Webserver Monitoring Software?

Pie · 03-28-2007, 03:20 PM

What platform is this web app running on? If it's a version of Linux, you can try daemontools (yes, Bernstein is a bit of an ass), or gin up a one-off perl script to monitor the process id and restart it/email you if it dies.
If it's winblows, I got nuthin'.

mbpark · 03-28-2007, 04:58 PM

If this is a Windows box, you can easily download wget and write a small script to parse the output from that command in perl or python.

Run the script as a scheduled job every 5 minutes.

If the app is down, run an "iisreset" command.

If it's Linux/UNIX, you may need to download wget (esp. if you run HP-UX or Solaris), and then write a small script that checks the error status, and if it fails, run an "apachectl restart" or whatever command your webserver needs to restart.

That should help you out

. There's even VbScript to do this on the Internet if you look closely enough.

Thanks,

Mitch

03-28-2007, 03:20 PM	#1
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03-28-2007, 04:58 PM	#2
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Here's a suggestion.... If this is a Windows box, you can easily download wget and write a small script to parse the output from that command in perl or python. Run the script as a scheduled job every 5 minutes. If the app is down, run an "iisreset" command. If it's Linux/UNIX, you may need to download wget (esp. if you run HP-UX or Solaris), and then write a small script that checks the error status, and if it fails, run an "apachectl restart" or whatever command your webserver needs to restart. That should help you out . There's even VbScript to do this on the Internet if you look closely enough. Thanks, Mitch

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