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+#!/bin/bash
+# Wildcard-plugin to monitor Firebird database transaction stats. To monitor a
+# database, link firebird_<interface> to this file. E.g.
+#    ln -s /usr/share/munin/plugins/if_ /etc/munin/plugins/firebird_employee
+#
+# ...will monitor firebird database "employee"
+#
+# "employee" must be an alias configured in the firebird aliases.conf file
+#
+# You will also need to set 
+#
+# [firebird_employee]
+# user root
+#
+# somewhere in your /etc/munin/plugins-conf.d/
+
+
+case $1 in
+	config)
+		cat << 'EOM'
+graph_title Firebird Transaction Stats
+graph_order oldest_trans oldest_active oldest_snapshot next_transaction oldest_trans_gap1 oldest_trans_gap2
+graph_args --base 1000
+graph_scale no
+graph_category firebird
+oldest_trans.label Oldest transaction - OIT
+oldest_trans.graph no
+oldest_active.label Oldest active
+oldest_active.graph no
+oldest_snapshot.label Oldest snapshot
+oldest_snapshot.graph no
+next_transaction.label Next transaction
+next_transaction.graph no
+oldest_trans.type GAUGE
+oldest_active.type GAUGE
+oldest_snapshot.type GAUGE
+next_transaction.type GAUGE
+oldest_trans_gap1.label Next Transaction - OIT
+oldest_trans_gap1.value GAUGE
+oldest_trans_gap1.warning 100
+oldest_trans_gap1.critical 1000
+oldest_trans_gap2.label Next Transaction - Oldest Snapshot
+oldest_trans_gap2.value GAUGE
+oldest_trans_gap2.warning 100
+oldest_trans_gap2.critical 1000
+EOM
+exit 0;;
+esac
+
+db=`echo $0 | awk -F'_' '{print $2}'`
+
+/opt/firebird/bin/gstat -h ${db} | awk -F'[\t]+' \
+	 '{ sub(/^ */,"");
+		if ($2 == "Oldest transaction") 
+		{ 
+			oldest_trans=$3;
+			print "oldest_transaction.value " $3
+		}
+		if ($2 == "Oldest active")
+		{
+			oldest_active=$3 
+			print "oldest_active.value " $3
+		}
+		if ($2 == "Oldest snapshot") 
+		{
+			oldest_snapshot=$3 
+			print "oldest_snapshot.value " $3
+		}
+		if ($2 == "Next transaction")
+		{
+			next_transaction=$3 
+			print "next_transaction.value " $3
+			print "oldest_trans_gap1.value " $3 - oldest_trans
+			print "oldest_trans_gap2.value " $3 - oldest_snapshot
+		}
+
+         }'