Check starface-channel-status

Overview

Counts the number of current active DAHDI, SIP or other channels of the Starface PBX, and warns on possibly overusage (in percentage).

It uses the data output of the Starface Monitoring Module, which was originally written for Check_MK and listens on port 6556. Supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Fetched data is cached up to one minute, so that other Starface plugins running in parallel do not query the data again and overload the PBX.

Special features of this check:

  • Connects directly via Socket.

  • IPv4 (default), IPv6 capable.

  • Fetched data is cached up to one minute and shared between other monitoring plugins dealing with Starface PBX, so that those checks running in parallel do not query the data again and overload the PBX.

Fact Sheet

Check Plugin Download

https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/starface-channel-status

Check Interval Recommendation

Once a minute

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Compiled for

Linux, Windows

Requirements

Monitoring module for Starface PBX

Uses SQLite DBs

$TEMP/linuxfabrik-monitoring-plugins-starface.db

Help

usage: starface-channel-status [-h] [-V] [--always-ok]
                               [--cache-expire CACHE_EXPIRE] [--critical CRIT]
                               [-H HOSTNAME] [--port PORT] [--test TEST]
                               [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--warning WARN] [--ipv6]

Counts the number of current active DAHDI, SIP or other channels of the
Starface PBX, and warns on possibly overusage (in percentage). It uses the
data output of the Starface Monitoring Module, which was originally written
for Check_MK and listens on port 6556. Supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Fetched
data is cached up to one minute, so that other Starface plugins running in
parallel do not query the data again and overload the PBX.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok           Always returns OK.
  --cache-expire CACHE_EXPIRE
                        The amount of time after which the cached data
                        expires, in minutes. Default: 1
  --critical CRIT       Set the critical threshold (percentage). Default: 90
  -H HOSTNAME, --hostname HOSTNAME
                        Starface PBX address, can be IP address or hostname.
                        Default: localhost
  --port PORT           Starface PBX monitoring port. Default: 6556
  --test TEST           For unit tests. Needs "path-to-stdout-file,path-to-
                        stderr-file,expected-retc".
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Network timeout in seconds. Default: 8 (seconds)
  --warning WARN        Set the warning threshold (percentage). Default: 80
  --ipv6                Use IPv6.

Usage Examples

./starface-channel-status --cache-expire 1 --hostname mypbx --port 6556 --timeout 3

Output:

Current channels: 4x DAHDI, 7x SIP

States

Triggers an alarm on usage in percent.

  • WARN or CRIT if channel usage is above 80/90% (defaults)

Perfdata / Metrics

Name

Type

Description

channel_dahdi

Counter

Number of currently active DHADI connections

channel_other

Counter

Number of all other currently active connections

channel_sip

Counter

Number of currently active SIP connections

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