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Check WatchGuard

The following script is used to monitor the basic functions of the WatchGuard firewall via snmpwalk scripts and are processed to provide easy-to-read data. It can be run separately or integrated into Icinga2 as a monitoring plugin.

Important: snmpwalk command is required for script to run correctly

Update Note

0.5 - Release

+Release

Installation

Download the script and give it privilages for run

curl -LJO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kalarumeth/...

Move to Icinga Plugin Dir

Default location: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins

Add command to Icinga

object CheckCommand "check_watchguard" {
    import "plugin-check-command"
    command = [ PluginDir + "/check_watchguard.sh" ]
    arguments += {
        "-ac" = {
            order = 4
            value = "$watchguard_ac$"
        }
        "-c" = {
            order = 0
            required = true
            value = "$snmp_community$"
        }
        "-cr" = {
            order = 3
            value = "$crit$"
        }
        "-h" = {
            order = 1
            required = true
            value = "$address$"
        }
        "-t" = {
            order = 5
            required = true
            value = "$watchguard_type$"
        }
        "-wa" = {
            order = 2
            value = "$warn$"
        }
    }
    vars.snmp_community = "public"
}

Functions

The Script is designed to monitor the following firewall functions:

[ac] ActiveConns: Active connections in use and total number of active connections;

OK! Active Connections used: 0.16%
Current Active Connections: 5.412 of 3.300.000

[cpu] Cpu: Cpu load;

OK! CPU used: 2%

[data] Transfer: Information of file size send and recive.

Send 1479 GB / Recive 1982 GB
WatchGuard transfer info:
Total Data Send:        1479 GB 1855886728 Pkg
Total Data Recive:      1982 GB 2466423320 Pkg

[info] Info: Information of Active VPN, Intrusion Prevention Service and Gateway Antivirus Service

VPN active:     7
Gateway Antivirus Service: gav_version:2022020
 Last Update: Fri, Feb 04 2022 11:54:03 AM
Intrusion Prevention Service: ips_version:18.196
 Last Update: Thu, Feb 03 2022 06:53:47 PM

[ram] Memory: Ram load;

OK! RAM used: 2,67 / 3,77 GB (71,00 %)
RAM free: 1,10 GB (29,13 %)

How it work

Method to compose the execution string:

./check_watchguard.sh -c <SNMP community> -h <host> [-wa <value> -cr <value> -ac <value>] -t <object>

OPTIONS:

-c  --community     SNMP v2 community string with Read access.
                     Default is: public.
-h  --host          [REQUIRED OPTION] Host name or IP address to check.
                     Default is: localhost.
-wa --allert-wa     Defines the threshold for Warning.
                     Default is: 80.
-cr --allert-cr     Defines the threshold for Critical.
                     Default is: 90.
-ac --activeconns   Defines the threshold for Max ActiveConnection.
                     Default is: 3300000
-t  --type          [REQUIRED OPTION] Field for select element to check on WatchGuard Device.
                     { ac | cpu | data | info | ram }.
-H  --help          Show script help.
-V  --version       Show script version.

Credits

Author

Kalarumeth - https://github.com/Kalarumeth

License

MIT License - Copyright 2022 Kalarumeth

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