diff --git a/sensu/files/checks/check_cinder_api.sh b/sensu/files/checks/check_cinder_api.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Check list of available quotas from cinder API"
+    echo "usage: ./check_cinder_api.sh -u <openstack.user> -p <openstack.password> -t <openstack.tenant> -h 'http://<openstack.host>' -w <warning-threshold [s]>"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ ! $@ =~ ^\-.+ ]]
+then
+        usage
+fi
+
+while getopts ":u:p:t:h:w:" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+        u)
+            USER=${OPTARG};;
+        p)
+            PASSWD=${OPTARG};;
+        t)
+            TENANT=${OPTARG};;
+        h)
+            HOST=${OPTARG};;
+        w)
+            WARNING=${OPTARG};;
+       \?)
+            echo "Invalid option"
+            usage;;
+        : ) echo "Option -"$OPTARG" requires an argument." >&2
+            usage;;
+    esac
+done
+
+exit_ok() {
+    echo "OK: $*"
+    exit 0
+}
+exit_warning() {
+    echo "WARNING: $*"
+    exit 1
+}
+exit_critical() {
+    echo "CRITICAL: $*"
+    exit 2
+}
+
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { exit_critical "Missing program curl."; }
+
+TOKEN=$(curl -s -X 'POST' $HOST:5000/v2.0/tokens -d '{"auth":{"passwordCredentials":{"username": "'$USER'", "password":"'$PASSWD'"}, "tenantName":"'$TENANT'"}}' -H 'Content-type: application/json' | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['access']['token']['id']")
+
+TENANT_ID=$(curl -s -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" $HOST:5000/v2.0/tenants | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['tenants'][0]['id']")
+
+if [ -z "$TENANT_ID" ]; then
+    exit_critical "Unable to get tenant id"
+fi
+
+START=`date +%s`
+QUOTAS=$(curl -s -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" $HOST:8776/v1/$TENANT_ID/os-quota-sets/$TENANT/defaults | grep "gigabytes")
+END=`date +%s`
+
+LIST_TIME=$[END-START]
+
+if [[ -z $QUOTAS ]]; then
+        exit_critical "Unable to get quotas, cinder API is not working"
+    elif [[ $LIST_TIME -gt $WARNING ]]; then
+        exit_warning "Get quotas took more than $LIST_TIME seconds, it's too long.|response_time=$LIST_TIME"
+else
+        exit_ok "Get quotas, cinder API is working: list quota in $LIST_TIME seconds.|response_time=$LIST_TIME"
+fi
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