Server Monitoring Software?
Hi,
I am looking for a script that can be run on a unix server to monitor one or more other unix servers.
Basically, the script should be able to check that the server is up and email if it isn't.
Any other features would be cool but not essential.
Any ideas? Freeware would be good?
Thanks
mairving posted this at 01:03 — 14th February 2002.
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Off the top of my head, you could probably build an shell script that would ping the remote server. Then stick this into a cron job and have it run as often as you want. I suppose then that you could output the results to email. It might be a little messy if the cron jobs get hung up.
Mark Irving
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tazman posted this at 09:31 — 14th February 2002.
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You asked for a unix based routine to do this, but I would suggest an alternative. I use a great piece of software called IPSentry. It is a windows based utility with a host of abilities.
The software allows you to be alerted to any problems by email, audible alert, pager, etc.
This software also allows you to not only check the server for a ping, but also lets you check specific ports and services. Your server may still return a ping, but that doesnt mean the ftp or http services are running. I also use the utility to check my T1, my routers, etc.
I actually run the software on both an internal machine with local network access, and an external machine that allows me to check my servers from the outside world's perspective. Just because your server is responding in-house doesnt mean that your network/firewalls, etc are allowing the world to get access to your open systems.
The url for the software is http://www.ipsentry.com/
I find this utility invaluable.
Wil posted this at 10:29 — 15th February 2002.
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Hi,
I've used the following in the past. Light, freeware and seems to work OK. Although written in Perl, no workig knowledge needed to operate - outputs data to HTML or EMail.
http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/1019.html
Hope this helps.
- wil
dfiworld posted this at 18:29 — 15th February 2002.
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I got it workin check it out ff-an.com
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