Here is a quick little bash script to let you know if apache is up and running or not and will email a specific user with details.
cd /root/bin/
touch check-httpd.sh
vim check-httpd.sh
add script below to check-httpd.sh file
#!/bin/bash
FILE=apache-snapshot.txt
DIR=/root
#set this and then uncomment the mail command on 38
MAILTO=email@domain.com
SUBJECT="APACHE_DOWN-host.mydomain.com"
LOAD=`cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print $1}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}'`
#init file
echo "Date and Load" > $DIR/$FILE
echo `date +%F.%X` - Load: $LOAD >> $DIR/$FILE
echo "APACHE STATUS:" >> $DIR/$FILE
#capture apache status:
lynx -connect_timeout=20 -dump -width 500 http://127.0.0.1/server-status 2>&1 >> $DIR/$FILE
statusexit=$?
echo "" >> $DIR/$FILE
echo "Apache Status check return code (non-zero indicates error):" $statusexit >> $DIR/$FILE
#bare line, log entries:
echo "" >> $DIR/$FILE
echo "Last 30 lines of apache error log:" >> $DIR/$FILE
tail -n 30 /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log >> $DIR/$FILE
#if status check did not exit normally, mail file.
if [ $statusexit -ne 0 ]
then
i=1
mail -s $SUBJECT $MAILTO < $DIR/$FILE
fi
Then...
chmod +x check-httpd.sh
mkdir -p /var/log/httpd/
touch /root/apache-snapshot.txt
crontab -e (add cron for script)
* * * * * /root/bin/check-httpd.sh (save)
tail -f /var/log/cron
to monitor crons to make sure script is executing properly. You will also receivean email to the address noted in the script.
