Services

`services`

Will return the current status of the service, generally this is running or stopped. On linux systems there may also be other statuses available to check against.

Options

Parameter	Default	Description
`against`		The name of the service to check against.
`expected`		The expected value to check for. If the value matches, it returns `OK`, if it doesn't, it returns `CRITICAL`.
`pretty`	false	Set to `1` or `true` to format the JSON returned using a pretty print function.
`check`	false	To run the endpoint and get check results, set to `1` or `true`.

Example

URLURL (Check)Plugin

https://localhost:5995/status/services?token=private&pretty=1

https://localhost:5995/status/services?token=private&pretty=1&expected=running&against=rcagent&check=1

./check_rcagent.py -H localhost -t private -e services -q "against=rcagent" -q "expected=running"

Reponse

URLURL (Check)Plugin

[
    {
        "name": "AdobeARMservice",
        "status": "running"
    },
    {
        "name": "AdobeUpdateService",
        "status": "running"
    },
    ...
]

{
    "exitcode": 2,
    "output": "CRITICAL - rcagent is [stopped] (expected value is [running])",
    "perfdata": "",
    "longoutput": ""
}

CRITICAL - rcagent is [stopped] (expected value is [running])