Command Reference

check_routeros

Usage:

check_routeros [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--host	text	Hostname or IP address of the device to connect to	_required
--hostname	text	Use this hostname to check the SSL certificates	None
--port	text	The port to use. Defaults to 8728 for non SSL connections and 8729 for SSL connections	None
--username	text	The username of the monitoring user. Do NOT use a user with admin privileges	_required
--password	text	The password of the monitoring user	_required
--connection-timeout	integer	The connection timeout (Default: 10 seconds). Set to 0 to disable timeout, but be careful.	10
--routeros-version	text	Version of RouterOS running on the device. The value 'auto' is special and if set the check will try to detect the version automatically. The 'auto' option is recommended. Examples: '6', '6.48.8', '7', '7.8', 'auto' (Default: auto)	auto
--ssl / --no-ssl	boolean	Use a SSL encrypted connections to communicate with the device	True
--ssl-cafile	text	Custom CA file to check SSL certificates	None
--ssl-capath	text	Custom path to look for CA files to check SSL certificates	None
--ssl-force-no-certificate	boolean	Force an anonymous connection	False
--ssl-verify / --no-ssl-verify	boolean	Verify the SSL certificate	True
--ssl-verify-hostname / --no-ssl-verify-hostname	boolean	N/A	True
-v, --verbose	integer range (0 and above)	N/A	0
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

Subcommands

• interface: Check the state and the stats of interfaces
• interface.gre: Check the state of a GRE interface.
• interface.vrrp: Check the state of VRRP interfaces
• routing.bgp.peers: No description was provided with this command.
• routing.ospf.neighbors: Check the state of an OSPF neighbor
• system.clock: This command reads the information from /system/clock to extract the required information.
• system.cpu: This command reads the information from /system/resource and /system/resource/cpu to extract the required
• system.disk: No description was provided with this command.
• system.fan: No description was provided with this command.
• system.license: No description was provided with this command.
• system.memory: No description was provided with this command.
• system.ntp.client:
• system.power: Check the total power consumption of a device. This might not be available on all devices
• system.psu: Check the power supply units (PSU)
• system.temperature: This command reads the information from /system/health and extracts all values containing the
• system.update: No description was provided with this command.
• system.uptime: Get Uptime of a device
• tool.ping: Execute a ping command on the device to check other devices

check_routeros interface

Check the state and the stats of interfaces

Usage:

check_routeros interface [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--name	text	The name of the GRE interface to monitor. This can be specified multiple times	[]
--regex	boolean	Treat the specified names as regular expressions and try to find all matching interfaces. (Default: not set)	False
--single	boolean	If set the check expects the interface to exist	False
--ignore-disabled / --no-ignore-disabled	boolean	Ignore disabled interfaces	True
--cookie-filename	text	The filename to use to store the information to calculate the rate. '{name}' will be replaced with the interface name. Also '{host}' and '{hostname}' will be replaced with the values provided as commandline options. You must create uniq filenames to get the correct rate. (Default: /tmp/check_routeros_interface_{name}.data) If multiple devices are checked use something like: /tmp/check_routeros_interface_{host}_{name}.data	/tmp/check_routeros_interface_{name}.data
--value-default	text	Set a default value if the value is not provided by RouterOS. Format of the value must be compatible with RouterOS values. Example: Set the default speed value for interfaces: --value-override speed:10Gbps Looks like there is a bug where RouterOS does not report the current speed of the interface (RouterOS 7.8 - 7.14.2?).	None
--value-override	text	Override a value read from the RouterOS device. Format of the value must be compatible with RouterOS values. Example: Override/Set the speed value for bridges or tunnels: --value-override speed:10Gbps	None
--value-warning	text	Set a warning threshold for a value. Example: If cpu1-load should be in the range of 10% to 20% you can set --value-warning cpu-load:10:200 Can be specified multiple times	None
--value-critical	text	Set a critical threshold for a value. Example: If cpu1-load should be in the range of 10% to 20% you can set --value-critical cpu-load:10:200 Can be specified multiple times	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros interface.gre

Check the state of a GRE interface.

Usage:

check_routeros interface.gre [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--name	text	The name of the GRE interface to monitor. This can be specified multiple times	[]
--regex	boolean	Treat the specified names as regular expressions and try to find all matching interfaces. (Default: not set)	False
--single	boolean	If set the check expects the interface to exist	False
--ignore-disabled / --no-ignore-disabled	boolean	Ignore disabled interfaces	True
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros interface.vrrp

Check the state of VRRP interfaces

Usage:

check_routeros interface.vrrp [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--name	text	The name of the VRRP interface to check	_required
--master	boolean	If set the interface must be master	False
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros routing.bgp.peers

Usage:

check_routeros routing.bgp.peers [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--name	text	The name of the BGP peer to check. This can be specified multiple times	[]
--regex	boolean	Treat the specified names as regular expressions and try to find all matching peers. (Default: not set)	False
--single	boolean	If set the check expects the peer to exist	False
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros routing.ospf.neighbors

Check the state of an OSPF neighbor

Usage:

check_routeros routing.ospf.neighbors [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--area	text	The area the neighbor router belongs to (only supported on RouterOS v7.x	None
--instance	text	The name of the OSPF instance	_required
--router-id	text	The ID of the neighbor router	_required
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.clock

This command reads the information from /system/clock to extract the required information.

Usage:

check_routeros system.clock [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--warning	float	Warning threshold for time diff in seconds	None
--critical	float	Critical threshold for time diff in seconds	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.cpu

This command reads the information from /system/resource and /system/resource/cpu to extract the required information.

Usage:

check_routeros system.cpu [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--load-warning	text	Warning threshold for global cpu load	None
--load-critical	text	Critical threshold for global cpu load	None
--value-warning	text	Set a warning threshold for a value. Example: If cpu1-load should be in the range of 10% to 20% you can set --value-warning cpu-load:10:200 Can be specified multiple times	None
--value-critical	text	Set a critical threshold for a value. Example: If cpu1-load should be in the range of 10% to 20% you can set --value-critical cpu-load:10:200 Can be specified multiple times	None
--regex	boolean	Treat values from --value-warning and --value-critical as regex to find all matching values.Example: Warn if cpu load of at least one CPU is above 80%: --value-warning 'cpu\d+-load:80'	False
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.disk

Usage:

check_routeros system.disk [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--used / --free	boolean	Set if used or free memory should be checked. (Default: used)	True
--warning	text	Warning threshold in % or MB. Example (20% oder 20 = 20MB)	_required
--critical	text	Critical threshold in % or MB. Example (20% oder 20 = 20MB)	_required
--bad-blocks-warning	text	Warning threshold for bad blocks. Example: 20 -> 20% bad blocks	None
--bad-blocks-critical	text	Critical threshold for bad blocks	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.fan

Usage:

check_routeros system.fan [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--value-warning	text	Set a warning threshold for a value. Example: If fan1-speed should be in the range of 4000 to 5000 you can set --value-warning fan1-speed:4000:5000 Can be specified multiple times	None
--value-critical	text	Set a critical threshold for a value. Example: If fan1-speed should be in the range of 4000 to 5000 you can set --value-critical fan1-speed:4000:5000 Can be specified multiple times	None
--regex	boolean	Treat values from --value-warning and --value-critical as regex to find all matching values	False
--no-fan-ok	boolean	The check will be unknown if no fan is available. Provide this option to ignore this.	False
--expect-fan	text	Name of the fan to expect. Can be specified multiple times.	[]
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.license

Usage:

check_routeros system.license [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--deadline-warning	text	Number of days until deadline is reached (Default: '28:')	28:
--deadline-critical	text	Number of days until deadline is reached (Default: '14:')	14:
--next-renewal-warning	text	Number of days until renewal is done (Default: None, Example: '-14:')	None
--next-renewal-critical	text	Number of days until renewal is done (Default: None)	None
--level	text	Allowed license levels. Repeat to use multiple values.	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.memory

Usage:

check_routeros system.memory [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--used / --free	boolean	Set if used or free memory should be checked. (Default: used)	True
--warning	text	Warning threshold in % or MB. Example (20% oder 20 = 20MB)	_required
--critical	text	Critical threshold in % or MB. Example (20% oder 20 = 20MB)	_required
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.ntp.client

This command reads the information from /system/ntp/client to extract the required information.

It checks if is the NTP client enabled, if the NTP server is reachable and if is the offset in the threshold.

Usage:

check_routeros system.ntp.client [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--last-update-before-warning	float	The time from the NTP server should at least be synchronised in the last N seconds. Default: 30 minutes = 1800 seconds Note: This is only available on RouterOS 6.x	1800
--last-update-before-critical	float	The time from the NTP server should at least be synchronised in the last N seconds. Default: 60 minutes = 3600 seconds Note: This is only available on RouterOS 6.x	3600
--offset-warning	float	Warning threshold for offset from the NTP server in seconds	10.0
--offset-critical	float	Critical threshold for offset from the NTP server in seconds	30.0
--stratum-warning	integer	Check the stratum and report warning state if it does not match. Note: The stratum is only available on RouterOS 7.x	None
--stratum-critical	integer	Check the stratum and report critical state if it does not match. Note: The stratum is only available on RouterOS 7.x	None
--expected-server	text	Address of the ntp server we expect to get our time from. This must be the IPv4/IPv6 address and not the FQDN. It can be provided multiple times. Example: --expected-server 10.0.0.1 --expected-server 192.168.1.1	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.power

Check the total power consumption of a device. This might not be available on all devices

Usage:

check_routeros system.power [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--warning	text	Warning threshold for total power consumption	None
--critical	text	Critical threshold for total power consumption	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.psu

Check the power supply units (PSU)

Usage:

check_routeros system.psu [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--value-warning	text	Set a warning threshold for a value. Example: If psu1-voltage should be in the range of 12-12.1V you can set --value-warning psu1-voltage:12:12.1 Can be specified multiple times	None
--value-critical	text	Set a critical threshold for a value. Example: If psu1-voltage should be in the range of 12-12.1V you can set --value-critical psu1-voltage:12:12.1 Can be specified multiple times	None
--no-psu-ok	boolean	The check will be unknown if not at least one psu stat or value is available. Set this to ignore this.	False
--expect-psu	text	Name of the PSU to expect at least one value or state. Can be specified multiple times.	[]
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.temperature

This command reads the information from /system/health and extracts all values containing the word temperature in its name. Like 'board-temperature', 'board-temperature1', 'cpu-temperature', ...

Be aware that not all devices return the same values.

Usage:

check_routeros system.temperature [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--value-warning	text	Set a warning threshold for a value. Example: If cpu-temperature should be in the range of 40 and 60°C you can set --value-warning cpu-temperature:40:60 If cpu-temperature should not be higher than 50.5°C you can set --value-warning cpu-temperature:50.5 Can be specified multiple times	None
--value-critical	text	Set a critical threshold for a value. Example: If cpu-temperature should be in the range of 40 and 60°C you can set --value-critical cpu-temperature:40:60 If cpu-temperature should not be higher than 50.5°C you can set --value-critical cpu-temperature:50.5 Can be specified multiple times	None
--regex	boolean	Treat values from --value-warning and --value-critical as regex to find all matching values	False
--no-temperature-ok	boolean	The check will be unknown if no temperature is available. Provide this option to ignore this.	False
--expect-temperature	text	Name of the temperature to expect. Can be specified multiple times. Example: board-temperature1	[]
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.update

Usage:

check_routeros system.update [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--channel	text	Allowed update channel. Repeat to use multiple values.	None
--latest-version	text	Set a version that should at least be installed. Use this if the update server is not available or if you want check with your own update policy.	None
--check-for-update	boolean	Actively check for updates. This will run the command /system/package/update/check-for-updates . If you don't whant to use this feature you have to schedule a task to look for updates.	False
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros system.uptime

Get Uptime of a device

Usage:

check_routeros system.uptime [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--warning	text	State WARNING if current uptime is below this threshold	None
--critical	text	State CRITICAL if current uptime is below this threshold	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False

check_routeros tool.ping

Execute a ping command on the device to check other devices

Usage:

check_routeros tool.ping [OPTIONS]

Options:

Name	Type	Description	Default
--address	text	Address of device to ping	_required
--packet-loss-warning	text	Warning threshold for packet loss	None
--packet-loss-critical	text	Critical threshold for packet loss	None
--ttl-warning	text	Warning threshold for the Time-To-Live (TTL) value	None
--ttl-critical	text	Critical threshold for the Time-To-Live (TTL) value	None
--help	boolean	Show this message and exit.	False