rsync_watch 0.4.0

A Python script to monitor the execution of a rsync task.

rsync-watch.py

A Python script to monitor the execution of a rsync task.

Features

• The script rsync-watch.py parses the rsync --stats output and sends this statistics to a monitoring system like Nagios or Icinga using the NSCA protocol.

• The script rsync-watch.py can be configured to perform various checks before starting the rsync process.

usage: rsync-watch.py [-h] [--beep] [--host-name HOST_NAME]
                      [--rsync-args RSYNC_ARGS]
                      [--action-check-failed {exception,skip}]
                      [--check-file FILE_PATH] [--check-ping DESTINATION]
                      [--check-ssh-login SSH_LOGIN] [-v]
                      [--email-from-addr EMAIL_FROM_ADDR]
                      [--email-to-addr EMAIL_TO_ADDR]
                      [--email-to-addr-critical EMAIL_TO_ADDR_CRITICAL]
                      [--email-smtp-login EMAIL_SMTP_LOGIN]
                      [--email-smtp-password EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD]
                      [--email-smtp-server EMAIL_SMTP_SERVER]
                      [--nsca-remote-host NSCA_REMOTE_HOST]
                      [--nsca-password NSCA_PASSWORD]
                      [--nsca-encryption-method NSCA_ENCRYPTION_METHOD]
                      [--nsca-port NSCA_PORT]
                      [--beep-activated BEEP_ACTIVATED]
                      src dest

A Python script to monitor the execution of a rsync task.

positional arguments:
  src                   The source ([[USER@]HOST:]SRC)
  dest                  The destination ([[USER@]HOST:]DEST)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --beep                Give auditive feedback by using the “beep” command.
  --host-name HOST_NAME
                        The hostname to submit over NSCA to the monitoring.
  --rsync-args RSYNC_ARGS
                        Rsync CLI arguments. Insert some rsync command line
                        arguments.Wrap all arguments in one string, for
                        example: --rsync-args '--exclude "this folder"'
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

checks:
  Perform different checks before running the rsync task.

  --action-check-failed {exception,skip}
                        Select action what to do when a check failed.
  --check-file FILE_PATH
                        Check if a file exists on the local machine.
  --check-ping DESTINATION
                        Check if a remote host is reachable by pinging.
                        DESTINATION can a IP address or a host name or a full
                        qualified host name.
  --check-ssh-login SSH_LOGIN
                        Check if a remote host is reachable over the network
                        by SSHing into it. SSH_LOGIN: “root@192.168.1.1” or
                        “[e-mail]” or “example.com”.

email:
  Generated by the config_reader.

  --email-from-addr EMAIL_FROM_ADDR
                        The email address of the sender.
  --email-to-addr EMAIL_TO_ADDR
                        The email address of the recipient.
  --email-to-addr-critical EMAIL_TO_ADDR_CRITICAL
                        The email address of the recipient to send critical
                        messages to.
  --email-smtp-login EMAIL_SMTP_LOGIN
                        The SMTP login name.
  --email-smtp-password EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD
                        The SMTP password.
  --email-smtp-server EMAIL_SMTP_SERVER
                        The URL of the SMTP server, for example:
                        `smtp.example.com:587`.

nsca:
  Generated by the config_reader.

  --nsca-remote-host NSCA_REMOTE_HOST
                        The IP address of the NSCA remote host.
  --nsca-password NSCA_PASSWORD
                        The NSCA password.
  --nsca-encryption-method NSCA_ENCRYPTION_METHOD
                        The NSCA encryption method. The supported encryption
                        methods are: 0 1 2 3 4 8 11 14 15 16
  --nsca-port NSCA_PORT
                        The NSCA port.

beep:
  Generated by the config_reader.

  --beep-activated BEEP_ACTIVATED
                        Activate the beep channel to report auditive messages.