Network drive problem with local checks - writing plug-ins for windows

[parsa (Parastou Kohvaei)]

Hi All,

These two questions are quite related for my case.

I wrote a local check for accessing a network drive and testing some files, (both systems are Windows servers) which failed. From what I understood, it must be copied in the local folder of the same server which hosts the files (LocalSystem account).
Is there any work around for local checks to access the network?

Alternatively, is it possible with plug-ins? I checked the documentation here:

Writing your own check plug-ins

which gives me the impression this is intended for linux systems only.
Is it possible to write plug-ins for Windows? If so where could I find the documentation?

Thank you for your help,
P.

[parsa (Parastou Kohvaei)]

P.S: Already found a nice solution for the local check here:

Which user is executing the CheckMK agent and local checks/scripts?

Hello, I’m trying to monitor some Active Directory attributes on my DC and wrote a local check for that (%PROGRAMDATA%\checkmk\agent\local). But my counters are just empty in CheckMK. Local execution via PowerShell is working. So it looks like a privilege problem for me. Which user is executing my script in case of the CheckMK agent? Is it the system user? PS: Nice new forum here Regards CheckMan

But my second question still stands.

[ricardoftribeiro (Ricardo Ribeiro)]

The answer is right here.

This is what you should read about agent based plugins.

Writing your own check plug-ins

Cheers,

[andreas-doehler (Andreas)]

If you write a plugin or a local check makes no difference. All agent scripts (plugins and local checks) are executed under the user context of your agent. This is normally “Local system” but you can change it to any other allowed user.

[parsa (Parastou Kohvaei)]

Thank you, this is clear on a linux system. I need the equivalent paths on a windows system. e.g. local/lib/check_mk/base/plugins/agent_based/ …