template.py file

import os

try: import json

except ImportError: import simplejson as json

import agent_util

import datetime

# TODO: Rename class to an appropriate name, must end in "Plugin"

class TemplatePlugin(agent_util.Plugin):

# TODO: Replace textkey and label with appropriate values

textkey = "template_textkey"

label = "Template Name"

@classmethod

def get_metadata(self, config):

status = agent_util.SUPPORTED

msg = None

# TODO: Check that the plugin can run successfully and has all of the necessary

# prerequesites. If not, set status to agent_util.MISCONFIGURED and set a message

# to describe what is wrong.

if not True:

status = agent_util.MISCONFIGURED

msg = "Status message"

# TODO: add dictionaries for each metric that can be measured. Each key in the

# metadata dictionary is a textkey for that metric (all lower case letters, numbers

# and underscores, no spaces or special characters)

metadata = {

"metric1": {

"label": "Description of metric",

"options": None,

"status": status,

"error_message": msg,

"unit": "unit description"

},

"metric2": {

"label": "Description of metric",

"options": None,

"status": status,

"error_message": msg,

"unit": "unit description"

}

}

return metadata

def check(self, textkey, data, config):

# TODO: Add code to perform the actual checks for the metric described by textkey.

# If options are avaiable for the metric and one is selected it will be included

# in the data parameter. Return value should be an integer or floating point value.

if textkey == 'metric1':

return 1

elif textkey == 'metric2':

return 2

return 0