> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Michael W. Lucas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. November 2007 15:01 > An: Mohr James > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Nagios > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 02:52:13PM +0100, Mohr James wrote: > > Hi All! > > > > We had a problem the other day where the nagios process died and no > > one noticed it for over 30 minutes. Therefore, I was thinking about > > ways to monitor Nagios itself. One simply way would be a > cronjob that > > checks if the nagios process is running and then uses yaps or > > something to send an SMS. But what about cases where the nagios > > process is running, but for whatever reason the messages > are not being processed. > > > > I was thinking about setting up a service that is triggered by a > > cronjob and then sends a notification. This notification > writes a flag > > file and every X minutes a cron job checks the age of the > flag file. > > If the flag file is too old, it sends an SMS via yaps. > > > > Rather than re-invent the wheel, I was wondering if other > people had > > already implemented something similar. > > Daemontools' supervise program will restart nagios if it crashes. > > http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html > > In the event that supervise cannot restart the program, you > can have it send an email. > > ==ml > > -- > Michael W. Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ > Now Shipping: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- > http://www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 > pairs of my soiled undies "for security reasons."
Thanks Michael and Donnell! I will give Daemontools and Monit a look and see if that can solve my problems. Regards, Jim Mohr ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
