Installing SIM (System Integrity Monitor)

Author: firstnetguard
Submited At: 2007-03-19
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Wouldn\'t it be nice to get informed if one or more of your server services, like apache or mysql, are down?
Wouldn\'t it be even better if they could be restartet automatically?
Yes, that would be very nice! AND it is possible!

Just install SIM (System Integrity Monitor)!
SIM is a system and services monitor for ‘SysVinit’ systems. It is designed to be intuitive and modular in nature, and to provide a clean and informative status system.

It does this by consistently verifying that services are online, load averages are in check, and log files are at reasonable sizes. Many other SIM modules sport different and in-depth features to bring a well rounded tool to your disposal to stop otherwise common issues daunting internet hosts.

Features:
- Service monitoring of HTTP, FTP, DNS, SSH, MYSQL & more
- Event tracking and alert system
- Auto restart ability for downed services
- Checks against network sockets & process list to ensure services are online
- Advanced HTTP service monitoring, to prevent commonly encountered issues
- System load monitor with customizable warnings & actions
- Ability to auto restart system with definable critical load level
- Priority change configurable for services, at warning or critical load level
- Informative command line status display
- Easily customizable configuration file
- Auto configuration script
- Auto cronjob setup feature
- Simple & Informative installation script
- Integrated auto-update feature
- And more...
Get the latest version of SIM from R-fx Networks right here -> http://www.r-fx.ca/downloads/sim-current.tar.gz

After unpacking the package install it by "sh setup -i"
Running this script will tend to all the install tasks for SIM.

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