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Check tuned-profile

Overview

Verifies that the current tuned profile matches the expected setting. Useful for ensuring consistent performance tuning across a fleet of servers.

Data Collection:

  • Executes tuned-adm active and compares the result against the expected profile name

Fact Sheet

Fact Value
Check Plugin Download https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/tuned-profile
Nagios/Icinga Check Name check_tuned_profile
Check Interval Recommendation Every 15 minutes
Can be called without parameters Yes
Runs on Linux
Compiled for Windows No

Help

usage: tuned-profile [-h] [-V] [--always-ok] [--profile TUNED_PROFILE]

Verifies that the current tuned profile matches the expected setting. Returns
WARN if the active profile differs from the desired one. Useful for ensuring
consistent performance tuning across a fleet of servers.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok           Always returns OK.
  --profile TUNED_PROFILE
                        Expected tuned profile name (case-insensitive).
                        Example: `--profile virtual-guest`. Default: virtual-
                        guest

Usage Examples

./tuned-profile --profile "virtual-guest kernel-settings"

Output:

tuned profile is "virtual-guest kernel-settings" (as expected).

Output (mismatch):

tuned profile is "throughput-performance", but supposed to be "virtual-guest".

States

  • OK if the tuned profile matches the expected value.
  • WARN if the tuned profile does not match the expected value.
  • --always-ok suppresses all alerts and always returns OK.

Perfdata / Metrics

There is no perfdata.

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