/v3/da8d5aa7-abb4-4a5f-a31c-6700dd34a656');
# Uncomment the line below when you reached this part of the tutorial.
# print $content;
# Declare a scalar deserialize the JSON content string into a perl data structure
my $decoded_content;
eval {
$decoded_content = JSON::XS->new->decode($content);
};
# Catch the error that may arise in case the data received is not JSON
if ($@) {
$self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => "Cannot encode JSON result");
$self->{output}->option_exit();
}
# Uncomment the lines below when you reached this part of the tutorial.
# use Data::Dumper;
# print Dumper($decoded_content);
# print "My App health is '" . $decoded_content->{health} . "'\n";
# Here is where the counter magic happens.
# $self->{health} is your counter definition (see $self->{maps_counters}->{<name>})
# Here, we map the obtained string $decoded_content->{health} with the health key_value of the counter
$self->{health} = {
health => $decoded_content->{health}
};
# $self->{queries} is your counter definition (see $self->{maps_counters}->{<name>})
# Here, we map the obtained values from the db_queries nodes with the key_value defined in the counter
$self->{queries} = {
select => $decoded_content->{db_queries}->{select},
update => $decoded_content->{db_queries}->{update},
delete => $decoded_content->{db_queries}->{delete}
};
# Initialize an empty app_metrics counter.
$self->{app_metrics} = {};
# Loop in the connections array of hashes
foreach my $entry (@{ $decoded_content->{connections} }) {
# Same logic than type => 0 counters but an extra key $entry->{component} to associate the value
# with a specific instance
$self->{app_metrics}->{ $entry->{component} }->{display} = $entry->{component};
$self->{app_metrics}->{ $entry->{component} }->{connections} = $entry->{value};
};
# Exactly the same thing with errors
foreach my $entry (@{ $decoded_content->{errors} }) {
# Don't need to redefine the display key, just assign a value to the error key_value
$self->{app_metrics}->{ $entry->{component} }->{errors} = $entry->{value};
};
}
1;
__END__
=head1 MODE
Check my-awesome-app metrics exposed through its API
=over 8
=item B<--warning/critical-health>
Warning and critical threshold for application health string.
Defaults values are: --warning-health='%{health} eq "yellow"' --critical-health='%{health} eq "red"'
=item B<--warning/critical-select>
Warning and critical threshold for select queries
=item B<--warning/critical-update>
Warning and critical threshold for update queries
=item B<--warning/critical-delete>
Warning and critical threshold for delete queries
=item B<--warning/critical-connections>
Warning and critical threshold for connections
=item B<--warning/critical-errors>
Warning and critical threshold for errors
=back

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#
# Copyright 2022 Centreon (http://www.centreon.com/)
#
# Centreon is a full-fledged industry-strength solution that meets
# the needs in IT infrastructure and application monitoring for
# service performance.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#
# Name of your perl package
package apps::myawesomeapp::api::plugin;
# Always use strict and warnings, will guarantee that your code is clean and help debugging it
use strict;
use warnings;
# Load the base for your plugin, here we don't do SNMP, SQL or have a custom directory, so we use the _simple base
use base qw(centreon::plugins::script_simple);
# Global sub to create and return the perl object. Don't bother understand what each instruction is doing.
sub new {
my ($class, %options) = @_;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(package => __PACKAGE__, %options);
bless $self, $class;
# A version, we don't really use it but could help if your want to version your code
$self->{version} = '0.1';
# Important part!
# On the left, the name of the mode as users will use it in their command line
# On the right, the path to the file (note that .pm is not present at the end)
$self->{modes} = {
'app-metrics' => 'apps::myawesomeapp::api::mode::appmetrics'
};
return $self;
}
# Declare this file as a perl module/package
1;
# Beginning of the documenation/help. __END__ Specify to the interpreter that instructions below don't need to be compiled
# =head1 [..] Specify the section level and the label when using the plugin with --help
# Check my-awesome [..] Quick overview of wath the plugin is doing
# =cut Close the head1 section
__END__
=head1 PLUGIN DESCRIPTION
Check my-awesome-app health and metrics through its custom API
=cut