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That's
great! For a "Few Pages"..
Not neccesary. For example, I have to monitor a few pages on a web
server that redirects, therefore a "traditional" custom service
will not handle it. So, my script grabs the contents of the page and creates
an html file on my WUG server every minute. Since the script never
misses, if nothing comes back, the html file (content monitor page) is
replaced with whatever a browser would display. My custom service points
to the page created on my server as if it were actually monitoring that remote
server with multiple redirects. That is one way to monitor remote
sources without depending on syslog or traps to monitor.
If it is a network device, you can script for telnet contents or
whatever, and create an html page from that.
We are talking about a product that is awesome for the price; less than a
thousand bucks that gives you the flexibility, with a few add-ins, that is
only limited by your imagination.
You can monitor serial devices that do not have NICs, or just about
anything that responds to a poll (interrogation), with the proper
configuration of What's Up Gold.
-----Original Message-----
From: brandon.baker
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed 3/10/2004 11:11
AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc:
Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for
HTTPS
I'm with you. Between HTTPS and WMI, I am losing faith
in WUG.
Brandon
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Cook
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:51 PM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for
HTTPS
OK
So I can schedule the scripts to
run. Even Windows gives a program for
thar. Then
I have to use syslog or traps to get info in WUG. But that
still
doesn't update the up/down state in WUG it only logs it and send
out
alerts.
Now I have another monitoring system to keep up
to date. I already spend
too much time keeping MRTG upto
date. I don't need another one.
Maybe that is the only
way to do this with WUG. It just seems that most of
the other's
offer a feature to run your own scripts.
I'm already thinking
about look into a different system. If IPSwitch
doesn't fix/add
this in their next version I might not have a choice to stay
with
them.
Does any one have any ideas on a plug-in to do
this?
-----Original Message-----
>From:
"Anthony Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent:
3/9/04 9:05:09 AM
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE:
[WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for HTTPS
>
>Okay,
>
>You do NOT have to know
Unix, but read on: If you are familiar with
>Unix,
you have heard of Crontabs. Crontabs are used for scheduling
on
>Unix platforms.
>
>There is something similar for Windows platforms. There is a
free
>version and a paid version. The paid version
is "free" for 30 days.
>The free version is
free.
>However there is a difference between the two -
although both are easy
>to use, you may have to play with
the free version, or read the
>directions, you will have
to edit a text file called "cron.tab" directly
>to
schedule your events (only one line per event is needed and
the
>events run at what ever interval you like as
frequently as every
>minute).
>
>Before I tell you where to get it, I want to tell I
have used nncron for
>over a year without a glitch. I
suggest you evaluate the paid version in
>order to get a
feel for how powerful the program is -scheduling scripts
>is only the beginning.
>
>Just
before the evaluation period expires, either buy it; stop
the
>service, if you installed the service; or uninstall
the program and
>switch to the free version. The
free version, by the way, is called
>nncronlite. If
you continue using the paid version beyond the eval
>period, you will receive a registration reminder every time it calls
a
>script. I happened to catch mine after about an
hour or so and had a
>window open for each minute.
That is not too much to worry about,
>except if you don't
look at the server for days after the eval expires.
>
>The use of nncron is straight forward, but if you
need help, send a
>message. You may get nncron and
nncronlite from many sites, but I get
>it from the person
who authored the program. Read the first three
>paragraphs at the following url to see if it is something you can
use.
>
>http://www.nncron.ru/
>
>Give me some feedback.
>
>
>
>Anthony
Franklin, Network Engineer
>Information Technology
Services
>University of West Florida
>Pensacola, Florida 32514
>850.474.3243
>-----Original
Message-----
>From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Anderson,
>Eric E.
>Sent:
Monday, March 08, 2004 7:48 PM
>To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [WhatsUp
Forum] Plugin for HTTPS
>
>That would
open the doors to ALL sorts of (missing) capabilities.
>*looks on the floor* Oh look, I think I found that suggestion.
;-)
>I've tried for too long for workarounds and going to
start looking at
>other products. Third party
plug-ins we've bought and used in the past
>for WUG even
seem to be dropping off the market.
>It's a great
product but I think there are a few easy features that
>could be added and haven't been responded to... I think many
could
>create a script/program to do either of these
requests in an afternoon,
>then tested, implemented and
distributed within a reasonable amount of
>time.
>
>-----Original
Message-----
>From: Jeff Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:18 PM
>To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [WhatsUp
Forum] Plugin for HTTPS
>... But how do you get WUG to
run the script? I could write so many
>batch, vbs
or perl scripts to monitor anything I wanted, but WUG
doesn't
>give me a way to run the scripts. I want
to have command monitor! I
>know it has been asked
for many times, but we still don't have it.
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: "Anthony Franklin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: 3/5/04
7:40:59 AM
> >To:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for HTTPS
> >
> >I have a way use
What's Up Gold, easily, to monitor sites that have
>re-directs, which would normally cause the content scan to fail,
and
>monitor ssl sites for content, using a small
programming language called
>Rebol.
> >
> >Go to
www.rebol.com and see how small (700k), but yet how
powerfull
>this programming language is. The Rebol
community is pretty large, so
>there are many scripts out
there for a lot of uses, but none specific to
>What's Up
Gold, yet. Once someone has said they have taken the time to
>do that, or just read about it, I will take the time to post an
awesome
>interim solution the What's Up community has
been awaiting.
> >
> >The completed script is around 10 lines or less.
You will be amazed
>on how much such a small programming
language can do.
> >
> >At least try it on a development box. I have
mentioned Rebol over
>time in the forum. I am
pushing this so hard because once the What's Up
>community starts using it, we as a communitiy will find even
greater
>uses and someone will design scripts that will
solve other peoples
>issues and save us all time and
effort without installing large
>programming language
like Perl, and without writing nearly as much code.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original
Message-----
> >From: Tate, Craig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Fri 3/5/2004 9:04 AM
> >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> >Cc:
> >Subject: RE:
[WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for HTTPS
>
>
> >
>
>2nd that...
> >
> >
> >-----Original
Message-----
> >From: brandon.baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:56 AM
> >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for
HTTPS
> >
>
>
> >Virgil,
> >
> >That only checks
port availability. A 404 error would show as up.
>HTTPS content scan is what we are all clamoring for.
> >
>
>Brandon
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:28 PM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for
HTTPS
> >
>
>
> >
>
>HTTPS is a standard TCP service running on port 443 - you
shouldn't
>need a separate plugin to monitor it.
Just create a custom TCP/IP
>service and set the port to
443. It should work fine.
>
>
> >- virgil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Anderson, Eric E."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent
by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >
>
>03/04/2004 06:22 PM
>
>
> >
>
>Please respond to
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >
>
>
> >To
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>cc
> >
> >Fax to
>
>
> >Subject
> >[WhatsUp Forum] Plugin for
HTTPS
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >I know many have asked and I've tried creating a VB
plug-in that
>would permit HTTPS monitoring without much
luck. A while back an
>individual was able to
create a VB plug-in (the first in history) and
>provided
the source code. I didn't have much luck with it either as
I
>wasn't even able to get the compiled version installed
correctly on a
>couple of systems to reverse engineer and
tweak. Mostly due to
>available
time.
> >
>
>Does anyone know of a 3rd party plug-in (somewhat highly
>configurable) or otherwise that would monitor HTTPS sites?
Would
>someone with knowledge be willing to create one as
a project for a fee?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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