This module can be added to Pandora to monitor a host’s system temp.

First, install lm-sensors and configure it following these instructions.

Next, we need to figure out the layout of the “sensors” output. Mine looks like:

$ sensors

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +35.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +33.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +33.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +35.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +34.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

I want this the number only from the Physical id line, so we’re going to use a combination of grep and awk to extract that information. Type something like the below in the command line. For me:

sensors | awk 'NR==3 {print $4}' | grep -o [0-9][0-9].[0-9]

Basically, the above can be broken down to:

sensors: runs the sensors command

awk: prints select columns and rows

NR==3: tells awk that I want the third row

{print $4}: tells awk that I want the 4th column

grep -o [0-9][0-9].[0-9]: grep matches only XX.X number format.

The only issue with the above is if the temp gets above 99*C, then it’ll report only something like 00.0 for 100.0, but that won’t be your only problem anyway.

Now, we can add it to our pandora_agent.conf which should be located in (/etc/pandora/ or /etc/pandorafms/). You can add it to the end of the file:

 

#System Temperature
module_begin
module_name Temperature
module_type generic_data
module_exec sensors | awk 'NR==3 {print $4}' | grep -o [0-9][0-9].[0-9]
module_description Processor temperature
module_end

Restart the Pandora agent and you should be good to go.