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Protocol WHOIS

Pack Assets​

Templates​

The Centreon Pack WHOIS brings a host template:

  • App-Protocol-Whois-custom

It brings the following service template:

Service AliasService TemplateDefaultDiscovery
DomainApp-Protocol-Whois-Domain

Collected metrics & status​

Metric nameDescriptionUnit
domain statusDomain status: checkError, notRegistered,...
domain_name#whois.response.time.millisecondsTime to retrieve whois domain informationms
domain_name#domain.expires.secondsRegistration expiration times

Prerequisites​

To monitor your domains, the system command whois must be operational.

Setup​

  1. Install the Centreon package on every Centreon poller expected to monitor Protocol WHOIS resources:
yum install centreon-plugin-Applications-Protocol-Whois
  1. On the Centreon web interface, install the Protocol WHOIS Centreon Pack on the Configuration > Monitoring Connector Manager page.

Configuration​

Host​

  • Log into Centreon and add a new host through Configuration > Hosts.
  • Fill the Name, Alias & IP Address / DNS fields according to your Protocol WHOIS domain settings.
  • Apply the App-Protocol-Whois-custom template to the host.
  • Once the template is applied, fill in the corresponding macros. Some macros are mandatory.
MandatoryNameDescription
PROTOCOLWHOISEXTRAOPTIONSAny extra option you may want to add to the command (eg. a --verbose flag)

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

Once the plugin is installed, log into your Centreon poller's CLI using the centreon-engine user account (su - centreon-engine) and test the plugin by running the following command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_protocol_whois.pl \
    --plugin=apps::protocols::whois::plugin \
    --mode=domain \
    --domain='centreon.com' \
    --domain='centreon.fr' \
    --verbose

The expected command output is shown below:

OK: All domains are ok | 'centreon.com#whois.response.time.milliseconds'=237ms;;;0; 'centreon.com#domain.expires.seconds'=27417843s;;;0; 'centreon.fr#whois.response.time.milliseconds'=125ms;;;0; 'centreon.fr#domain.expires.seconds'=24120041s;;;0;
checking domain 'centreon.com'
    whois reponse time: 237 ms
    status: clientDeleteProhibited,clientTransferProhibited,clientDeleteProhibited,clientTransferProhibited
    expires in 10M 1w 5d 23h 13m 33s
checking domain 'centreon.fr'
    whois reponse time: 125 ms
    status: ACTIVE
    expires in 9M 5d 5h 39m 14s

All available options for a given mode can be displayed by adding the --help parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_protocol_whois.pl \
    --plugin=apps::protocols::whois::plugin \
    --mode=domain \
    --help

All available modes can be displayed by adding the --list-mode parameter to the command:

/usr/lib/centreon/plugins/centreon_protocol_whois.pl \
    --plugin=apps::protocols::whois::plugin \
    --list-mode

Troubleshooting​

Please find the troubleshooting documentation for plugins in this chapter.