Perl script mionitor/control linux services

[jrwinterburn]

Hi all,

I have created an ASP.NET intranet that monitors and controls all the Windows services etc in my network. I need to add to this so I can control and monitor services on my Linux and Solaris boxes.

I realise that doing this in ASP.NET is probably impossible or very difficult, but no doubt I can do this in Perl. But where do I start? All I really want is a page that refreshes every 60 seconds, running "service asterisk status" (and others), and be able to click a button to stop/start/restart services. Also, sending an email when a service is dead would be good. This page would preferably run on a remote server (connecting remotely to the Linux/Sun servers)

Any pointers on how I achieve this would be appreciated - I have tried googling but to no avail - even an online tutorial on doing this would be useful! I could use Webmin, but it's overkill for what I want (and I want to do this myself!)

Thanks

Jon

 

[stevexff]

Net::SSH is probably a good place to start

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SSH-Perl/

This will allow you to run commands on a remote Solaris or Linux box, and get your hands on the output...

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]

 

[jrwinterburn]

Perfect! Thanks Steve, just what I was looking for. Never thought to search on cpan (doh!). Thanks again.

 

[stevexff]

There is a huge amount of good stuff on CPAN. Whenever you have a problem to solve, there is a good chance that someone else has already "been there and done that". So you don't have to re-invent the wheel...

Steve

[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:erlDesignPatterns)[/small]