rsync-watch.py

A Python script to monitor the execution of a rsync task.

Features

• The script rsync-watch.py parses the rsync --stats output and sends this statistics to a monitoring system like Nagios or Icinga using the NSCA protocol.
• The script rsync-watch.py can be configured to perform various checks before starting the rsync process.

usage: rsync-watch.py [-h] [--host-name HOST_NAME]
                      [--dest-user-group USER_GROUP_NAME] [--exclude EXCLUDE]
                      [--rsync-args RSYNC_ARGS]
                      [--action-check-failed {exception,skip}]
                      [--check-file FILE_PATH] [--check-ping DESTINATION]
                      [--check-ssh-login SSH_LOGIN] [-v]
                      src dest

A Python script to monitor the execution of a rsync task.

positional arguments:
  src                   The source ([[USER@]HOST:]SRC)
  dest                  The destination ([[USER@]HOST:]DEST)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --host-name HOST_NAME
                        The hostname to submit over NSCA to the monitoring.
  --dest-user-group USER_GROUP_NAME
                        Both the user name and the group name of the
                        destination will be set to this name.
  --exclude EXCLUDE     See the documention of --exclude in the rsync manual.
  --rsync-args RSYNC_ARGS
                        Rsync CLI arguments. Insert some rsync command line
                        arguments. Wrap all arguments in one string, for
                        example: --rsync-args '--exclude "this folder"'
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

checks:
  Perform different checks before running the rsync task.

  --action-check-failed {exception,skip}
                        Select action what to do when a check failed.
  --check-file FILE_PATH
                        Check if a file exists on the local machine.
  --check-ping DESTINATION
                        Check if a remote host is reachable by pinging.
                        DESTINATION can a IP address or a host name or a full
                        qualified host name.
  --check-ssh-login SSH_LOGIN
                        Check if a remote host is reachable over the network
                        by SSHing into it. SSH_LOGIN: “[email protected]” or
                        “[email protected]” or “example.com”.