python script to check server status

Today lets write a simple script to chek the Apache server status using python.

create a simple file called server_check on your desktop, copy and paste the below code

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#!/usr/bin/python
from subprocess import call
 
command = raw_input('Please enter service name : ')
 
call(["/etc/init.d/"+command, "status"])

Now lets execute and check.

open your terminal and navigate to the desktop and type the following command.

python check_service

then it will ask for a service name “Please enter service name :”

enter the service name eg: apache2 or mysql

you will see a output like this.

Screenshot from 2016-05-11 10-26-28

Today. i Upgraded the script, so that it can be more usable on server. This will support on Python 2.7+ only. checkout the sample script below.

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#!/usr/bin/python
import subprocess
 
checkIP = subprocess.check_output('ip addr | grep "10.200.181.56"', shell=True)
if ("inet 10.200.181.56/24" in checkIP):
services = ['san-mount', 'mysqld', 'httpd', 'vsftpd', 'nagios', 'crond', 'postfix', 'mysql', 'apache2']
for service in services:
status = subprocess.check_output("/etc/init.d/"+service+" status", shell=True)
if ("is stopped" in status):
print service + "  - Stopped"
print service + "  - Trying to start"
service_start = subprocess.check_output("/etc/init.d/"+service+" start", shell=True)
else:
print service + "  - Running "
else:
print "Ip Address not mounted cannot execute further"