checkmk-synology-activebackup

Info

This scripts is written for CheckMK. It uses the SQLite Databases to get the job results for the Synology Active Backups. Tested on:

• CheckMK 2.0
• Synology DSM 7.1
• Active Backup for Business 2.4.1

Install

• Copy the scripty to your Synology NAS and make it excecutable.

cd /volume1
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/righter83/checkmk-synology-activebackup/main/check_ab.php
chmod +x check_ab.php

• Install the SSH Key from CheckMK on your NAS.
• Afterwards you have to configure the Check in CheckMK: Go to Services -> Other Services and add a "Check via SSH service" Configure everything for your NAS and the command should be like: /volume1/check_ab.php

Config modifications

There is also a check inside which checks if the job was running in a specific time window. If you run a job daily you should adjust the config variable runtime to 86500 -> a little bit higher as one day. You can also disable this check if you set the runtimecheck variable to False

Outputs