Remote FTP and file age check

[rastu]

Hello,
I have a use case in which I want to check if an FTP server is reachable and if a file has been updated the last x minutes.
I can´t really install an Agent on all the devices to check the file locally and remotely just the FTP server.

Does someone has already tried to do the same?

Regards Ralf

[simon-mueller]

Hi rastu,

there are both check_ftp and check_sftp checks built-in with CheckMK. If your FTP server supports SFTP, you could use that check and then get at least the timestamp of your file and show it in the check output.

Thresholds for the timestamp seem to be missing. :\

[rastu]

Hello,
unfortunately only FTP possible.

[simon-mueller]

You can go look for other checks and integrate them, maybe check_ftp_rw - Nagios Exchange will suit your needs.

If anything, you can always write your own check.