[hobbit] Re: urlplus.pl http/https monitoring extension script

[Galen Johnson]

I've added it...I'll send out an official announcement when I get home
tonight.

 

From: Gary Baluha [mailto:gumby3203 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:07 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk; Theshire-announce at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [hobbit] Re: urlplus.pl http/https monitoring extension script

 

Whoops, forgot to include the template information...





==== urlplus.pl ====

Summary

  * Download:      [[monitors:monitor|monitor]]

  * Author:        gumby3203 at gmail.com|Gary Baluha




  * Compatible with: Linux, OpenBSD

  * Last Update:   2008-01-28



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====== Monitor ======



^ Compatibility | Hobbit 4.2 |

^ Requirements | Perl, unix, curl |




^ Download | None |

^ Last Update | 2008-01-28 |



===== Description =====

Provides a slightly more robust form of URL content checking that Hobbit
does out of the box.

Per-host user-configuration is provided.






===== Installation =====

=== Client side ===

N/A



=== Server side ===

1) Copy urlplus.pl to $BBHOME/ext

2) Create an new configuration file: $BBHOME/etc/cont-check.cfg



===== Source =====

==== Monitor ====




<code>

</code>



===== Known  Bugs and Issues =====

None at this time



===== To Do =====

Need more testing on a larger variety of hosts, mostly for inclusion of
new features



===== Credits =====






===== Changelog =====



  * **2008-01-02**

    * Initial creation

  * **2008-01-28**

    * Initial release to The Shire

 

On Jan 28, 2008 10:54 AM, Gary Baluha <gumby3203 at gmail.com> wrote:

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.

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).

 

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