RE: Host connection test and alert/exec

[Srinath]

Hi,

I am new too...but was wondering if something like the following works

if failed port 21 for 3 cycles  then exec
"/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage -display :0 RedHat is down as usual!"

Here if the connection failure is for 3 consecutive cycles only then the
command is executed.
But as i said, i am not 100% sure, worth a try..


Thanks,

Srinath Maddali
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Sent: 15 October 2003 19:06
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Subject: Host connection test and alert/exec



Hello,

I am new to the list, but wasn't able to turn up reasonable results on the
archives, so I'll try here :)


For monitoring several remote services I created statements similar to the
ones mentioned on the
documentation, like:

check HOST ftp.redhat.com
if failed port 21 then exec
"/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage -display :0 RedHat is down as usual!"


Now, since remote hosts may disappear due to the line being cut or
something alike,
I'd like to send my alert on a timeout (hence, on several failed tests),
similar to normal process checking.
Means, that some X connection failures are ok, alert me on X+1.

Since HOST checking only allows alert, restart, stop, exec and unmonitor, I
figured
I'd have to use an exec script to simulate this functionality.

Sending the alert/sms/email from the script is not a big deal either, I am
just
wondering if someone has done this before or if it is even possible using
some
monit statements.

l8r


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