[hobbit] Custom script shows purple

[Xymon User in Richmond]

[Insert top-posting rant boilerplate here]

Makes utter sense.  In the real world, client ability to use the LDAP is
what matters from a service standpoint, and a failure of it will present
as failure of other services unless the underlying dependency is known and
tested, and hopefully DEPENDS-ed in Xymon.  I've seen many such failures
from robots or new systems administrators applying inappropriate policies
like password expiration to service accounts, so I think client-side
checks are appropriate.

On Wed, April 28, 2010 07:53, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Yeah, that's it's usage.
>
> So, I guess from time to time the clients have issues hitting the server?
>
> Never thought to test in that direction.
>
>
> --j
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2010, at 7:49 AM, David Morgan wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> We wanted to test the connectivity from the LDAP clients (running a
>> xymon agent) to the LDAP server and report their connectivity status.
>>
>> It appears (at least from what I read) that the LDAP module is a test
>> from the Hobbit/XYmon Server to the LDAP server.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>> Hobbit has a built in LDAP test if I remember correctly.  Was it not
>>> serving your needs?
>>>
>>> --jms
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 27, 2010, at 3:55 PM, David Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> We have a custom client side script that we wrote to test ldap
>>>> connectivity  (See below)
>>>>
>>>> % cat getent.sh
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>
>>>>  COLUMN=ldap-con      # Does the server have an LDAP conection
>>>>  COLOR=green          # By default, everything is OK
>>>>  MSG="LDAP Connectivity Check"
>>>>
>>>>  TESTVAL=`/usr/bin/getent group admins | wc -l`
>>>>
>>>>  # Do whatever you need to test for something
>>>>  # As an example, go red if /tmp/badstuff exists.
>>>>  if [ $TESTVAL -eq 0 ]
>>>>  then
>>>>     COLOR=red
>>>>     MSG="${MSG}
>>>>
>>>>     LDAP Configureation and Connectivity is BORKED UP
>>>>     "
>>>>  else
>>>>     MSG="${MSG}
>>>>
>>>>     LDAP Configureation and Connectivity is OK
>>>>     "
>>>>  fi
>>>>
>>>>  #%2