check_sip_call

Testing a SIP call with Icinga or Nagios.

The plugin will initiate a SIP call over a registrar or proxy. It expects the other end to pick up the call and either end the call after a timeout, or when the other end hangs up.

Requirements and Acknowledgment

The plugin is based on the Perl module Net::SIP and their examples.

You will also need Monitoring::Plugin.

Behavior

Considered OK:

• Call is established and hung up by peer
• Call is established and ends after timeout (30 seconds)
• Call is established and no audio is received for 10 seconds

Considered CRITICAL:

• Invite fails (incorrect number, rejection, auth, network error)
• Invite times out after 30 seconds

Currently the plugin does not register with the proxy or registrar, it just invites a peer (with authentication if necessary).

Arguments

Usage: check_sip_call.pl [-v] -F <SIP-URL> -T <SUP-URL>

 -?, --usage
   Print usage information
 -h, --help
   Print detailed help screen
 -V, --version
   Print version information
 --extra-opts=[section][@file]
   Read options from an ini file. See https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/extra-opts.html
   for usage and examples.
 -F, --from=SIP-URL
   SIP identify your are calling from
 -T, --to=SIP-URL
   SIP identify your are calling to
 -R, --registrar=hostname
   SIP registrar you call via
 -O, --proxy=hostname
   SIP proxy you call via
 -U, --username=username
   username for authenticating to SIP registrar or proxy
 -P, --password=password
   password for authenticating to SIP registrar or proxy
 -t, --timeout=INTEGER
   Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)
 -v, --verbose
   Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

Examples

Simple call without full SIP URLs:

./check_sip_call.pl \
  --username johndoe --password test123 \
  --registrar sip.example.com \
  --to +49911928850

Using full URLs:

./check_sip_call.pl \
  --username 123456789 \
  --password test123 \
  --registrar 217.10.79.9:5060 \
  --from sip:123456789@sipgate.de \
  --to sip:0911928850@sipgate.de

Output for a timed out invite:

SIP_CALL CRITICAL - Invite ran into timeout after 15 seconds | elapsed_invite=15.00;;;0;;15

Output for a rejected call:

SIP_CALL CRITICAL - Inviting sip:012345678@sip.example.com failed: Failed with error 22 code=486 | elapsed_invite=9.50;;;0;;15

Output for a successful call:

SIP_CALL OK - Call successful, finished audio. | elapsed_invite=6.96;;;0;;15 elapsed_talking=10.00;;;0;;15

Output for a successful, but hangup, call:

SIP_CALL OK - Call successful, peer hung up. | elapsed_invite=4.73;;;0;;15 elapsed_talking=2.52;;;0;;15

Installation

On Debian / Ubuntu:

apt-get install libmonitoring-plugin-perl libnet-sip-perl
cp check_sip_call.pl /usr/lib/nagios/plugin/check_sip_call
chmod 755 /usr/lib/nagios/plugin/check_sip_call

/usr/lib/nagios/plugin/check_sip_call --help

License

Copyright (C) 2017 NETWAYS GmbH <info@netways.de>
                   Markus Frosch <markus.frosch@netways.de>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.