Overview

This check monitors the number of established connections, connections that are not in state running and also their throughput.

Technical Details

Implementation

Global base check	No
Puppet profiles using this check	profile_rabbitmq

Check plugins

Name	check_rabbitmq_connections
Packages	nagios-plugins-rabbitmq-vshn
CheckCommand name	rabbitmq_connections
Upstream source link	https://git.vshn.net/vshn/nagios-plugins-rabbitmq-vshn
Documentation link	https://git.vshn.net/vshn/nagios-plugins-rabbitmq-vshn/blob/master/check_rabbitmq_connections

List of variables

Icinga2 variable	Default Value	Description
rabbitmq_conn_warn	(not set)	The warning levels for each count of connections established, connections in a non-running state (flow, blocked), receive rate and send rate. This field consists of one to four comma-separated thresholds. Specify -1 if no threshold for a particular count.
rabbitmq_conn_crit	(not set)	The critical levels for each count of connections established, connections in a non-running state (flow, blocked), receive rate and send rate. This field consists of one to four comma-separated thresholds. Specify -1 if no threshold for a particular count.
rabbitmq_host	(not set) / required	The hostname to connect to
rabbitmq_username	guest	The user to connect as
rabbitmq_password	guest	The password for the user
rabbitmq_management_port	15672	The management API port to connect to
rabbitmq_ssl	false	If connection should use ssl to connect to the API

Troubleshooting/Known issues

Critical non running connections

This is a symptom of a rabbitmq nearing or even exceeding other thresholds like memory or disk usage. If you encounter this, please check memory and disk usage on the hosts. This could by caused by some clients overloading the cluster for example.

Customer Knowledge Base

Monitoring Service Check: rabbitmq_connections