check_routeros - Monitoring MikroTik devices

This is a monitoring plugin for Icinga, Nagios and other compatible monitoring solutions to check MikroTik devices running RouterOS. It uses the API to fetch the required information.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.6
• Python Packages
  • Click
  • librouteros
  • nagiosplugin

Installation

PIP

If you want to use pip we recommend to use as virtualenv to install the dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy the script check_routeros.py and the directory routeros_check into your plugin directory.

Debian/Ubuntu

Install the required packages

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-click python3-librouteros python3-nagiosplugin

Copy the script check_routeros.py and the directory routeros_check into your plugin directory.

From PyPI

Install the package from PyPI.

pip install routeros-check

You should be able to run check_routeros after the package installation has been finished successfully.

Note You have to update the command in the icinga CheckCommand example config.

Usage

To get the latest help just run the following command.

./check_routeros.py --help

To get help for a subcommand just extend the previous command with the subcommand. In the example below you will see how to get help for the tool.ping subcommand.

./check_routeros.py tool.ping --help

Subcommands/Checks

All commands require at least api and read permissions. The permissions documented in the table are additional permissions.

To get more information about the available subcommands/checks have a look at the check_routeros Command Reference

Resources

• Git-Repository: https://github.com/DinoTools/monitoring-check_routeros
• Issues: https://github.com/DinoTools/monitoring-check_routeros/issues
• Documentation: https://dinotools.github.io/monitoring-check_routeros

License

GPLv3+