Restart OpenLDAP event handler

The script restart_slapd.sh is an event handler designed for Nagios.

It restart OpenLDAP if the service is CRITICAL in HARD state. OpenLDAP is killed with force if a normal kill takes too much time.

Warning: this script requires root privileges, because it uses the kill command. You have to run Nagios as root or set a SUID bit on the script.

Edit the scrpt to set these parameters:

• SLAPD_PID_FILE: File where OpenLDAP stores its PID
• SLAPD_START_CMD: How OpenLDAP is startes
• TIMEOUT: time to wait before doing a kill -KILL

This plugin, along with all other Nagios plugins from this site, can be downloaded in a single archive.

Copy the script with other Nagios eventhandlers, for example in /usr/local/nagios/libexec/eventhandlers/:

# cp restart_slapd.sh /usr/local/nagios/libexec/eventhandlers/
# chmod +x /usr/local/nagios/libexec/eventhandlers/restart_slapd.sh

Edit Nagios commands file and add:

define command{
	command_name	restart_slapd
	command_line	/usr/local/nagios/libexec/eventhandlers/restart_slapd.sh  $SERVICESTATE$ $SERVICESTATETYPE$ $SERVICEATTEMPT$
	}

Add the event handkler to an LDAP check service:

define service{
	host_name			somehost
	service_description		LDAP
	max_check_attempts		4
	event_handler			restart_slapd
	...other service variables...
	}