Monitoring custom UDP ports
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 1:24 pm
Long story short, i have a custom app that uses UDP ports i would like to monitor to ensure they are responding/listening/up. I know udp doesnt actually do that but i wasnt quite sure how else to phrase it.
I have been reading thru and trying to use the check_udp option but of course i always get the "With UDP checks, a send/expect string must be specified." message. I have so far been unable to determine what argument to add to the conf files to make this work.
I tried the check_udp_port plugin but had issues with it and apparently could not get the tow work as part of my conf files for the custom services. I m sure it was user error but regardless i was unable to get it to work.
I've been all over google and havent yet found a working example that ive been able to port.
I guess the bottom line is how do i effectively monitor customer UDP ports?
This would seem a simple thing but to date it has me perplexed.
I have been reading thru and trying to use the check_udp option but of course i always get the "With UDP checks, a send/expect string must be specified." message. I have so far been unable to determine what argument to add to the conf files to make this work.
I tried the check_udp_port plugin but had issues with it and apparently could not get the tow work as part of my conf files for the custom services. I m sure it was user error but regardless i was unable to get it to work.
I've been all over google and havent yet found a working example that ive been able to port.
I guess the bottom line is how do i effectively monitor customer UDP ports?
This would seem a simple thing but to date it has me perplexed.