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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 ?

First it checks the flush logs and compares the log with system timestamp to determine the status of the system.
And it monitors the flush log  is not equal to zero.If IPDR is down then send syslog and the trisul 
will send mail.

Procedure before running the script

Login as admin and go to (profile0 –> email config)
Configure email on trisul server
Start the email notification
Configure alert whom you want to send mail
Go to profile0 → All groups alert → and click edit option → change Send to Syslog/Email to Alert
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 DOWN 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

When your system is started after the down stauts you will get this 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 start the IPDR system after the IPDR-DOWN then you will be notified about the incident through mail

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