I've added it...I'll send out an official announcement when I get home tonight.
From: Gary Baluha [mailto:gumby3203 at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:07 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk; Theshire-announce at lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [hobbit] Re: urlplus.pl http/https monitoring extension script
Whoops, forgot to include the template information...
==== urlplus.pl ====
Summary
Download: [[monitors:monitor|monitor]]
Author: gumby3203 at gmail.com|Gary Baluha
Compatible with: Linux, OpenBSD
Last Update: 2008-01-28
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====== Monitor ======
^ Compatibility | Hobbit 4.2 |
^ Requirements | Perl, unix, curl |
^ Download | None |
^ Last Update | 2008-01-28 |
===== Description =====
Provides a slightly more robust form of URL content checking that Hobbit does out of the box.
Per-host user-configuration is provided.
===== Installation =====
=== Client side ===
N/A
=== Server side ===
Copy urlplus.pl to $BBHOME/ext
Create an new configuration file: $BBHOME/etc/cont-check.cfg
===== Source =====
==== Monitor ====
<code>
</code>
===== Known Bugs and Issues =====
None at this time
===== To Do =====
Need more testing on a larger variety of hosts, mostly for inclusion of new features
===== Credits =====
===== Changelog =====
**2008-01-02**
- Initial creation
**2008-01-28**
- Initial release to The Shire
On Jan 28, 2008 10:54 AM, Gary Baluha <gumby3203 at gmail.com> wrote:
We are in the process of replacing several sitescope monitors with Hobbit, and I have found some of the built-in Hobbit http checks inadequate. As a result, I have been working on an extension script which at its core is essentially a wrapper for curl. However, it provides for more robust user-customization than is easily possible with Hobbit's built-in tests. It is still a work-in-progress, but I believe it has matured enough to be worth posting on The Shire. I wrote it using perl, but I have a feeling that some point in the future it may need to be converted to C (mostly for the speed). However, it seems to work pretty good for me now.
The main feature I required from this script was the addition of a per-host customizable timeout period. Some of the hosts I'm testing take up to a minute to return back any data, and this is considered normal. However, I didn't want to bump up the timeout for _all_ hosts. Admittedly, this script uses an additional configuration file and doesn't completely integrate with the bb-hosts file, but it works for me and helps keep the bb-hosts file clean. I'd be interested in what other people think of this script, which is the main reason I'm contributing it now. I have attached it to this post (I haven't yet subscribed to theshire-developers, so I'm not able to upload it myself yet).