[solved] Testing for running services.

iamdanhenry · 2012-07-08 04:19:20

Does anyone know of a good way to get a quick and dirty way of testing if specific services are on-line on a remote server. It is for a conky setup, trying to test if things like http, mysql, ssh, imap, smtp, etc.
The servers are Debian. All I need is an up/down status.

Thanks,
Daniel

Last edited by iamdanhenry (2012-07-09 16:38:17)

-Syu · 2012-07-09 12:27:31

If an open/closed status of the ports in question is enough for you, you'd best use nmap. You would use it to connect (or half-connect) at TCP level.
To see what kind of services run on those ports, you can also use nmap, but amap sometimes gives more specific results.

Awebb · 2012-07-09 12:51:54

Either try the service command or parse the output of /etc/init.d/myservice status.

ewaller · 2012-07-09 13:10:24

Scan the IP with nmap?

-Syu · 2012-07-09 13:31:20

@ ewaller: Scan the IP with nmap.

nmap -Pn -sV -p 80,3306,22,143,25 -iL <inputfilename>

@ Awebb: I agree, if the OP has shell access on the remote machines.

iamdanhenry · 2012-07-09 16:33:05

ewaller wrote:

Scan the IP with nmap?

Thank you.

Last edited by iamdanhenry (2012-07-09 16:38:27)

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[solved] Testing for running services.

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