Creating a custom Nagios function

Nagios Exit Codes
Exit Code Status
0 OK
1 WARNING
2 CRITICAL
3 UNKNOWN
Create the Script to be added as the Plugin

#!/bin/bash
used_space=`df -h / | grep -v Filesy | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//g'`
case $used_space in
[1-84]*)
echo "OK - $used_space% of disk space used."
exit 0
;;
[85]*)
echo "WARNING - $used_space% of disk space used."
exit 1
;;
[86-100]*)
echo "CRITICAL - $used_space% of disk space used."
exit 2
;;
*)
echo "UNKNOWN - $used_space% of disk space used."
exit 3
;;
esac

try to put the script in same plugin directory with the other ones
/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/

make it executable
Add Your New Command to Nagios Checks on Nagios Monitoring Server

Define new command in /etc/nagios/objects/commands.cfg
define command{
command_name usedspace_bash
command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c usedspace_bash
}
Add Your Script to NRPE configuration on client host
command[usedspace_bash]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/usedspace.sh

 

adding to configuration
/etc/nagios/servers/<name-0f-config>.cfg
define service {
use generic-service
host_name Hostname
service_description Custom Disk Checker In Bash
check_command usedspace_bash
}