Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 10:47:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Duane Winner <dwinner-lists@att.net> Cc: FreeBSD - Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: monitoring and alerting software ???? Message-ID: <20050512104632.L37164@wolf.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <428394B2.20409@att.net> References: <428394B2.20409@att.net>
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Nagios. http://www.nagios.org/ On Thu, 12 May 2005, Duane Winner wrote: > Hello, > > This may not be FreeBSD specific, but since I'm running nearly a 100% FreeBSD > shop, I figured this would be as good as place as any to ask a question. > Also, it might just turn out that the solution for me might be software that > runs on FreeBSD. > > Does anybody have recommendations for a good solution to alert me while I am > not at work if something goes wrong with my infrastucture/network/servers? > In other words, if I am at home, I need to be alerted if one of my FreeBSD > servers go down, but also if the router, firewall or switches go haywire. > > I'm thinking along the lines of getting a cell phone, and have a central > server with a modem dial my cell and send a text message, either directly or > via a 3rd party service, if anything goes wrong. I am the sole responsible > admin for babysitting my network and server farm, and we're setting up > critical systems that must be 24x7, so now I must be 'on call' 24x7. > > Is there anything out there that will assist me with this? > > Thanks, > DW > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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