Monitor the SMS Gateway

The SMS Gateway offers a status page from which information may be obtained: http://<IP Adresse Gateway>/check.php?option=<option> (the option parameter is optional, you will have all values if you leave it out)

You can have this monitored by your monitoring system using a check_http for example.

The options at a glance

Option

Description

disk

Specifies how much internal memory is occupied (bytes).

failed

Number of messages which could not be sent.

load

Indicates the loading of the SMS Gateway.

que

Specifies how many messages are in the queue.

signal

Specifies the signal strength.

No number is returned if there is a modem fault.

state

Specifies the Simcard status:

Output	Description
SIM_NOT_INSERTED	Simcard not inserted
NO_SIGNAL	No available Signal
SIGNAL_OK	Good Signal
SIGNAL_WARNING	Signal is weaker than -89 dB
SIGNAL_TOO_WEAK	Signal is weaker than -99 dB

time

Returns a Unix timestamp.

To monitor the system time of the SMS Gateway.

total

Specifies how many messages the gateway has sent in total.

uptime

Specifies how much time has passed since the last reboot of the SMS Gateway.

Plug-in for Icinga and Nagios

There is already a ready to use plug-in for Icinga and Nagios using which you can monitor your SMS Gateway. The plug-in is here.