Can Nagios implement with Expect to automate tasks when issues arise?

[Patrick M.]

Until we can move the scripts off that machine onto its new home, we 
have to reboot this system.  Sometimes it happens once, sometimes it 
happens multiple times a day. 

These aren't critical systems, so it wouldn't hurt anything if these 
were rebooted multiple times.

Thank you very much for the information, and the pointers.  And yes, I 
agree - we should take care of the cause rather than the symptom.

Thanks again.

Patrick

dave stern - e-mail.pluribus.unum wrote:
> Event handlers can take care of any common task but you need to
> be careful with them. Why is a task required to be done so frequently?
> Shouldn't we take care of the cause rather than the symptom?
>
> Also, scripts that "fix" known problems can be very dangerous if
> they inadvertantly run at times when a service/host looks critical
> but perhaps "critical" wasn't well enough defined, particularly if
> you're not using parent dependancies.  So if you do go this root
> (pun intended), add in a LOT of checks to the expect script.
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 11:27 AM, Patrick M. <patrickm at garlic.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just learned what Expect was and wrote a few scripts to automate
>> certain tasks around the office, and now I'm wondering if Expect can be
>> used in conjunction with Nagios.  Is this possible?
>>
>> Example: One of our servers go down at least twice a day, and we know
>> it's problematic.  We connect to the power strip and recycle the power
>> on the port that machine is plugged in.  I'd like to use Expect to
>> automate this when Nagios notices it is down.
>>
>> Has anyone else implemented something similar to what I'm describing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
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