#!/bin/bash ## Script to test server downtime ## ## INSTALL ## * Use crontab -e to enter the following so script will run every 5 minutes ## 0 5 * * * /export/home/bthunter/ping.sh ## ## * chmod 755 /export/home/bthunter/ping.sh ## * chmod 644 /export/home/bthunter/ping_log-08172017_135900 ## * $DATETIME is date and time of logfile is setup automatically in script DATE And TIME ## * Copy all servers to be tested in $HOME/ping-servers-list ## * $HOME is your default user's home directory ie: /export/home/bthunter ## PAGER="brian@sutechy.com,4014104325@nexttel.com" DATETIME="`date +'%m%d%y_%H%M%S'`" LOGFILE="$HOME/ping_log-$DATETIME" clear for svr in `cat /etc/hosts | awk '{ print $2 }'` do if [ $svr != 'localhost.localdomain' ] then PING=`ping -c1 $svr | grep ^64 | awk '{ print $1 }'` if [ $PING != "64" ] then printf "ATTENTION: [$svr] IS DOWN PAGED $PAGER @ $DATETIME" >>$LOGFILE printf "ATTENTION: [$svr]" | mailx -s "ALERT [$svr] SERVER DOWN" $PAGER fi fi done exit 0