Re: {bb} Status paging for the bb server

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 03:49, Gene Beaird wrote:
> I have tried searching the archives, but am either not using the proper
> string, or it just isn't there.  Back in the bad old days, the team I used
> to work with had a Server and Network monitoring System (SANS) that we would
> use to monitor our servers.  After Big Brother came along, we still used it
> to do give us a status page three times a day to let us know the Big Brother
> server was still up, and our pager system was working.
> 
> I have recently set up a Big Brother server, and am working through the
> 'holes' in the system.  One is a status page, or email letting us know that
> Big Brother is still working.  Has anyone done such a thing?  If so, was it
> part of the Big Brother system, or a separate script?  Thanks for any input.

My take on this is that the key component is the BBPAGER machine. As
long as that is OK, you will be notified of any other part that has
a problem. As a result, the recommended way to ensure a robust BB
set-up is to configure a failover BBPAGER machine.

As an alternative, you could configure a "cron" job to send a "page"
message for a fictitious host. Something like:

  export BBHOME=/usr/local/bb/bbc1.9g-btf
  . $BBHOME/etc/bbdef.sh

  LINE="page unreal,mydomain,com.chime red `date`
  This message is for information only.
  Nothing to see here."

  $BB $BBDISP "$LINE"

Cheers, Phil.



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