From: Mike D. (E. e. preferred) <md...@di...> - 2004-10-30 06:53:27
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanx for your additinal interest in this idea. "Highly reliable" means different things to different people. At work, it= =20 means having redundant OC3's. At home, it means treating it as a utility=20 just like gas and electric. Because my wife and I consider Intenet access to be a utility, we want to k= now=20 that we know that it's alive and well. Thus my interest in this monitoring= =20 co-op. Here's how I would do it. I'd agree to (ping?) monitor a few other people'= s=20 servers in exchange for the same thing from them. I'd set up their service= s=20 as dependant upon my ISP's router, which I also monitor. This way, if my=20 internet connection drops, my "clients" won't get any alarms when my=20 connection is restored. In the event that my server does down, I'd like an email sent to my alpha=20 pager, probably 24x7. My IP address is dynamic, but my domain name should stay in sync. Sometime= s=20 this sync takes a minute or so. So, the ping poll should be about 5-7=20 minutes. My firewall rules don't usually allow incoming echo requests, but I'm sure= =20 I'll figure something out. So, is anyone interested? On Friday 29 October 2004 03:35 pm, Jeff Scott wrote: > This is an interesting idea, and I might be willing to contribute. > However, I would want anybody monitoring my stuff to have a highly > reliable service, to limit false alerts. And perhaps develop a method to > share perf data????? > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:09:29 -0600, Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred) > > <md...@di...> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Sorry this mail is so late. I'm just getting to my email. > > > > Did you ever get any response to your idea? I'd be interested in having > > my > > server monitored and would be happy to return the favor. Let me know if > > you > > are still interested. > > > > On Thursday 30 September 2004 05:01 pm, Scottie Thompson wrote: > >> I have searched the archives of this list, and several places on the w= eb > >> to see if Nagios users have talked about helping each other out by > >> monitoring each other's core critical network routers...I haven't found > >> any info. The problem is essentially the catch-22: my core router is > >> down and I want Nagios to shoot email to a pager, but Nagios can't get > >> to the Internet anymore. So, some have configured Nagios to fire up a > >> modem and send out a page via SMS; or maybe some are paying for an > >> external service to monitor those core routers... > >> > >> But, is anybody interested in monitoring 3 of my servers (via a simple > >> ping) in exchange for me monitoring a few of yours? We can talk details > >> offline... > >> > >> Also, if anyone is already doing this I would be very interested on > >> feedback about tips and pitfalls from this type of thing. TIA. > >> > >> Scottie Thompson > >> Point Loma Nazarene University > > > > - -- > > Mike > > gpg key: http://diehlnet.com/~mdiehl/mdiehl.asc > > 83AD D927 758D 4BFC A800 0277 4B26 75A4 F0D1 C7EB > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFBgqOBSyZ1pPDRx+sRAlUZAKCAp3/bh2CVvBmc0AeoF9d+cVBuQwCgvDNa > > 4A9QdIAUK+jGMSg0WMZs2Lk=3D > > =3DGnF6 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id=12065&op=CCk > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > Nag...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > > > > reporting any issue. > > > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id=12065&op=3DClick > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nag...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > ::: reporting any issue. Messages without supporting info will risk being > ::: sent to /dev/null =2D --=20 Mike gpg key: http://diehlnet.com/~mdiehl/mdiehl.asc 83AD D927 758D 4BFC A800 0277 4B26 75A4 F0D1 C7EB =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBgz5uSyZ1pPDRx+sRAggCAJ9lkf7YqUOqBgxxdcPDd6woRgcjigCfbJz6 YdxIMHxYgx0+VQxqnMnIYoQ=3D =3D07rT =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |