eDirectory Notification Script

The eDirectory notification script will allow you to identify when eDirectory goes down on a server. It will notify you either by text message or email. The script will also attempt to restart eDirectory to get it operational.

Installation Instructions:

Note: This script assumes a single instance of a root-based installation of eDirectory so multi-instance and non-root instance functionality will not work. The eDirectory notification script works with both OES2 and OES11.

1. Download edirnotify.tgz.
2. Open a Terminal window and type “su”.
3. Enter root’s password.
4. Extract the script from the tarball.
   #tar –xzvf edirnotify.tgz
5. Make the script executable.
   #chmod 755 eDirNotify.sh
6. Edit one or more of the following variable at the top of the eDirNotify.sh script.

Example: EMAIL_ADDRESS="joe@mycompany.com"
EMAIL_ADDRESS=""
	
Example: TEXT_ADDRESS="8011231234@txt.att.net"
TEXT_ADDRESS=""

7. Run the eDir Notify Script now or setup a cronjob to run the script.
   #./eDirNotify.sh -c

Setup Instructions for crontab:

1. SSH or telnet into the root account.
2. At the prompt, type in 'crontab -e'. This will open up your crontab file, or create a new one if it doesn't exist.
   When this file opens, you will see other cron jobs listed in here, or if you haven't any - you'll see a bunch of lines with '~' on them.
3. Use the cursor to go down until you can't move the cursor down any more. This is where you start your new line. Press 'o' to insert a new line.
4. Press 'o' to insert a new line. If you want to edit a line, press 'i'.
5. Create a crontab entry that fits your needs and enter at this time.

 Here are some examples:	
	
	Set to run every minute of every hour of every day
	* * * * * /[Location of Script]/eDirNotify.sh > /dev/null
	
	Set to run every five minutes of every hour of every day
	*/5 * * * * /[Location of Script]/eDirNotify.sh > /dev/null
	
	Set to run every 30 minutes of every hour of every day
	*/30 * * * * /[Location of Script]/eDirNotify.sh > /dev/null

6. Press the 'esc' key to exit out of edit mode.
7. To save the changes and exit, type the following in: :wq
   If you want to exit without saving changes, type in: :q!
8. Once you have exited, to view the new entry in your crontab file, type crontab -l in at the prompt. This will list the contents of your crontab file.