[hobbit] Using Hobbit to monitor a specific port for availability?

There are 2 ways you can go about this.

1. Edit bb-services and create a new test called "javaprog" or whatever you want to call it. Creating a new port test is pretty easy and looking at the examples in bb-services and/or the man page should get you there, heck I will just tell you:

[javaprog] port 8888

After you add that to bb-services, you would add "javaprog" to your bb-hosts file for that host. You would then get a column called "javaprog" that showed it's status.

2. You can also define a local port test on the server that is running the java program (assuming its one that you have a hobbit client on). This will basically look at the ouput of netstat and alert if the port is not in a LISTEN state. For this read the "Ports" section of the hobbit-clients.cfg file and man page.

-Charles

Callahan, Tom wrote:

How would I get hobbit to monitor a specific port to ensure it is listening? For instance, I want to monitor a Java program that listens on port 8888, but just want hobbit to check if it can connect, and then disconnect. How could I do this?

Thanks, Tom Callahan