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cups_queues

Author: Lars Michelsen

License: GPL

Distribution: official part of Check_MK

Supported Agents: Linux

This check uses the output of lpstat -p and lpstat -o as sent by the Check_MK linux agent. It lists the general state of a queue and the jobs in the printer queue of the CUPS printing system.

The check analyzes the overall state of a printer using the first words in each line of lpstat -p. The words "is idle", "disabled since", "now printing" trigger the resulting state. The resulting state also depends on the number of jobs in the queue and the age of the oldest job in the queue.

Item

The name of the printer in CUPS as printed by lpstat -p.

Check parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
warning_count	int	Number of jobs to result in a warning state
critical_count	int	Number of jobs to result in a critical state
warning_age	int	Age of oldest job to result in a warning state
critical_age	int	Age of oldest job to result in a critical state

Performance data

It contains the current number of jobs in the queue in the jobs value.

Inventory

Checks are created for all available printers in lpstat -p output.

Configuration variables

Variable	Type	Description
cups_queues_default_levels	int, int, int, int	The global default levels for all checks of this type. This is (5, 10, 360, 720).

Examples

# Set number of minimum jobs to 5 to result in a warning state and 10 to result in a critical state
# Set the maximum age of a job to 5 minutes to result in a warning state and 10 minutes to result in
# a critical state. The age is given in seconds.
cups_queues_default_levels = (5, 10, 360, 720)