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Check manual page of netstat

Established TCP Connections or TCP/UDP Listeners

Included in All Checkmk editions
Source Code License Open Source
Supported Agents Linux AIX Solaris
This check evaluates the output of the netstat and ss command on Linux, AIX and Solaris and checks if there are established connections or listeners matching a given criteria.

The check returns OK state if the specified connection/listener is present, and CRIT if not.

This check needs the respective agent plug-in netstat.linux, netstat.aix or netstat.solaris to be installed.

Item

The name of the connection