Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. Not necessarily. You can install nagios on your web server and use it to monitor a server at the other end of your wan link -- usually a machine in your ISPs infrastructure[*] -- on the basis that if you can get packets out, then other people can get packets in. The trick is to monitor something that isn't too far away, or you'll end up monitoring the availability of other people's networks, rather than your own. There's a lot more can be done than just monitoring connectivity by sending ICMP ping packets every so often. There are any number of ways a web server can go wrong -- processes can crash, critical disk partitions can fill up, load spikes can overwhelm the machine's capacity. You can develop a range of different nagios tests that should tell you pretty much at a glance just what has gone wrong. Takes all the fun out of diagnosing the problems perhaps, but it does mean you'll be back to bed sooner when the pager goes off in the small hours. Cheers, Matthew [*] Some ISPs provide machines specifically for this purpose. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW Thank you guys. I'm looking for the simplest solution though, like a simple oneliner, or a shell script. Anybody have an idea? -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. Not necessarily. You can install nagios on your web server and use it to monitor a server at the other end of your wan link -- usually a machine in your ISPs infrastructure[*] -- on the basis that if you can get packets out, then other people can get packets in. The trick is to monitor something that isn't too far away, or you'll end up monitoring the availability of other people's networks, rather than your own. There's a lot more can be done than just monitoring connectivity by sending ICMP ping packets every so often. There are any number of ways a web server can go wrong -- processes can crash, critical disk partitions can fill up, load spikes can overwhelm the machine's capacity. You can develop a range of different nagios tests that should tell you pretty much at a glance just what has gone wrong. Takes all the fun out of diagnosing the problems perhaps, but it does mean you'll be back to bed sooner when the pager goes off in the small hours. Cheers, Matthew [*] Some ISPs provide machines specifically for this purpose. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW Thank you guys. I'm looking for the simplest solution though, like a simple oneliner, or a shell script. Anybody have an idea? -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene I'll try to write a simple shell script and report back to y'all. -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. Not necessarily. You can install nagios on your web server and use it to monitor a server at the other end of your wan link -- usually a machine in your ISPs infrastructure[*] -- on the basis that if you can get packets out, then other people can get packets in. The trick is to monitor something that isn't too far away, or you'll end up monitoring the availability of other people's networks, rather than your own. There's a lot more can be done than just monitoring connectivity by sending ICMP ping packets every so often. There are any number of ways a web server can go wrong -- processes can crash, critical disk partitions can fill up, load spikes can overwhelm the machine's capacity. You can develop a range of different nagios tests that should tell you pretty much at a glance just what has gone wrong. Takes all the fun out of diagnosing the problems perhaps, but it does mean you'll be back to bed sooner when the pager goes off in the small hours. Cheers, Matthew [*] Some ISPs provide machines specifically for this purpose. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW Thank you guys. I'm looking for the simplest solution though, like a simple oneliner, or a shell script. Anybody have an idea? -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene I'll try to write a simple shell script and report back to y'all. -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene Perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away :) while sleep 555; do wget http://ip -O /dev/null -t 1 || mail -s email Host is down; done -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
Redd Vinylene wrote: Hello hello! I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? http://www.nagios.org/ Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello hello! I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello hello! I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? Hello, You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. You can easily get nagios to test the web server sitting on the same machine its installed on and you can also get nagios to ping some external target to test the link. However if the link is down that won't help you, so basically yes it would be wise to have an external nagios server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello hello! I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? Hello, You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. You can easily get nagios to test the web server sitting on the same machine its installed on and you can also get nagios to ping some external target to test the link. However if the link is down that won't help you, so basically yes it would be wise to have an external nagios server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver?
Redd Vinylene wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an email when the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know the uptime of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. Not necessarily. You can install nagios on your web server and use it to monitor a server at the other end of your wan link -- usually a machine in your ISPs infrastructure[*] -- on the basis that if you can get packets out, then other people can get packets in. The trick is to monitor something that isn't too far away, or you'll end up monitoring the availability of other people's networks, rather than your own. There's a lot more can be done than just monitoring connectivity by sending ICMP ping packets every so often. There are any number of ways a web server can go wrong -- processes can crash, critical disk partitions can fill up, load spikes can overwhelm the machine's capacity. You can develop a range of different nagios tests that should tell you pretty much at a glance just what has gone wrong. Takes all the fun out of diagnosing the problems perhaps, but it does mean you'll be back to bed sooner when the pager goes off in the small hours. Cheers, Matthew [*] Some ISPs provide machines specifically for this purpose. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
How to test the uptime of a webserver?
Hello hello! I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
