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 # check_online_status
 
-Icinga/Nagios nrpe check script testing online reachability.
+Icinga/Nagios compatible script for checking if an interface can reach hosts via icmp ping
 
 ## Install guide (Debian >= 9.0)
 Install required packages
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# INTRO:
+#   Script for checking if an interface can reach hosts via icmp ping.
+#
+#
+# USAGE:
+#   <script> --src-dev=<ethX> --target=<8.8.8.8> [--target=<2001:4860:4860::8888> ...] [--src-ip=<203.0.113.1|2001:db8::1>] [--family=<AF_INET|AF_INET6>] [--allow-rfc1918] [--allow-rfc4193] [--enable-warning]
+#     * --src-dev          source network interface for sending out icmp requests
+#     * --target           set icmp test targets, use again for multiple test targets 
+#     * --src-ip           source ip address of source network interface (OPTIONAL)
+#     * --family           set type of network address AF_INET = IPv4, AF_INET6 = IPv6 (OPTIONAL)
+#     * --allow-rfc1918    allow private/local/reserved IPv4 addresses (OPTIONAL)
+#     * --allow-rfc4193    allow private/local/reserved IPv6 addresses (OPTIONAL)
+#     * --enable-warning   enable WARNING state and return exit code 2 if applicable (OPTIONAL)
+#
+#
+# TIPS AND TRICKS:
+#   1. always the first valid address of an interface gets select if --src-ip is not set
+#   2. default --family is "AF_INET" (IPv4), to test the IPv6 connection set it to "AF_INET6"
+#   2. use multiple targets, as long as one target is reachable the check returns non-CRITICAL
+#   3. for allowing private or local network addresses, set --allow-rfc1918 and/or --allow-rfc4193
+#   4. for returning a WARNING state if at least one host if reachable set --enable-warning
+#   5. setting "0.0.0.0" or "::/0" as --src-ip is the same as setting none (useful for automation) 
+#
+#
+# INSTALL:
+#   ANY system
+#     * required perl modules:
+#       * Net::Interface
+#       * Net::Oping
+#       * Net::Subnet
+#
+#   Debian >= 9.0
+#     * required perl packages via apt:
+#       * libnet-interface-perl libnet-subnet-perl libnet-oping-perl liboping0
+#
+#
+# INFORMATION:
+#   Version: 0.3
+#   Created by: fjs.xicon.de <XiCoN-FJS->
+# 
+#
+# CHANGELOG:
+#   v0.3 (2020-11-22):
+#     * switched from Net::Ping to Net::Oping
+#     * enabled full IPv6 support
+#     * added RFC4193++ matcher
+#     * added option to allow RFC1918 and RFC4193 addresses
+#     * added option for WARNING state if not all hosts are reachable
+#     * fixed bug where vlan-interfaces like eth2.4 where stripped down to eth2
+#     * extented the manual
+#
+#   v0.2 (2020-11-03):
+#     * switched to Net::Interface from "manual" regex-ing system commands
+#     * integrated minimal IPv6 support
+#     * added RFC1918 matcher
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Net::Interface qw(inet_ntop :inet :lower);
+use Net::Oping;
+use Net::Subnet;
+
+my @test_targets = ();
+my $interface_dev = "";
+my $interface_ip = "";
+my $family = "";
+my $_family = "";
+my $allow_rfc1918 = 0;
+my $allow_rfc4193 = 0;
+my $enable_warning = 0;
+
+GetOptions ("target=s"  => \@test_targets,
+			"src-dev=s"      => \$interface_dev,
+			"src-ip=s"       => \$interface_ip,
+			"family=s"       => \$family,
+			"allow-rfc1918"  => \$allow_rfc1918,
+			"allow-rfc4193"  => \$allow_rfc4193,
+			"enable-warning" => \$enable_warning
+)
+or die("\nUsage: ".$0." --src-dev=<ethX> --target=<8.8.8.8> [--target=<2001:4860:4860::8888> ...] [--src-ip=<203.0.113.1|2001:db8::1>] [--family=<AF_INET|AF_INET6>] [--allow-rfc1918] [--allow-rfc4193] [--enable-warning]\n\n");
+
+
+
+### check if the required arguments are somewhat valid
+if($interface_dev eq "" or (!defined ($test_targets[0]) or $test_targets[0] eq ""))
+{
+	print "\nUsage: ".$0." --src-dev=<ethX> --target=<8.8.8.8> [--target=<2001:4860:4860::8888> ...] [--src-ip=<203.0.113.1|2001:db8::1>] [--family=<AF_INET|AF_INET6>] [--allow-rfc1918] [--allow-rfc4193] [--enable-warning]\n\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+
+### set AF_INET* vars
+if($family ne "AF_INET6")
+{
+	$family = "AF_INET";
+	$_family = Net::Interface::AF_INET();
+}
+else 
+{
+	$family = "AF_INET6";
+	$_family = Net::Interface::AF_INET6();
+}
+
+
+### get the RFC address ranges
+my $is_rfc1918 = get_rfc1918_matcher($allow_rfc1918);
+my $is_rfc4193 = get_rfc4193_matcher($allow_rfc4193);
+
+
+### get/set source address
+if($interface_ip eq '' || $interface_ip eq '0.0.0.0' || $interface_ip eq '::/0')
+{
+	$interface_ip = get_ip_from_interface($interface_dev, $interface_ip, $family, $_family, $is_rfc1918, $is_rfc4193);
+}
+
+
+### exit UNKNOWN if no source address could be used
+if($interface_ip eq '') { print "UNKNOWN: couldn't determine an IP on interface '".$interface_dev."!\n"; exit(3); }
+
+
+### do the icmp tests
+my $online = check_pings($interface_ip, $interface_dev, $family, @test_targets);
+
+
+### validate the results
+if($online == 0)
+{
+	my $targets = join(", ",@test_targets);
+	print "CRITICAL: uplink (".$interface_ip." @ ".$interface_dev.") can't reach test hosts: ".$targets."!\n";
+	exit(2);
+}
+elsif($online < (scalar @test_targets) and $enable_warning == 1)
+{
+	print "WARNING: uplink (".$interface_ip." @ ".$interface_dev.") is online. (".$online." of ".scalar @test_targets." test hosts reachable)\n";
+	exit(1);
+}
+else
+{
+	print "OK: uplink (".$interface_ip." @ ".$interface_dev.") is online. (".$online." of ".scalar @test_targets." test hosts reachable)\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+
+
+###
+### FUNCTIONS
+### 
+
+sub get_ip_from_interface
+{
+	my ($interface_dev, $interface_ip, $family, $_family, $is_rfc1918, $is_rfc4193) = @_;
+	my $interface;
+	my @infs = Net::Interface->interfaces();
+
+	foreach my $inf (@infs)
+	{
+		if($inf->{'name'} eq $interface_dev)
+		{
+			$interface = $inf;
+		}
+	}
+
+	my @addresses = $interface->address($_family);
+
+	foreach my $ip (@addresses)
+	{
+		if($family eq "AF_INET")
+		{
+			$ip = inet_ntoa($ip);
+			if(!$is_rfc1918->($ip))
+			{
+				return $ip;
+			}
+		}
+		if($family eq "AF_INET6")
+		{
+			$ip = inet_ntop($ip);
+			if(!$is_rfc4193->($ip))
+			{
+				return $ip;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return "";
+}
+
+sub check_pings
+{
+		my ($src,$dev,$family, @test_targets) = @_;
+		my $pings_ok = 0;
+		foreach my $target ( @test_targets )
+		{
+			my $ping_result = ping_test($target,$src,$dev);
+			if(defined($ping_result->{$target}) && $ping_result->{$target} =~/^\d+(?:\.\d+)?/) # match float value
+			{
+				$pings_ok++;
+			}
+		}
+		return $pings_ok;
+}
+
+
+sub ping_test
+{
+	my ($dst,$src,$dev) = @_;
+	my $oping = Net::Oping->new();
+	$oping->timeout("2");
+	$oping->bind($src);
+	$oping->device($dev);
+	$oping->host_add($dst);
+	return $oping->ping();
+	
+}
+
+sub get_rfc1918_matcher
+{
+	my ($match) = @_;
+	my @subnets = ();
+	my @real_subnets = ('10.0.0.0/8','172.16.0.0/12','192.168.0.0/16');
+
+	if(!$match) { @subnets = @real_subnets; } 
+	my $is_rfc = subnet_matcher @subnets;
+
+	return $is_rfc;
+}
+
+sub get_rfc4193_matcher
+{
+	my ($match) = @_;
+	my @subnets = ();
+	my @real_subnets = ('fc00::/7','fe80::/10','2001:0002::/48','2001:0010::/28','2001:db8::/32','ff00::/8');
+
+	if(!$match) { @subnets = @real_subnets; } 
+	my $is_rfc = subnet_matcher @subnets;
+
+	return $is_rfc;
+}