I recently dealt with this very issue, as we have an ssh server that listens on both port 22, and another port. I ended up duplicating the ssh section of bb-services and creating one called "altssh" that was using the other port, and then in bb-hosts I check for both (# ssh altssh ...). This way I am sure to get accurate and seperate checks and alerts.

I also monitor some IRC servers as well, and our hub uses a nonstandard port. I used the same method and check for "irc" as well as "irchub".

-Charles

Fabrice Di Pasquale wrote:

Hello,

At the end of this page : http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2005/01/msg00194.html

I can read :

--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--

...

What will happen if I do irc:6667 irc:6668? I assume it will only display the output of the last one, but will it still check them all?

The result will be unreliable. It will probably check all of them, but when reporting the results it will report two results for the same status. So if the first test is "red" and the second is "green", you'll get a downtime lasting a fraction of a second. It might trigger an alert, it might not. --o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--o<--

This was in 2005. Is there a way to do that now ? Is it possible to make several tests, for example "ssh ssh:5080 ssh:5081" and to get a permanent red status if at least one of them is down ?

Is it true that this : ssh:5080|ssh:5081|ssh:5082 would stay green if at least one of them is up ?

I tried to play with exclamation marks, commas and pipe signs, without success.

Thanks.