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check_couchdb
Introduction
Check couchdb status.
Requirements
- curl
- jq
- a running couchdb service
- authentication (see section Installation below)
Syntax
> check_couchdb -h
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CHECK_COUCHDB
v0.7
(c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
Licence: GNU GPL 3
https://os-docs.iml.unibe.ch/icinga-checks/Checks/check_couchdb.html
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Show couchdb status.
SYNTAX:
check_couchdb [-h] [-t FILE] -m MODE
OPTIONS:
-h or --help show this help.
-c CFGFILE set a custom config file
default: /etc/icingaclient/.couchdb
-m MODE test a value; for debugging purposes the full json
response will be shown
MODE is one of
httpd Show counters for http request types
httpd_methods Show counters for http request methods
open_databases show number of open databases
open_os_files show number of file descriptors CouchDB has open
replication show last replication status
pending show count of pending updates for nodes, dbs and users
replication show last replication status
up show general couchdb health status
EXAMPLE:
check_couchdb -m up
Check if couchdb is up and running
check_couchdb -m httpd_methods
Show counters and change rate per sec of GET, POST, and other methods
check_couchdb -c /opt/couchdb/myconfig.sh -m up
Source another config to define COUCH_URL
Installation
The check script by default sources a file /etc/icingaclient/.couchdb.
It is a shell script with read permissions for the icinga user.
It contains a line with the url to couchdb
# ls -l /etc/icingaclient/.couchdb
-r--------. 1 icingaclient icingaclient 110 Aug 29 09:53 /etc/icingaclient/.couchdb
# cat /etc/icingaclient/.couchdb
export COUCH_URL=http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@localhost:5984
The variable COUCH_URL will be used to request status information.
With parameter -c CFGFILE can define another location where to find the variable COUCH_URL.
Checks
With the parameter -m METHOD you define what kind of check to perform.
httpd
Show counters for http request types.
All values are taken from /_node/_local/_stats/couchdb/httpd
check_couchdb -m httpd_methods returns
OK: Couchdb :: Http request methods
______________________Property____Counter______Delta
aborted_requests 0 0 per sec
bulk_requests 0 0 per sec
requests 190116 1 per sec
view_timeouts 0 0 per sec
find_timeouts 0 0 per sec
explain_timeouts 0 0 per sec
all_docs_timeouts 0 0 per sec
partition_view_requests 0 0 per sec
partition_find_requests 0 0 per sec
partition_explain_requests 0 0 per sec
partition_all_docs_requests 0 0 per sec
partition_view_timeouts 0 0 per sec
partition_find_timeouts 0 0 per sec
partition_explain_timeouts 0 0 per sec
partition_all_docs_timeouts 0 0 per sec
temporary_view_reads 0 0 per sec
view_reads 0 0 per sec
clients_requesting_changes 0 0 per sec
purge_requests 0 0 per sec
|abortedrequests=0;; bulkrequests=0;; requests=1;; viewtimeouts=0;; findtimeouts=0;; explaintimeouts=0;; alldocstimeouts=0;; partitionviewrequests=0;; partitionfindrequests=0;; partitionexplainrequests=0;; partitionalldocsrequests=0;; partitionviewtimeouts=0;; partitionfindtimeouts=0;; partitionexplaintimeouts=0;; partitionalldocstimeouts=0;; temporaryviewreads=0;; viewreads=0;; clientsrequestingchanges=0;; purgerequests=0;;
Description of the properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| aborted_requests | number of aborted requests |
| bulk_requests | number of bulk requests |
| requests | number of HTTP requests |
| view_timeouts | number of HTTP view timeouts |
| find_timeouts | number of HTTP find timeouts |
| explain_timeouts | number of HTTP _explain timeouts |
| all_docs_timeouts | number of HTTP all_docs timeouts |
| partition_view_requests | number of partition HTTP view requests |
| partition_find_requests | number of partition HTTP _find requests |
| partition_explain_requests | number of partition HTTP _explain requests |
| partition_all_docs_requests | number of partition HTTP _all_docs requests |
| partition_view_timeouts | number of partition HTTP view timeouts |
| partition_find_timeouts | number of partition HTTP find timeouts |
| partition_explain_timeouts | number of partition HTTP _explain timeouts |
| partition_all_docs_timeouts | number of partition HTTP all_docs timeouts |
| temporary_view_reads | number of temporary view reads |
| view_reads | number of view reads |
| clients_requesting_changes | number of clients for continuous _changes |
| purge_requests | number of purge requests |
httpd_methods
Show counters for http request methods.
All values are taken from /_node/_local/_stats/couchdb/httpd_request_methods
check_couchdb -m httpd_methods returns
OK: Couchdb :: Http request methods
____Method____Counter______Delta
COPY 0 0 per sec
DELETE 1 0 per sec
GET 190332 1 per sec
HEAD 0 0 per sec
OPTIONS 0 0 per sec
POST 0 0 per sec
PUT 0 0 per sec
|copy=0;; delete=0;; get=1;; head=0;; options=0;; post=0;; put=0;;
httpd_status_codes
Show counters per http status code.
All values are taken from /_node/_local/_stats/couchdb/httpd_status_codes
check_couchdb -m httpd_status_codes returns
OK: Couchdb :: Http status codes
____Status____Counter______Delta
200 199970 1 per sec
201 0 0 per sec
202 0 0 per sec
204 0 0 per sec
206 0 0 per sec
301 0 0 per sec
302 0 0 per sec
304 0 0 per sec
400 0 0 per sec
401 2 0 per sec
403 0 0 per sec
404 9 0 per sec
405 0 0 per sec
406 0 0 per sec
409 0 0 per sec
412 0 0 per sec
413 0 0 per sec
414 0 0 per sec
415 0 0 per sec
416 0 0 per sec
417 0 0 per sec
500 0 0 per sec
501 0 0 per sec
503 0 0 per sec
|http200=1;; http201=0;; http202=0;; http204=0;; http206=0;; http301=0;; http302=0;; http304=0;; http400=0;; http401=0;; http403=0;; http404=0;; http405=0;; http406=0;; http409=0;; http412=0;; http413=0;; http414=0;; http415=0;; http416=0;; http417=0;; http500=0;; http501=0;; http503=0;;
open_databases
Show number of open databases
The value is taken from /_node/_local/_stats/couchdb/open_databases
This check sends performance data.
check_couchdb -m open_databases returns
OK: Couchdb :: open_databases = 0
|opendatabases=0;;
open_os_files
Show number of file descriptors CouchDB has open
The value is taken from /_node/_local/_stats/couchdb/open_os_files
This check sends performance data.
check_couchdb -m open_os_files returns
OK: Couchdb :: open_os_files = 0
|openosfiles=0;;
pending
From url /up it fetches from seeds -> [node] -> pending_updates the values for
- _nodes
- _dbs
- _users
and summarizes its values.
It switches to warning if one of the values is > 0.
This check sends performance data.
check_couchdb -m pending returns
OK: Couchdb :: pending updates: 0 (values below 'pending_updates' in /_up)
Reponse: of /_up
{
"status": "ok",
"seeds": {
"couchdb@192.168.25.172": {
"timestamp": "2023-08-28T07:27:54.938619Z",
"last_replication_status": "ok",
"pending_updates": {
"_nodes": 0,
"_dbs": 0,
"_users": 0
}
},
"couchdb@192.168.25.61": {}
}
}
|nodes=0;; dbs=0;; users=0;;
replication
From url /up it fetches seeds -> [node] -> last_replication_status.
It switches to critical if one of the seeds is not “ok”.
check_couchdb -m replication returns
OK: Couchdb :: replication (values 'last_replication_status' in /_up are 'ok')
Reponse: of /_up
{
"status": "ok",
"seeds": {
"couchdb@192.168.25.172": {
"timestamp": "2023-08-28T07:27:54.938619Z",
"last_replication_status": "ok",
"pending_updates": {
"_nodes": 0,
"_dbs": 0,
"_users": 0
}
},
"couchdb@192.168.25.61": {}
}
}
up
Simple check if couchdb is up and running.
From url /up it fetches the value status.
It switches to critical if one of the seeds is not “ok”.
check_couchdb -m up returns
OK: Couchdb :: health status (value 'status' in /_up is 'ok')
Reponse of /_up:
{
"status": "ok",
"seeds": {
"couchdb@192.168.25.172": {
"timestamp": "2023-08-28T07:27:54.938619Z",
"last_replication_status": "ok",
"pending_updates": {
"_nodes": 0,
"_dbs": 0,
"_users": 0
}
},
"couchdb@192.168.25.61": {}
}
}