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IPDR Watchdog

What is the use of this tool ?

Real time IPDR monitoring system that alerts when IPDR is down by sending email and syslog.

How it works ?

It checks the flushlogs and compares the log and system timestamp to determine the status of the system.
And also it check the flush variable is not equal to 0 . If IPDR is down then send syslog and the trisul 
will send mail.

Procedure before running the script

Login as admin
Configure email on trisul server
Start the email notification
Log into trisul server and assign a cronjob to run ipdr_watchdog script or you can run manually.

Options

Option	Default value	Info
-n	2	No of Engines
-c	context0	Context Name
-s	Hostname of your system	Sytem Name
-k	0	verbose

The verbose argument will send syslog if the system is running . But doesn't send mail

Examples Using cronjob

* /10* * * * /usr/local/share/trisul-hub/ipdr_watchdog.sh

When the IPDR down you get this type of syslog

May  9 05:55:01 IPDR-TESTING trisul_flushd: Alert:probe0:context0:1715234100:0,0,0,0,0,IPDRUP:mailsubject:Trisul IPDR Alert System UP IPDR TESTING:mailsubjectUser ,Last flush time : (Thu May  9 05:55:00 AM UTC 2024)

When you assign a cronjob with -k argument you will get this syslog if the system is running

May  9 07:12:01 IPDR-TESTING infod: IPDR-TESTING  RUNNING

Examples without using cronjob
/usr/local/share/trisul-hub/ipdr_watchdog.sh /ipdr_watchdog.sh