diff --git a/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_gearman.py b/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_gearman.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+
+import utils
+
+
+def check_gearman_status(job_name):
+    """Returns a tuple of exit code and message string
+
+    Exit codes are either 2 -> critical or 0 -> OK
+    There are no warnings with gearman job checker
+    """
+    try:
+        gearadmin_status = utils.run_command_local('(echo status ; sleep 0.1) | netcat 127.0.0.1 4730 -w 1')
+        if job_name not in gearadmin_status:
+            return 2, 'Failed to find job registered with gearman!\nstatus:\n%s' % gearadmin_status
+    except Exception, e:
+        return 2, 'Failed to check gearman status' + e.message
+
+    return 0, job_name + ' is registered with gearman'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check gearman job status.')
+    parser.add_argument('--job', required=True, type=str, help='the job name to check for')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    code, message = check_gearman_status(args.job)
+    print message
+    exit(code)
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diff --git a/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_jenkins.py b/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_jenkins.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+import urllib
+
+import utils
+
+
+def check_jenkins_status(job_name, warning_threshold, critial_threshold):
+    """Returns a tuple of exit code and message string
+
+    Exit codes are either 2 -> critical, 1 -> warning, or 0 -> OK
+    There code is determined based on the job health score and thresholds
+    passed into the script.
+    """
+    try:
+        target_url = 'http://localhost:8080/job/%s/api/python' % job_name
+        jenkins_volume_job = eval(urllib.urlopen(target_url).read())
+
+        if jenkins_volume_job:
+            health_score = jenkins_volume_job['healthReport'][0]['score']
+            exit_code = 0
+            if health_score <= critial_threshold:
+                exit_code = 2
+            elif health_score <= warning_threshold:
+                exit_code = 1
+            return exit_code, 'Jenkins job health score is ' + str(health_score)
+
+    except Exception, e:
+        return 2, 'Error checking jenkins job status: ' + e.message
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check jenkins job status.')
+    parser.add_argument('--job', required=True, type=str, help='the job name to check for')
+    parser.add_argument('-w', required=True, type=int, help='warning threshold of health score')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', required=True, type=int, help='critical threshold of health score')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    code, message = check_jenkins_status(args.job, args.w, args.c)
+    print message
+    exit(code)
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diff --git a/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_nodepool_image.py b/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_nodepool_image.py
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+++ b/monitoring/nagios/checks/check_nodepool_image.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+import re
+
+import utils
+
+
+def check_nodepool_image_status(warning_threshold, critial_threshold):
+    """Returns a tuple of exit code and message string
+
+    Exit codes are either 2 -> critical or 0 -> OK
+    There are no warnings with gearman job checker
+    """
+    try:
+        image_list_raw = utils.run_command_local('sudo /usr/local/bin/nodepool image-list')
+        image_list_lines = image_list_raw.split('\n')
+        newest_image_age = None
+
+        for line in image_list_lines:
+            match = re.search('\|\s+(\w+)\s+\|\s+(\d+\.\d+)\s+\|$', line)
+            if match:
+                status = match.group(1)
+                age = float(match.group(2))
+                if status == 'ready':
+                    if (newest_image_age is None) or (age < newest_image_age):
+                        newest_image_age = age
+
+        if not newest_image_age:
+            return 2, 'Error running command, output: ' + image_list_raw
+
+        exit_code = 0
+        if newest_image_age > warning_threshold:
+            exit_code = 2
+        elif newest_image_age > warning_threshold:
+            exit_code = 1
+        return exit_code, 'Nodepool image age (hours): ' + str(newest_image_age)
+
+    except Exception, e:
+        return 2, 'Error checking nodepool images: %s' + str(e)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check nodepool image status.')
+    parser.add_argument('-w', required=True, type=int, help='warning threshold for age of the image in hours')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', required=True, type=int, help='critical threshold for age of the image in hours')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    code, message = check_nodepool_image_status(args.w, args.c)
+    print message
+    exit(code)
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diff --git a/monitoring/nagios/checks/utils.py b/monitoring/nagios/checks/utils.py
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+import subprocess
+
+
+def run_command_local(command):
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    except Exception, e:
+        return e.message
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