tsmoke.dist(1)
NAME
tSmoke - Commandline tool for sending SmokePing information
SYNOPSIS
tSmoke [ --testmail | --morning | --weekly | --version | --help --man] Options: --man Show the manpage --help Help :-) --version Show SmokePing Version --testmail Send a test message --listrrds List the RRDs used by this Smokeping --morning Send a morning synopsis --weekly Send a weekly status report --to E-mail address to send message (i.e. '--to=xyz@company.com.invalid' --detail How much detail to send in weekly report (i.e. '--detail=1') --quiet Do not print welcome
DESCRIPTION
The tSmoke tool is a commandline tool which interfaces with the
SmokePing system. Its main function is to send a message indicating
the current status of the systems being monitored by Smokeping or an
HTML mail file containing the status over the past day, past week and
past month including an overview.
- Typical crontab used to invoke this are
- # Quick morning alert to see what's down
0 6 * * * /usr/local/smokeping/bin/tSmoke.pl --q --to=mobilephone@att.net.invalid --morning # Weekly report on the percent availability of network systems with no detail 0 8 * * * /usr/local/smokeping/bin/tSmoke.pl --q --to=mailbox@company.com.invalid --weekly --detail=0
SETUP
- Modify the Smokeping config file to include a path for tmail in the
General section, if not already present: - tmail = /etc/smokeping/tmail
- Modify the HTML template file, /etc/smokeping/tmail, to your liking.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2003 by Dan McGinn-Combs. All right reserved.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
AUTHOR
Dan McGinn-Combs <d.mcginn-combs@mindspring.com>
- Modified for Smokeping official distribution by Niko Tyni
<ntyni@iki.fi>