Notify on host up and down

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Description

This script sends notifications about host UP and DOWN events. In comparison to just netwatch (/ tool netwatch) and its up-script and down-script this script implements a simple state machine and dependency model. Host down events are triggered only if the host is down for several checks and optional parent host is not down to avoid false alerts.

Requirements and installation

Just install the script:

$ScriptInstallUpdate netwatch-notify;

Then add a scheduler to run it periodically:

/ system scheduler add interval=1m name=netwatch-notify on-event="/ system script run netwatch-notify;" start-time=startup;

Configuration

The hosts to be checked have to be added to netwatch with specific comment:

/ tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com" host=[ :resolve "example.com" ];

It is possible to run an up hook command (up-hook) or down hook command (down-hook) when a notification is triggered. This has to be added in comment:

/ tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=poe-device, down-hook=/ interface ethernet poe power-cycle en21;" host=10.0.0.20;

The count threshould (default is 5 checks) is configurable as well:

/ tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, count=10" host=104.18.144.11;

If the host is behind another checked host add a dependency, this will suppress notification if the parent host is down:

/ tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=gateway" host=93.184.216.1;
/ tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, parent=gateway" host=93.184.216.34;

Note that every configured parent in a chain increases the check count threshould by one.

Also notification settings are required for e-mail and telegram.

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