Re: Remote health test for servers?

[Wolfgang Lonien <wjlonien@gmx.net>]

Jacob S. wrote:

> Does anyone have some good scripts (or know of a progam, though I
> suspect that's overkill) for having an automated process that
> periodically runs to make sure a server is still alive?
> 
> If the server were running the other os, I think an occasional ping
> would be good enough, but I've seen a Linux server lose it's hard drive
> and still answer pings before. :-)

Hi Jacob,

you could also have a look at cacti, together with Tobi Oetikers' rrdtool -
both are free, and you can monitor other hosts as if they were 'under your
fingertips' ;-)

apt-get install cacti

should get you started.

HTH,
wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien