service (windows)

check_service

Checks the state of one or multiple windows services.

There is a specific check_service for linux as well.

• Examples
• Argument Defaults
• Attributes

Implementation

Windows	Linux	FreeBSD	MacOSX
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Examples

Default Check

Checking all services except some excluded ones:

check_service exclude=edgeupdate exclude=RemoteRegistry
OK - All 15 service(s) are ok |'count'=15;;;0 'failed'=0;;;0

Checking a single service:

check_service service=dhcp
OK - All 1 service(s) are ok.

Example using NRPE and Naemon

Naemon Config

define command{
    command_name         check_nrpe
    command_line         $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -n -c $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$
}

define service {
    host_name            testhost
    service_description  check_service
    use                  generic-service
    check_command        check_nrpe!check_service!service=dhcp
}

Argument Defaults

Argument	Default Value
filter	none
warning	state != ‘running’ && start_type = ‘delayed’
critical	state != ‘running’ && start_type = ‘auto’
empty-state	3 (UNKNOWN)
empty-syntax	%(status) - No services found
top-syntax	%(status) - %(crit_list), delayed (%(warn_list))
ok-syntax	%(status) - All %(count) service(s) are ok.
detail-syntax	${name}=${state} (${start_type})

Check Specific Arguments

Argument	Description
exclude	List of services to exclude from the check (mainly used when service is set to *)
service	Name of the service to check (set to * to check all services). Default: *

Attributes

Filter Keywords

these can be used in filters and thresholds (along with the default attributes):

Attribute	Description
name	The name of the service
service	Alias for name
desc	Description of the service
state	The state of the service, one of: stopped, starting, stopping, running, continuing, pausing, paused or unknown
pid	The pid of the service
created	Date when service was started
age	Seconds since service was started
rss	Memory rss in bytes
vms	Memory vms in bytes
cpu	CPU usage in percent
delayed	If the service is delayed, can be 0 or 1
classification	Classification of the service, one of: kernel-driver, system-driver, service-adapter, driver, service-own-process, service-shared-process, service or interactive
start_type	The configured start type, one of: boot, system, delayed, auto, demand, disabled or unknown