NetworkServerMonitoring

Monitoring Network Server Availability

We use the netsaint program http://www.netsaint.org/ to monitor the network status and server status for our machines.

Netsaint has a web interface available at:

http://netsaint.hpcf.upr.edu/netsaint/

The username and password for viewing network status is netsaint and carlos.

The netsaint service is hosted on astraeus.hpcf.upr.edu in the directory /usr/local/netsaint, configuration is mainly in the file etc/hosts.cfg

The configuration file for netsaint is extremely complicated, so we've put the file under RCS to ensure that all changes are tracked. To edit the file:

$ su
# cd /usr/local/netsaint/etc
# rcsdiff hosts.cfg
{make sure there aren't any changes, if there are, you must check the file in}
# co -l hosts.cfg
# vi hosts.cfg
# ../bin/netsaint -v netsaint.cfg
{make sure there are no errors, or edit the file again to correct}
# ci -u hosts.cfg
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/netsaint restart

Please follow the online documentation and the examples in the config file to make sure the configuration is correct.

-- Main.HumbertoOrtiz - 22 Dec 2000