[hobbit] Re: monitoring a port?

Charles Jones jonescr at cisco.com
Sat Oct 28 00:36:23 CEST 2006


Mike wrote:
> On 2006-10-27, Mike <mikee at mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
>   
>> On 2006-10-27, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:05:20PM -0500, Mike wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I know using bb-hosts there are tags to watch for ftp and other ports.
>>>> Is there a syntax to monitor a specific port by port number?
>>>>
>>>> 10.1.1.1	host	# hpjd:9100
>>>>
>>>> Giving the above line as an example/question on monitoring a HP Jet
>>>> Direct device at port 9100.
>>>>         
>>> Provided you've defined "hpjd" in bb-services, this will do just what
>>> you want it to.
>>>       
>> I had forgotten about bb-services. Thanks.
>>     
>
> Does anyone have definitions for mysql, ntp, syslogd, snmp, etc? Does
> bb-services only work for tcp or will it work also for udp?
>   
You can check /etc/services on most unix boxes to see a port to service 
matching.
msql = 3306
ntp = 123
syslogd = 514 (udp)
snmp = 161

I don't think Hobbit can monitor UDP services (that it doesnt already 
support) without a custom extension script.

-Charles
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