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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Nagios plugin: report current memory usage.
+
+Outputs a one-line status and perfdata and uses Nagios exit codes:
+  0 OK, 1 WARNING, 2 CRITICAL, 3 UNKNOWN
+
+Defaults: warning=80%%, critical=90%% (percent used).
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import psutil
+
+
+def human_mb(bytes_val):
+	return bytes_val / (1024 * 1024)
+
+
+def main():
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Nagios memory usage check")
+	parser.add_argument("-w", "--warning", type=int, default=80,
+						help="warning threshold (percent used)")
+	parser.add_argument("-c", "--critical", type=int, default=90,
+						help="critical threshold (percent used)")
+	args = parser.parse_args()
+
+	if args.warning >= args.critical:
+		print("UNKNOWN - warning threshold must be less than critical")
+		sys.exit(3)
+
+	try:
+		cpu = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=1,percpu=True)
+	except Exception as e:
+		print(f"UNKNOWN - failed to read cpu's: {e}")
+		sys.exit(3)
+
+	#total_mb = human_mb(vm.total)
+	#used_mb = human_mb(vm.total - vm.available)
+	#percent_used = vm.percent
+
+	status = 0
+	status_str = "OK"
+	if percent_used >= args.critical:
+		status = 2
+		status_str = "CRITICAL"
+	elif percent_used >= args.warning:
+		status = 1
+		status_str = "WARNING"
+
+	# Perfdata: used and total in MiB, and percent
+	perf = (
+		f"used={used_mb:.1f}MiB;{args.warning};{args.critical};0;{total_mb:.1f}"
+		f" total={total_mb:.1f}MiB"
+	)
+
+	print(f"MEMORY {status_str} - {used_mb:.1f}MiB used of {total_mb:.1f}MiB ({percent_used:.1f}%) | {perf}")
+	sys.exit(status)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()
+