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community.general.sensu_check – Manage Sensu checks
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.sensu_check.
Synopsis
- Manage the checks that should be run on a machine by Sensu.
 - Most options do not have a default and will not be added to the check definition unless specified.
 - All defaults except path, state, backup and metric are not managed by this module,
 - they are simply specified for your convenience.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| aggregate
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Classifies the check as an aggregate check,
        
       
        making it available via the aggregate API
        
       
        Default is  false.
        | 
     
| backup
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Create a backup file (if yes), including the timestamp information so
        
       
        you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
         | 
     
| command
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Path to the sensu check to run (not required when state=absent)
         | 
     |
| custom
        
        dictionary
         | 
      Default: 
        {}
         | 
      
        
        A hash/dictionary of custom parameters for mixing to the configuration.
        
       
        You can't rewrite others module parameters using this
         | 
     
| dependencies
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      Default: 
        []
         | 
      
        
        Other checks this check depends on, if dependencies fail handling of this check will be disabled
         | 
     
| handle
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the check should be handled or not
        
       
        Default is  false.
        | 
     
| handlers
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      Default: 
        []
         | 
      
        
        List of handlers to notify when the check fails
         | 
     
| high_flap_threshold
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The high threshold for flap detection
         | 
     |
| interval
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Check interval in seconds
         | 
     |
| low_flap_threshold
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The low threshold for flap detection
         | 
     |
| metric
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the check is a metric
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the check
        
       
        This is the key that is used to determine whether a check exists
         | 
     |
| occurrences
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Number of event occurrences before the handler should take action
        
       
        If not specified, defaults to 1.
         | 
     |
| path
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "/etc/sensu/conf.d/checks.json"
         | 
      
        
        Path to the json file of the check to be added/removed.
        
       
        Will be created if it does not exist (unless state=absent).
        
       
        The parent folders need to exist when state=present, otherwise an error will be thrown
         | 
     
| publish
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the check should be scheduled at all.
        
       
        You can still issue it via the sensu api
        
       
        Default is  false.
        | 
     
| refresh
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Number of seconds handlers should wait before taking second action
         | 
     |
| source
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The check source, used to create a JIT Sensu client for an external resource (e.g. a network switch).
         | 
     |
| standalone
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the check should be scheduled by the sensu client or server
        
       
        This option obviates the need for specifying the subscribers option
        
       
        Default is  false.
        | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the check should be present or not
         | 
     
| subdue_begin
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When to disable handling of check failures
         | 
     |
| subdue_end
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When to enable handling of check failures
         | 
     |
| subscribers
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      Default: 
        []
         | 
      
        
        List of subscribers/channels this check should run for
        
       
        See sensu_subscribers to subscribe a machine to a channel
         | 
     
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Timeout for the check
        
       
        If not specified, it defaults to 10.
         | 
     |
| ttl
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Time to live in seconds until the check is considered stale
         | 
     
Examples
# Fetch metrics about the CPU load every 60 seconds,
# the sensu server has a handler called 'relay' which forwards stats to graphite
- name: Get cpu metrics
  community.general.sensu_check:
    name: cpu_load
    command: /etc/sensu/plugins/system/cpu-mpstat-metrics.rb
    metric: yes
    handlers: relay
    subscribers: common
    interval: 60
# Check whether nginx is running
- name: Check nginx process
  community.general.sensu_check:
    name: nginx_running
    command: /etc/sensu/plugins/processes/check-procs.rb -f /var/run/nginx.pid
    handlers: default
    subscribers: nginx
    interval: 60
# Stop monitoring the disk capacity.
# Note that the check will still show up in the sensu dashboard,
# to remove it completely you need to issue a DELETE request to the sensu api.
- name: Check disk
  community.general.sensu_check:
    name: check_disk_capacity
    state: absent
  Authors
- Anders Ingemann (@andsens)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/sensu_check_module.html