Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:39 pm Post subject: Script for testing status of a service
I made this script for a friend, just thought i would post it incase anyone else needed something similar.
Basically, its a perl script that opens a connection to a pre-defined IP address and port. It can then return the status of that port, either up or down.
This is useful if you run a network, and want to check the status of certain daemons running on specific machines.
Quote:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# porttest.pl
#
# Perl Script to test connection to ports.
# Used for checking service / server availability
# we want to use sockets
use IO::Socket;
# test that 2 parameters have been passed to script. If not, quit
$ARGC=@ARGV;
if ($ARGC !=2) {
print "Usage: perl porttest.pl <hostIPaddress> <portnumber> \n";
exit;
}
# assign cmdline values to vars
$remo = $ARGV[0];
$openport = $ARGV[1];
# Test status, if unable to connect, quit with error msg DOWN
unless ($so = IO::Socket::INET->new (Proto => "TCP", PeerAddr => $remo,
PeerPort => $openport))
{
print "DOWN\n";
exit;
}
# Script got to this point, therefore not down, so write UP, and exit
print "UP\n";
close $so;
exit;
Here is the source of a php page that calls the script (by "Anigel", www.star-fury.com):
Seems like alot of typing for ps -ax ? Or am I missing the point?
Correct.
The point is that this can test the status of a service on another machine. It is better than pinging, esp if ICMP is blocked by a firewall. Also, just becuase the machine is up, it does not mean a particular service on a particular port is working..
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