[NTLUG:Discuss] Script request
Ed Leach
ntlug at levelofdetail.com
Mon Mar 2 16:09:37 CST 2009
Fred wrote:
> Has anyone got a script that cron could run to see if
> a server is up and running? I just found out that a webserver
> over in the corner has been sitting there for 4 days waiting
> for someone to get the driver CD out of the drive and let
> it boot. This was after the power company ran down the
> battery in the UPS unit. (well, not really, but you know...)
>
> I guess a simple ping test would work, since if it is up enough
> for the networking, then the rest is probably running, too.
> That would be better than now, which is nothing.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
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This usage of wget only lets you know if a page can be reached. Does not
even download it:
wget --spider http://www.testdomain.com/index.html
returns "200 OK" or "ERROR 404: Not Found" server message string
and exit status of 0 or 1.
Ed
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