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noodle48
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Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:45 am

Sendmail

Post by noodle48 »

I wanted to know if there was a sendmail plugin. I have a server running the sendmail process and just need a check to make sure if its up and running. I can't seem to find a good sendmail plugin. The server I need to monitor will be running AIX 5.3. All I would really need is a ps -ef | grep sendmail type of plugin. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
jeff.chung
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Joined: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:45 am

Re: Sendmail

Post by jeff.chung »

I use the check_smtp plugin. It is better than just checking to make sure there is a sendmail process running.

http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_smtp
agriffin
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Re: Sendmail

Post by agriffin »

The check_email_delivery plugin will monitor the whole delivery process. It not only checks that the server is responding correctly, but also that mail can be sent and received successfully.

Otherwise, check_procs is the plugin that you described in your post, if all you really want is to make sure the process is running. It's a standard Nagios plugin.
noodle48
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Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:45 am

Re: Sendmail

Post by noodle48 »

Thanks I will use the snmp plugin. Also, with this plugin is there a way I can have it monitor just 1 host under a hostgroup or will I need to create another hostgroup?
noodle48
Posts: 21
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:45 am

Re: Sendmail

Post by noodle48 »

Will open another thread.
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