Nagios Plugin check_load

check_load - check the current system load average

[/etc/nrpe.d/check_load]
command[check_load]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_load -r --load15=1.5,3.0

Usage note

This plugin checks the current system load average.
Copyright (C) 2014,2015 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>

Usage:
  check_load [-r] [--load1=w,c] [--load5=w,c] [--load15=w,c]

Options:
  -r, --percpu    divide the load averages by the number of CPUs
  -1, --load1=WLOAD1,CLOAD1   warning and critical thresholds for load1
  -5, --load5=WLOAD5,CLOAD5   warning and critical thresholds for load5
  -L, --load15=WLOAD15,CLOAD15   warning and critical thresholds for load15
  -h, --help      display this help and exit
  -V, --version   output version information and exit

Examples:
  check_load -r --load1=2,3 --load15=1.5,2.5

Example of output

load OK - average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.01 | load1=0.022;2.000;3.000;0 load5=0.006;0.000;0.000;0 load15=0.009;1.500;2.500;0

Performance data

load1 load5 load15