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MySQL Status Check in Nagios 2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 2, 2015

Part one of this series introduced the concept of using a web status page for nagios checks and how to setup a mysql and php status page. In part two the nagios check itself is detailed along with “what other interesting things could one do.”
The Nagios Check Script

For simplification I will follow what seems to be “the systhread standard” and first break the script down into pieces and at the end put it all together. First setting things up:

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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