write script to check life of server

[Will Kahn-Greene]

Write a script to check the life of the mediagoblin.org server
every 12 hours.


-  is wiki.mediagoblin.org up?
-  is mediagoblin.org up?
-  is docs.mediagoblin.org up?
-  is mailman qrunner running?
-  etc.

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Does it make sense for us to start looking into something like
Nagios? I think that's pretty forward-thinking. Or is that too much
extra stuff too soon?

[Will Kahn-Greene]

It definitely makes sense to look at systems that do this sort of
thing like Nagios. At this point, the domain of things we want to
test is pretty small and I think I could write an easy script for
it. Plus, I would then turn around and use it on bluesock.

I'll talk with Asheesh and see what they do on OpenHatch and look
into the options before doing anything.

[Will Kahn-Greene]

The original url for this bug was ​http://bugs.foocorp.net/issues/531 .

[Will Kahn-Greene]

I haven't done this, yet.

I haven't done any fiddling with nagios, so I don't know how that all works. I have written scripts before, though.

I think I'm inclined to write a quick script as a stop-gap and then we can switch to something more sophisticated when our needs change or someone is inclined to put in the work.

[Will Kahn-Greene]

Set this up using mosshe.

• ​http://www.wyae.de/software/mosshe/
• ​http://status.mediagoblin.org/