Creating a Plugin
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[edit] Introduction
This page contains information about plugins for GroundWork Monitor.
Nagios has many existing plugins that you can find in the plugin repository at: Nagios Plugins - Home of the Official Plugins
Documentation and resources available for plugin creation are discussed below.
[edit] What is a Plugin?
A plugin is an external program the interacts with GroundWork Monitor to provide a specific function.
You can create your own plugins to extend the capabilities of GroundWork Monitor.
[edit] How to Create a Plugin
Documentation and tutorials are readily available to help you as you create your own plugins:
- Nagios plugin development guidelines - Reference for plugin developers
- Plugin coding standards and conventions
- Plugin Tutorial Using Scripts
[edit] Resources
- Plugin repository: http://nagiosplugins.org/
- Plugin coding standards and conventions: http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/pluginapi.html
- http://nagiosplugins.org/man
- Plugin developer guidelines: http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html
- Plugin-development tutorial using scripts: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-nagios/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=HP&ca=dgr-lnxw16nagioswrite
- Tools for plugin developers: http://nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?d=1
- Check plugins: http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Check_Plugins%2Findex.html;d=1
