SENSORSD.CONF(5) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual SENSORSD.CONF(5)NAME
sensorsd.conf - configuration file for sensorsd
DESCRIPTION
The sensorsd.conf file is read by sensorsd(8) to configure hardware
sensor monitoring. Each sensor registered in the system is matched by at
most one entry in sensorsd.conf, which may specify high and low limits,
and whether sensor status changes provided by the driver should be
ignored. If the limits are crossed or if the status provided by the
driver changes, sensorsd(8)'s alert functionality is triggered and a
command, if specified, is executed.
sensorsd.conf follows the syntax of configuration databases as documented
in getcap(3). Sensors may be specified by their full hw.sensors
sysctl(8) variable name or by type, with the full name taking precedence.
For example, if an entry ``hw.sensors.lm0.temp1'' is not found, then an
entry for ``temp'' will instead be looked for.
The following attributes may be used:
command Specify a command to be executed on state change.
high Specify an upper limit.
low Specify a lower limit.
istatus Ignore status provided by the driver.
The values for temperature sensors can be given in degrees Celsius or
Fahrenheit, for voltage sensors in volts, and fan speed sensors take a
unit-less number representing RPM. Values for all other types of sensors
can be specified in the same units as they appear under the sysctl(8)
hw.sensors tree.
Sensors that provide status (such as those from bio(4), esm(4), or
ipmi(4)) do not require boundary values specified and simply trigger on
status transitions. If boundaries are specified nonetheless, then they
are used in addition to automatic status monitoring, unless the
``istatus'' attribute is specified to ignore status values that are
provided by the drivers.
The command is executed when there is any change in sensor state. Tokens
in the command are substituted as follows:
%l Whether the value exceeds or is within the user specified
limits. Can be one of: "below", "above", "within",
"invalid", or "uninitialised".
%n The sensor number.
%s The sensor status.
%x The xname of the device the sensor sits on.
%t The type of sensor.
%2 The sensor's current value.
%3 The sensor's low limit.
%4 The sensor's high limit.
By default, sensorsd(8) monitors status changes on all sensors that keep
their state. This behaviour may be altered by using the ``istatus''
attribute to ignore status changes of sensors of a certain type or
individual sensors.
FILES
/etc/sensorsd.conf Configuration file for sensorsd(8).
EXAMPLES
In the following configuration file, if hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0
transitions 80C or if its status as provided by ipmi(4) changes, the
command /etc/sensorsd/log_warning will be executed, with the sensor type,
number and current value passed to it. Alerts will be sent if
hw.sensors.lm0.volt3 transitions to being within or outside a range of
4.8V and 5.2V; if the speed of the fan attached to hw.sensors.lm0.fan1
transitions to being below or above 1000RPM; if any RAID volume drive
changes its status from, for example, ``OK'', such as in the case of
drive failure, rebuild, or a complete failure, the command
/etc/sensorsd/drive will be executed, with the sensor number passed to
it; however, no alerts will be generated for status changes on timedelta
sensors. For all other sensors whose drivers automatically provide
sensor status updates, alerts will be generated each time those sensors
undergo status transitions.
# Comments are allowed
hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0:high=80C:command=/etc/sensorsd/log_warning %t %n %2
hw.sensors.lm0.volt3:low=4.8V:high=5.2V
hw.sensors.lm0.fan1:low=1000
drive:command=/etc/sensorsd/drive %n
timedelta:istatus #ignore status changes for timedelta
SEE ALSOgetcap(3), bio(4), ipmi(4), sensorsd(8), sysctl(8)HISTORY
The sensorsd.conf file format first appeared in OpenBSD 3.5. The format
was altered in OpenBSD 4.1 to accommodate hierarchical device-based
sensor addressing. The ``istatus'' attribute was introduced in
OpenBSD 4.2.
CAVEATS
Alert functionality is triggered every time there is a change in sensor
state; for example, when sensorsd(8) is started, the status of each
monitored sensor changes from undefined to whatever it is. One must keep
this in mind when using commands that may unconditionally perform adverse
actions (e.g. shutdown(8)), as they will be executed even when all
sensors perform to specification. If this is undesirable, then a wrapper
shell script should be used instead.
OpenBSD 4.9 March 15, 2008 OpenBSD 4.9