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I'd like to collect some examples of how check_http_json is being used. Please feel free add your use cases so that everybody can improve their monitoring strategy !

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Thanks to this great plugin, I'm able to monitor ElasticSearch metrics, here are some of my examples:

#ElasticSearch Checks

check_http_json-string!9200!_cluster/health!status!green

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-e cluster_name -R NameofYourCluster

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.cache.field_size_in_bytes -w 1000000 -c 2000000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.cache.filter_size_in_bytes -w 200000 -c 400000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.docs.count -w 50000 -c 100000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.docs.deleted -w 500 -c 1000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.flush.total -w 10000 -c 20000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.flush.total_time_in_millis -w 10000 -c 20000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.store.size_in_bytes -w 100000000 -c 200000000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.search.fetch_time_in_millis -w 20000 -c 40000

check_http_json!9200!_cluster/nodes/_local/stats!-E indices.search.query_time_in_millis -w 50000 -c 1000000

check_http_json-int!9200!_cluster/health!number_of_nodes!2:!1:

#ElasticSearch Command Definitions

define command { command_name check_http_json-string command_line $USER2$/check_http_json.rb -u 'http://$HOSTNAME$:$ARG1$/$ARG2$' -e '$ARG3$' -r '$ARG4$' }

define command { command_name check_http_json command_line $USER2$/check_http_json.rb -u 'http://$HOSTNAME$:$ARG1$/$ARG2$' $ARG3$ }

define command{ command_name check_http_json-int command_line $USER2$/check_http_json.rb -u 'http://$HOSTNAME$:$ARG1$/$ARG2$' -e '$ARG3$' -w '$ARG4$' -c '$ARG5$' }

Thanks again, Aled