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Google Gsuite

Overview

Google GSuite, is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed and marketed by Google.

The Centreon Plugin-Pack aims to collect the real-time status and availability of the GSuite's applications by requesting the dedicated Status API available on Google servers.

Plugin-Pack assets

Monitored objects

  • Applications: Gmail, Meet, Drive, etc...

The list of the applications that can be monitored is available here: https://workspace.google.fr/intl/en/features/

Discovery rules

Rule nameDescription
App-Google-Gsuite-Api--Application-NameDiscover GSuite applications and monitor their status

Monitored metrics

Metric nameDescription
google.apps.current.countNumber of applications currently monitored
statusstatus of the Gsuite application

Prerequisites

AWS Configuration

The Centreon Poller that will be used to monitor Google GSuite must be able to reach the related servers (www.google.com) on the Internet using the TCP/443 HTTPS port. The plugin allows you to use a proxy if needed.

Setup

  1. Install the Centreon Plugin package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Google GSuite applications:
yum install centreon-plugin-centreon-plugin-Applications-Google-Gsuite-Api
  1. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Google GSuite Centreon Plugin-Pack on the "Configuration > Plugin Packs > Manager" page
  1. Install the Centreon Plugin package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Google GSuite applications:
yum install centreon-plugin-centreon-plugin-Applications-Google-Gsuite-Api
  1. Install the Centreon Plugin-Pack RPM on the Centreon Central server:
yum install centreon-pack-applications-google-gsuite-api
  1. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Google GSuite Centreon Plugin-Pack on the "Configuration > Plugin Packs > Manager" page

Configuration

  • Log into Centreon and add a new Host through "Configuration > Hosts".
  • Fill the "IP Address / DNS" field with a localhost IP address (e.g 127.0.0.1)
  • Select the *App-Google-Gsuite-Api.

This Host Template is a dummy type so the Host check command won't initiate a ping request to an Internet ressource (this kind of request usually being denied). The Host status would then always be OK

MandatoryNameDescription
XGOOGLEAPPSSTATUSHOSTNAMEIP or name of the Status server (Default: 'www.google.com')
XGOOGLEAPPSSTATUSPORTPort used to reach the Google server (Default: '443')
XGOOGLEAPPSSTATUSPROTOProtocol used to reach the Google server (Default: 'https')
XGOOGLEAPPSSTATUSLANGUAGELanguage for the Application names (Default: 'en')
PROXYURLConfigure a proxy URL to use if needed
EXTRAOPTIONSAny extra option you may want to add to every command_line (eg. a --verbose flag)
DUMMYSTATUSHost state. Default is OK, do not modify it unless you know what you are doing
DUMMYOUTPUTHost check output. Default is 'This is a dummy check'. Customize it with your own if needed

This template will deploy one "Global" Service that will monitor all of the applications. Use the Service Discovery feature if you wish to get one Service per application.

FAQ

How to check in the CLI that the configuration is OK and what are the main options for ?

Once the plugin installed, log into your Centreon Poller CLI using the centreon-engine user account and test the Plugin by running the following command (Some of the parameters such as proxyurl have to be adjusted):

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_google_gsuite_api.pl \
    --plugin='apps::google::gsuite::plugin' \
    --mode=applications \
    --hostname='www.google.com' \
    --proto='https' \
    --port='443' \
    --proxyurl='http://myproxy.mycompany.org:8080' \
    --language='en' \
    --filter-app='mail|drive|meet' \
    --warning-status='%{status} eq "DEGRADED"' \
    --critical-status='%{status} eq "UNAVALAIBLE"' \
    --verbose

Expected command output is shown below:

OK: 3 GApps - All Google Apps are ok | 'google.apps.current.count'=3;;;0;
Gmail (OK): '' (since '2020-10-10T10:00:00')
Google Drive (OK): '' (since '2020-10-10T10:00:00')
Google Meet (OK): '' (since '2020-10-10T10:00:00')

In this example, the Plugin gets the status and availability of GSuite applications (--plugin='apps::google::gsuite::plugin' --mode=applications) by requesting the official Google status server API (--hostname='www.google.com' --proto='https' --port='443'). Only the status of the gmail, drive and meet applications will be displayed (--filter-app='gmail|drive|meet').

This command would trigger a WARNING alert if one of the applications is reported as degraded (--warning-status='%{status} eq "DEGRADED"') and a CRITICAL alert for a total outage on an application (--critical-status='%{status} eq "UNAVALAIBLE"').

All the filters that can be used as well as all the available thresholds parameters can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_google_gsuite_api.pl \
--plugin='apps::google::gsuite::plugin' \
--mode=applications \
--help

Why do I get the following message: UNKNOWN: 500 Can't connect to www.google.com.443 |

This error message means that the Centreon Plugin couldn't successfully connect to the Google API. Check that no third party device (such as a firewall) is blocking the request. A proxy connection may also be necessary to connect to the API. This can be done by using this option in the command: --proxyurl='http://proxy.mycompany:8080'.

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