Check sensors-battery

Overview

Return battery status information. If no battery is installed or metrics can’t be determined OK is returned.

Fact Sheet

Check Plugin Download

https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/sensors-battery

Check Interval Recommendation

Once a minute

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Compiled for

Linux

3rd Party Python modules

psutil

Help

usage: sensors-battery [-h] [-V] [--always-ok] [-c CRIT] [-w WARN]

Return battery status information. If no battery is installed or metrics can't
be determined OK is returned.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok           Always returns OK.
  -c CRIT, --critical CRIT
                        Set the critical threshold for battery power left as a
                        percentage. Default: 5
  -w WARN, --warning WARN
                        Set the warning threshold for battery power left as a
                        percentage. Default: 20

Usage Examples

./sensors-battery --warning 20 --critical 5

Output:

94.13%, 4h 40m left (not plugged in and discharging)

States

  • WARN or CRIT if battery power left as % is below a given threshold.

Perfdata / Metrics

  • battery power as a percentage (%)

  • time left (seconds)

Credits, License