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Shell scripting (BASH) : Notify admin user if script load crossed certain limit

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: May 17, 2007]

It is possible to monitor UNIX system load average and if it crossed certain limit an email can be send to admin user or even text via pager/sms.

1) Download/view chksysload.bash script

2) Open script using vi:
# vi chksysload.bash

3) Customize it according to your needs:
# Setup up limit below
NOTIFY="6.0"
# Setup admin user email-id
EMAIL="me@mycorp.net"
# Subject for email
SUBJECT="Alert $(hostname) load average"

4) Save and close the file.

5) Install script as cronjob

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Discussion on This Article:

  1. Johnny Says:

    Where is chksysload.bash? The link is broken. Please check and make this script available.

    Thanks
    Johnny

  2. nixcraft Says:

    Johnny,

    Link is fixed. Have a fun!

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