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Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: CKConsulting on November 29, 2004, 09:14:17 PM

I'm trying use Nagios to monitor external web pages.
I have Nagios up and monitoring internal servers and services on SME 6.0.1-01, now I'd like to monitor an exteral web page (a Client's web server).  I would just like to know that www.mydomain.net is up and running.

I know I should problably be posting on Nagios but but SME user know how to get things done.  :)

Thanks,
Rick

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: Damian on November 29, 2004, 10:04:48 PM

Hi Rick,

What is it you actually need help with ?

As long as you can resolve the external servers there shouldn't be any difference.

Hit me if I missed something obvious  :hammer:

Damian

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: CKConsulting on November 29, 2004, 11:03:24 PM

Thanks for the reply,
I want to monitor if a page is up or down?
Do I set up a service for port 80?  Or use a url command?  I'm not sure how to set up the config, I don't reply to ping's so that will not work?????

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: Damian on November 30, 2004, 12:40:15 AM

Rick,

It's some time since I did the Nagios thing - I was more involved with it's predecessor :-)

Anyhow, you should be to check for a top-level index.html file (or index.htm if it's windows) as per the nagios docs.

That should prove the website is up.

Damian

BTW - I've just had a look at the current nagios documentation and it's appalling. Based on the website, I can't see why you chose it. It used to be a be an excellent tool for service monitoring - we replaced Big Brother with Nagios at one site when BB went commercial. I can't say now that we'd do the same based on a look at the website.
I'm going to have a word with  Mr Galstad.

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: CKConsulting on November 30, 2004, 01:46:22 AM

Now you see why I posted.   :-o
I'm looking for a very simple network monitoring tool. I've played with OpenNMS and MRTG but I just wanted something simple.  I came across Nagios and a how to on this forum so I thought I'd try it.  Do you have any other suggestions, I've read a little about Big Sister any thoughts?

Thanks
Rick

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: Damian on November 30, 2004, 03:43:29 AM

Rick,

I'd probably stay with nagios as it is probably the best around if you don't want to pay for commercial tools.
There used to be a simple setup guide which worked. I'll have a dig around for some examples which might get you going. That's assuming I've still got them buried somewhere (kind of what the documentation pages should be for :-)

I'm hoping that Ethan might register and answer this one.

Damian

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
Post by: Damian on November 30, 2004, 03:46:15 AM

BTW -

Big sister looked very promising as a clone of Big Brother but was quite crude when I looked at it last.
18 months have gone by since then and it may not be the same. It's still a big-old-boy to configure though.

Any other users have opinions ?

Damian

Title: Nagios monitoring webpages
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