New plugin check_linux_mysqld_status() + new data functions

build/linux/SPECS/hc-linux-platform.spec

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_fs_mounts.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_fs_usage.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_fs_usage.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_burp_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_burp_status.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_httpd_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_httpd_status.sh
+cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_mysqld_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_mysqld_status.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_named_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_named_status.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_ntp_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_ntp_status.sh
 cp ../SOURCES/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_postfix_status.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_postfix_status.sh
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_hpasmcli.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/chec
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_hpacucli.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hpacucli.conf.dist
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_hplog.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hplog.conf.dist
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_hpssacli.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hpssacli.conf.dist
+cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_mysqld_status.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_mysqld_status.conf.dist
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_ntp_status.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_ntp_status.conf.dist
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_process_limits.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_process_limits.conf.dist
 cp ../SOURCES/etc/check_linux_root_crontab.conf.dist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/opt/hc/check_linux_root_crontab.conf.dist
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ echo "INFO: finished post-uninstall script"
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_fs_usage.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_burp_status.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_httpd_status.sh
+%attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_mysqld_status.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_named_status.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_ntp_status.sh
 %attr(755, root, root) /opt/hc/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_postfix_status.sh
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ echo "INFO: finished post-uninstall script"
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hpacucli.conf.dist
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hplog.conf.dist
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_hpssacli.conf.dist
+%attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_mysqld_status.conf.dist
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_ntp_status.conf.dist
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_process_limits.conf.dist
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/check_linux_root_crontab.conf.dist
@@ -163,6 +167,8 @@ echo "INFO: finished post-uninstall script"
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/opt/hc/core/templates/mail_body.tpl-check_linux_root_crontab
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 10 2019 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.1.4
+- Added check_linux_mysqld_status
 * Thu Feb 07 2019 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.1.3
 - Added check_linux_vz_ct_counters
 * Tue Jan 22 2019 <patrick@kudos.be> - 0.1.2

configs/etc/check_linux_mysqld_status.conf.dist

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) check_linux_mysqld_status.conf
+#******************************************************************************
+# This is a configuration file for the check_linux_mysqld_status HC plugin.
+# All lines starting with a '#' are comment lines.
+# [default: indicates hardcoded script values if no value is defined here]
+#******************************************************************************
+
+# specify whether to also log passed health checks
+# (warning: this may rapidly grow the HC log)
+# [default: no]
+log_healthy="yes"
+
+# specify whether to perform table checks (mysqlcheck)
+# MySQL privileges required: SHOW DATABASES, SELECT (global or per database)
+# [default: yes]
+do_check="yes"
+
+# specify whether the type of check to execute
+# Format: <quick|medium|extended>
+# [default: quick]
+check_type="quick"
+
+# list of databases to check (comma-separated). Null value means all databases.
+# [default: null]
+check_databases=""
+
+# list of databases to excluded from checking (comma-separated).
+# overrules the 'check_databases' parameter
+# [default: null]
+exclude_databases=""
+
+# list of tables to excluded from checking (comma-separated)
+# (must be fully qualified names)
+# [default: null]
+exclude_tables=""
+
+# specify whether to gather statistics (mysqladmin) (statistics are only logged
+# when a failed HC is logged)
+# [default: yes]
+# MySQL privileges required: SHOW DATABASES, SELECT (global)
+do_stats="yes"
+
+# specify the MySQL user account (mysqlcheck/mysqlshow)
+# [default: null]
+mysql_user=""
+
+# specify the MySQL user password (mysqlcheck/mysqlshow)
+# [default: null]
+mysql_password=""
+
+# specify the MySQL host name (mysqlcheck/mysqlshow)
+# [default: localhost]
+mysql_host="localhost"
+
+# specify the MySQL host port (mysqlcheck/mysqlshow)
+# [default: 3306]
+mysql_port="3306"
+
+
+#******************************************************************************
+# End of FILE
+#******************************************************************************

sources/bin/check_health.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 # ------------------------- CONFIGURATION starts here -------------------------
 # define the version (YYYY-MM-DD)
-typeset -r SCRIPT_VERSION="2019-01-31"
+typeset -r SCRIPT_VERSION="2019-02-10"
 # location of parent directory containing KSH functions/HC plugins
 typeset -r FPATH_PARENT="/opt/hc/lib"
 # location of custom HC configuration files

sources/lib/core/include_data.sh

@@ -85,6 +85,70 @@ typeset _RC=0
 return ${_RC}
 }
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) FUNCTION: data_is_string()
+# DOES: checks if a string (haystack) matches a string (needle).
+# EXPECTS: $1=haystack [string]; $2=needle [string]
+# OUTPUTS: n/a
+# RETURNS: 0=not found; 1=found
+# REQUIRES: n/a
+function data_is_string
+{
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set "${DEBUG_OPTS}"
+
+typeset _HAYSTACK="${1}"
+typeset _NEEDLE="${2}"
+
+[[ "${_STRING}" = "${_NEEDLE}" ]] && return 1
+
+return 0
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) FUNCTION: data_list_contains_string()
+# DOES: checks if a comma-separated list of strings (haystack) contains a substring (needle).
+# EXPECTS: $1=haystack [string]; $2=needle [string]
+# OUTPUTS: n/a
+# RETURNS: 0=not found; 1=found
+# REQUIRES: data_contains_string()
+function data_list_contains_string
+{
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set "${DEBUG_OPTS}"
+
+typeset _HAYSTACK="${1}"
+typeset _NEEDLE="${2}"
+typeset _STRING=""
+
+print "${_HAYSTACK}" | tr ',' '\n' 2>/dev/null | while read -r _STRING
+do
+    data_contains_string "${_STRING}" "${_NEEDLE}" || return 1
+done
+
+return 0
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) FUNCTION: data_list_is_string()
+# DOES: checks if a comma-separated list of strings (haystack) matches a string (needle).
+# EXPECTS: $1=haystack [string]; $2=needle [string]
+# OUTPUTS: n/a
+# RETURNS: 0=not found; 1=found
+# REQUIRES: n/a
+function data_list_is_string
+{
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set "${DEBUG_OPTS}"
+
+typeset _HAYSTACK="${1}"
+typeset _NEEDLE="${2}"
+
+print "${_HAYSTACK}" | tr ',' '\n' 2>/dev/null | while read -r _STRING
+do
+    [[ "${_STRING}" = "${_NEEDLE}" ]] && return 1
+done
+
+return 0
+}
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # @(#) FUNCTION: data_magic_quote()
 # DOES: magically quotes a needle in a string (default needle is: %)
@@ -751,18 +815,18 @@ typeset _CONVERT_DATE=""
 _CONVERT_DATE=$(date -d @"${_UNIX_EPOCH}" 2>/dev/null)
 if (( $? > 0 ))
 then
-	# try the perl way
+    # try the perl way
-	_CONVERT_DATE=$(perl -e "print scalar(localtime(${_UNIX_EPOCH}))" 2>/dev/null)
+    _CONVERT_DATE=$(perl -e "print scalar(localtime(${_UNIX_EPOCH}))" 2>/dev/null)
-	if (( $? > 0 ))
+    if (( $? > 0 ))
-	then
+    then
-		# no luck, we just return the UNIX epoch again
+    # no luck, we just return the UNIX epoch again
-		print "${_UNIX_EPOCH}"
+    print "${_UNIX_EPOCH}"
-		return 1
+    return 1
-	else
+    else
-		print "${_CONVERT_DATE}"
+    print "${_CONVERT_DATE}"
-	fi
+    fi
 else
-	print "${_CONVERT_DATE}"
+    print "${_CONVERT_DATE}"
 fi
 
 return 0

sources/lib/platform/linux/check_linux_mysqld_status.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ksh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) check_linux_mysqld_status.sh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) Copyright (C) 2019 by KUDOS BVBA (info@kudos.be).  All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the same terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details
+#******************************************************************************
+#
+# DOCUMENTATION (MAIN)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) MAIN: check_linux_mysqld_status
+# DOES: see _show_usage()
+# EXPECTS: see _show_usage()
+# REQUIRES: data_comma2space(), data_list_is_string(), dump_logs(),
+#           init_hc(), log_hc(), warn()
+#
+# @(#) HISTORY:
+# @(#) 2019-02-10: initial version [Patrick Van der Veken]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
+#******************************************************************************
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function check_linux_mysqld_status
+{
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION starts here -------------------------
+typeset _CONFIG_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/$0.conf"
+typeset _MYSQLD_INIT_SCRIPT="/etc/init.d/mysqld"
+typeset _MYSQLD_SYSTEMD_SERVICE="mysqld.service"
+typeset _MARIADB_INIT_SCRIPT="/etc/init.d/mariadb"
+typeset _MARIADB_SYSTEMD_SERVICE="mariadb.service"
+typeset _VERSION="2019-02-10"                           # YYYY-MM-DD
+typeset _SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="Linux"                    # uname -s match
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION ends here ---------------------------
+
+# set defaults
+(( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set ${DEBUG_OPTS}
+init_hc "$0" "${_SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS}" "${_VERSION}"
+typeset _ARGS=$(data_comma2space "$*")
+typeset _ARG=""
+typeset _MSG=""
+typeset _STC=0
+typeset _CFG_HEALTHY=""
+typeset _LOG_HEALTHY=0
+typeset _CFG_MYSQL_USER=""
+typeset _CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD=""
+typeset _CFG_MYSQL_HOST=""
+typeset _CFG_MYSQL_PORT=""
+typeset _CFG_EXCLUDE_DATABASES=""
+typeset _CFG_EXCLUDE_TABLES=""
+typeset _MYSQLADMIN_BIN=""
+typeset _DO_MYSQLCHECK=1
+typeset _DO_MYSQL_STATS=1
+typeset _MYSQLCHECK_BIN=""
+typeset _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS=""
+typeset _MYSQLSHOW_BIN=""
+typeset _MYSQLSHOW_OPTS=""
+typeset _MYSQLADMIN_BIN=""
+typeset _MYSQLADMIN_OPTS=""
+typeset _MYSQL_BIN=""
+typeset _MYSQL_DB_LIST=""
+typeset _MYSQL_DB=""
+typeset _MYSQLCHECK_OUTPUT=""
+
+# handle arguments (originally comma-separated)
+for _ARG in ${_ARGS}
+do
+    case "${_ARG}" in
+        help)
+            _show_usage $0 ${_VERSION} ${_CONFIG_FILE} && return 0
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# handle configuration file
+[[ -n "${ARG_CONFIG_FILE}" ]] && _CONFIG_FILE="${ARG_CONFIG_FILE}"
+if [[ ! -r ${_CONFIG_FILE} ]]
+then
+    warn "unable to read configuration file at ${_CONFIG_FILE}"
+    return 1
+fi
+# read configuration values
+_CFG_DO_CHECK=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'do_check')
+case "${_CFG_DO_CHECK}" in
+    yes|YES|Yes)
+        _DO_MYSQLCHECK=1
+        ;;
+    *)
+        _DO_MYSQLCHECK=0
+        ;;
+esac
+_CFG_MYSQL_USER=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'mysql_user')
+if [[ -z "${_CFG_MYSQL_USER}" ]]
+then
+    warn "no value for 'mysql_user specified in ${_CONFIG_FILE}"
+    _DO_MYSQLCHECK=0
+else
+    _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --user=${_CFG_MYSQL_USER}"
+    _MYSQLSHOW_OPTS="${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS} --user=${_CFG_MYSQL_USER}"
+    _MYSQLADMIN_OPTS="${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS} --user=${_CFG_MYSQL_USER}"
+fi
+_CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'mysql_password')
+if [[ -z "${_CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD}" ]]
+then
+    warn "no value for 'mysql_password specified in ${_CONFIG_FILE}"
+    _DO_MYSQLCHECK=0
+else
+    _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --password=${_CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
+    _MYSQLSHOW_OPTS="${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS} --password=${_CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
+    _MYSQLADMIN_OPTS="${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS} --password=${_CFG_MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
+fi
+_CFG_MYSQL_HOST=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'mysql_host')
+if [[ -z "${_CFG_MYSQL_HOST}" ]]
+then
+    warn "no value for 'mysql_host specified in ${_CONFIG_FILE}, using localhost"
+else
+    _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --host=${_CFG_MYSQL_HOST}"
+    _MYSQLSHOW_OPTS="${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS} --host=${_CFG_MYSQL_HOST}"
+    _MYSQLADMIN_OPTS="${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS} --host=${_CFG_MYSQL_HOST}"
+fi
+_CFG_MYSQL_PORT=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'mysql_port')
+if [[ -z "${_CFG_MYSQL_PORT}" ]]
+then
+    warn "no value for 'mysql_port specified in ${_CONFIG_FILE}, using 3306"
+else
+    _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --port=${_CFG_MYSQL_PORT}"
+    _MYSQLSHOW_OPTS="${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS} --port=${_CFG_MYSQL_PORT}"
+    _MYSQLADMIN_OPTS="${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS} --port=${_CFG_MYSQL_PORT}"
+fi
+_CFG_CHECK_TYPE=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'check_type')
+case "${_CFG_CHECK_TYPE}" in
+    quick|QUICK|Quick)
+        _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --quick"
+        ;;
+    medium|MEDIUM|Medium)
+        _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --medium-check"
+        ;;
+    extended|EXTENDED|extended)
+        _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --extended"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        _MYSQLCHECK_OPTS="${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --quick"
+        ;;
+esac
+_CFG_CHECK_DATABASES=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'check_databases')
+_CFG_EXCLUDE_DATABASES=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'exclude_databases')
+_CFG_EXCLUDE_TABLES=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'exclude_tables')
+_CFG_HEALTHY=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'log_healthy')
+case "${_CFG_HEALTHY}" in
+    yes|YES|Yes)
+        _LOG_HEALTHY=1
+        ;;
+    *)
+        # do not override hc_arg
+        (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 )) || _LOG_HEALTHY=0
+        ;;
+esac
+(( _DO_MYSQLCHECK == 0 )) && warn "mysqlcheck is disabled (as configured or due to missing mysql settings)"
+
+# log_healthy
+(( ARG_LOG_HEALTHY > 0 )) && _LOG_HEALTHY=1
+if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 ))
+then
+    if (( ARG_LOG > 0 ))
+    then
+        log "logging/showing passed health checks"
+    else
+        log "showing passed health checks (but not logging)"
+    fi
+else
+    log "not logging/showing passed health checks"
+fi
+
+# check mysql
+_MYSQL_BIN="$(which mysql 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})"
+if [[ ! -x ${_MYSQL_BIN} || -z "${_MYSQL_BIN}" ]]
+then
+    warn "MySQL/mariaDB is not installed here"
+    return 1
+fi
+
+# ---- process state ----
+# 1) try using the init ways
+linux_get_init
+case "${LINUX_INIT}" in
+    'systemd')
+        # first try mysqld
+        _CHECK_SYSTEMD_SERVICE=$(linux_has_systemd_service "${_MYSQLD_SYSTEMD_SERVICE}")
+        if (( _CHECK_SYSTEMD_SERVICE > 0 ))
+        then
+            systemctl --quiet is-active ${_MYSQLD_SYSTEMD_SERVICE} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} || _STC=1
+        else
+            # then try mariadb
+            _CHECK_SYSTEMD_SERVICE=$(linux_has_systemd_service "${_MARIADB_SYSTEMD_SERVICE}")
+            if (( _CHECK_SYSTEMD_SERVICE > 0 ))
+            then
+                systemctl --quiet is-active ${_MARIADB_SYSTEMD_SERVICE} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} || _STC=1
+            else
+                warn "systemd unit file not found {${_MYSQLD_SYSTEMD_SERVICE}}/${_MARIADB_SYSTEMD_SERVICE}}"
+                _RC=1
+            fi
+        fi
+        ;;
+    'upstart')
+        warn "code for upstart managed systems not implemented, NOOP"
+        return 1
+        ;;
+    'sysv')
+        # first check running mysqld
+        if [[ -x ${_MYSQLD_INIT_SCRIPT} ]]
+        then
+            if (( $(${_MYSQLD_INIT_SCRIPT} status 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} | grep -c -i 'is running' 2>/dev/null) == 0 ))
+            then
+                _STC=1
+            fi
+        else
+            if [[ -x ${_MARIADB_INIT_SCRIPT} ]]
+            then
+                if (( $(${_MARIADB_INIT_SCRIPT} status 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} | grep -c -i 'is running' 2>/dev/null) == 0 ))
+                then
+                    _STC=1
+                fi
+            else
+                warn "sysv init script not found {${_MYSQLD_INIT_SCRIPT}}/{${_MARIADB_INIT_SCRIPT}}"
+                _RC=1
+            fi
+        fi
+        ;;
+    *)
+        _RC=1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# 2) try the pgrep way (note: old pgreps do not support '-c')
+if (( _RC > 0 ))
+then
+    (( $(pgrep -u root mysqld 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} | wc -l 2>/dev/null) == 0 )) && _STC=1
+fi
+
+# evaluate results
+case ${_STC} in
+    0)
+        _MSG="mysqld/mariadb is running"
+        ;;
+    1)
+        _MSG="mysqld/mariadb is not running"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        _MSG="could not determine status of mysqld/mariadb"
+        ;;
+esac
+if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+then
+    log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+fi
+
+# ---- table states (ISAM)----
+# check mysqlcheck
+_MYSQLCHECK_BIN="$(which mysqlcheck 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})"
+if [[ ! -x ${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN} || -z "${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN}" ]]
+then
+    warn "could not find {mysqlcheck}, skipping table checks"
+    _DO_MYSQLCHECK=0
+fi
+if (( _DO_MYSQLCHECK > 0 ))
+then
+    # all databases or given ones? we run mysqlcheck on each database separately
+    # to make parsing of the results easier.
+    if [[ -z "${_CFG_CHECK_DATABASES}" ]]
+    then
+        # check mysqlshow
+        _MYSQLSHOW_BIN="$(which mysqlshow 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})"
+        if [[ ! -x ${_MYSQLSHOW_BIN} || -z "${_MYSQLSHOW_BIN}" ]]
+        then
+            warn "could not find {mysqlshow}, skipping table checks"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        # get all databases from mysqlshow
+        (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && debug "mysqlshow command: ${_MYSQLSHOW_BIN} ${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS}"
+        _DB_LIST=$(${_MYSQLSHOW_BIN} ${_MYSQLSHOW_OPTS} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG} |\
+            grep -v -E -e '+--' -e 'Databases' 2>/dev/null | awk '{ print $2}' 2>/dev/null)
+    else
+        _DB_LIST=$(data_comma2newline "${_CFG_CHECK_DATABASES}")
+    fi
+    # exclude databases
+    print "${_DB_LIST}" | while read -r _MYSQL_DB
+    do
+        data_list_is_string "${_CFG_EXCLUDE_DATABASES}" "${_MYSQL_DB}"
+        (( $? == 0 )) && _MYSQL_DB_LIST="${_MYSQL_DB_LIST} ${_MYSQL_DB}"
+    done
+    if [[ -z "${_MYSQL_DB_LIST}" ]]
+    then
+        warn "could not execute/parse {mysqlshow} or list of databases to check is empty, skipping table checks"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && debug "database list for mysqlcheck: ${_MYSQL_DB_LIST}"
+    # run check
+    for _MYSQL_DB in ${_MYSQL_DB_LIST}
+    do
+        (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && debug "mysqlcheck command: ${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN} ${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --database ${_MYSQL_DB}"
+        _MYSQLCHECK_OUTPUT=$(${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN} ${_MYSQLCHECK_OPTS} --database ${_MYSQL_DB} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})
+        if (( $? > 0 )) || [[ -z "${_MYSQLCHECK_OUTPUT}" ]]
+        then
+            _MSG="unable to run command for {${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN} <hidden_opts> --database ${_MYSQL_DB}}"
+            log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+            # dump debug info
+            (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && dump_logs
+            continue
+        fi
+        # verify table states
+        print "${_MYSQLCHECK_OUTPUT}" | grep -E -e "^${_MYSQL_DB}\." 2>/dev/null | while read -r _CHECK_LINE
+        do
+            _MYSQL_TABLE=$(print "${_CHECK_LINE}" | awk '{print $1}' 2>/dev/null)
+            data_list_is_string "${_CFG_EXCLUDE_TABLES}" "${_MYSQL_TABLE}"
+            if (( $? == 0 ))
+            then
+                if (( $(print "${_CHECK_LINE}" | grep -c -E -e "^${_MYSQL_TABLE}.*OK$" 2>/dev/null) > 0 ))
+                then
+                    _MSG="state of table ${_MYSQL_TABLE} is OK"
+                    _STC=0
+                else
+                    _MSG="state of table ${_MYSQL_TABLE} is NOK"
+                    _STC=1
+                fi
+                if (( _LOG_HEALTHY > 0 || _STC > 0 ))
+                then
+                    log_hc "$0" ${_STC} "${_MSG}"
+                fi
+            else
+                (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && debug "excluding table: ${_MYSQL_TABLE}"
+            fi
+        done
+        # add mysqlcheck output to stdout log_hc
+        print "==== {${_MYSQLCHECK_BIN} <hidden_opts> --database ${_MYSQL_DB}} ====" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+        print "${_MYSQLCHECK_OUTPUT}" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+    done
+fi
+
+# ---- statistics ----
+# check mysqladmin
+_MYSQLADMIN_BIN="$(which mysqladmin 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG})"
+if [[ ! -x ${_MYSQLADMIN_BIN} || -z "${_MYSQLADMIN_BIN}" ]]
+then
+    warn "could not find {mysqladmin}, skipping statistics gathering"
+    _DO_MYSQL_STATS=0
+fi
+if (( _DO_MYSQL_STATS > 0 ))
+then
+    (( ARG_DEBUG > 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && debug "mysql command: ${_MYSQLADMIN_BIN} ${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS}"
+    print "==== {${_MYSQLADMIN_BIN} <hidden_opts> extended-status} ====" >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG}
+    ${_MYSQLADMIN_BIN} ${_MYSQLADMIN_OPTS} extended-status  >>${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>>${HC_STDERR_LOG}
+fi
+
+return 0
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function _show_usage
+{
+cat <<- EOT
+NAME        : $1
+VERSION     : $2
+CONFIG      : $3 with parameters:
+               mysql_user=<mysql_user_account>
+               mysql_password=<mysql_user_password>
+               mysql_host=<database_host>
+               mysql_port=<host_port>
+               do_check=<yes|no>
+               check_type=<quick|fast|medium|extended>
+               check_databases=<list_of_databases>
+               exclude_databases=<list_of_databases>
+               exclude_tables=<list_of_tables>
+               do_stats=<yes|no>
+PURPOSE     : Checks the status of mysqld/mariadb & databases/table states. Can also
+              gather statistics on mysqld (extended-status) but these are only logged
+              when a health check fails.
+              MySQL privileges required: SHOW DATABASES, SELECT (global or per database)
+LOG HEALTHY : Supported
+
+EOT
+
+return 0
+}
+
+#******************************************************************************
+# END of script
+#******************************************************************************