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color:#1F497D'>I've added it…I'll send out an official announcement when I get
home tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gary Baluha
[mailto:gumby3203@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 28, 2008 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> hobbit@hswn.dk; Theshire-announce@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [hobbit] Re: urlplus.pl http/https monitoring extension script<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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==== urlplus.pl ====<br>
Summary<br>
* Download: [[monitors:monitor|monitor]]<br>
* Author: gumby3203@gmail.com|Gary Baluha<br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> * Compatible with: Linux, OpenBSD<br>
* Last Update: 2008-01-28<br>
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====== Monitor ======<br>
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^ Compatibility | Hobbit 4.2 |<br>
^ Requirements | Perl, unix, curl |<br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>^ Download | None |<br>
^ Last Update | 2008-01-28 |<br>
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===== Description =====<br>
Provides a slightly more robust form of URL content checking that Hobbit does out of the box.<br>
Per-host user-configuration is provided.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><br>
===== Installation =====<br>
=== Client side ===<br>
N/A<br>
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=== Server side ===<br>
1) Copy urlplus.pl to $BBHOME/ext<br>
2) Create an new configuration file: $BBHOME/etc/cont-check.cfg<br>
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===== Source =====<br>
==== Monitor ====<br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><code><br>
</code><br>
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===== Known Bugs and Issues =====<br>
None at this time<br>
<br>
===== To Do =====<br>
Need more testing on a larger variety of hosts, mostly for inclusion of new features<br>
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===== Credits =====<br>
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===== Changelog =====<br>
<br>
* **2008-01-02**<br>
* Initial creation<br>
* **2008-01-28**<br>
* Initial release to The Shire<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 28, 2008 10:54 AM, Gary Baluha <<a
href="mailto:gumby3203@gmail.com">gumby3203@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are in the process of replacing several sitescope
monitors with Hobbit, and I have found some of the built-in Hobbit http checks
inadequate. As a result, I have been working on an extension script which
at its core is essentially a wrapper for curl. However, it provides for
more robust user-customization than is easily possible with Hobbit's built-in tests.
It is still a work-in-progress, but I believe it has matured enough to be worth
posting on The Shire. I wrote it using perl, but I have a feeling that
some point in the future it may need to be converted to C (mostly for the
speed). However, it seems to work pretty good for me now.<br>
<br>
The main feature I required from this script was the addition of a per-host
customizable timeout period. Some of the hosts I'm testing take up to a
minute to return back any data, and this is considered normal. However, I
didn't want to bump up the timeout for _all_ hosts. Admittedly, this
script uses an additional configuration file and doesn't completely integrate
with the bb-hosts file, but it works for me and helps keep the bb-hosts file
clean. I'd be interested in what other people think of this script, which
is the main reason I'm contributing it now. I have attached it to this
post (I haven't yet subscribed to theshire-developers, so I'm not able to
upload it myself yet).<o:p></o:p></p>
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