Overview

Commands are configuration elements used to describe plugins usage.

It tells Shinken where to find plugins, how to use it, what arguments are necessary, and how to substitute arguments by Data.

For example, check_ping is a plugin used to ping a host, and get informations about network connectivity with host :

check_ping -H <host_address> -w <wrta>,<wpl>% -c <crta>,<cpl>%

Plugin help tells that to use the command, we need to pass, as argument the following :

• -H : host address
• -w : wrta,wpl (Warning Round Trip Average, Warning Packet Loss)
• -c : crta, cpl (Critical Round Trip Average, Critical Packet Loss)

The corresponding commands should be :

check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$

In this way, Shinken Enterprise will able to replace arguments by the corresponding value, depending of HOSTADDRESS and arguments given to command.