[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk server with remote monitoring capabilities

[Mark Musone]

Warning - Shameless plug..

Why not just use a managed service provider (like www.shatterit.com)
that is _really_ there 24/7 and can not only reboot your box for you
at any time, but can also monitor it so that it doesnt go down in the
first place.

I apologize for the commerical nature, but this is a real solution for
this real problem...all those expensive hardware solutions is no
replacement for a human..

-Mark


On 6/24/05, Max W Blackmer Jr <max at knowledgepowerit.com> wrote:
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk server with remote monitoring
> > capabilities
> > From: beonice <beonice at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Thu, June 23, 2005 7:52 pm
> 
> > --- Michael Welter <mike at introspect.com> wrote:
> >
> > > William Boehlke wrote:
> > > > Dell sells a remote management card for under $400
> > > that enables remote
> > > > reboots. I know there are others out there but
> > > have no experience with them.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > William Boehlke
> > > > Signate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
> > > On Behalf Of beonice
> > > >
> > > > I'm tired of having to drive out to the colocation
> > > facility each time my
> > > > dedicated asterisk server craps out, just to press
> > > the button to do a hard
> > > > reboot.
> > > > (I'm running 1.05 stable at present, no telephony
> > > hardware, as this is
> > > > mainly a system that receives calls, no dial-out
> > > ability is needed.)
> > > >
> > > APC makes a power strip with a web server.  Each
> > > socket has its own IP
> > > address.  All you have to do to power cycle is
> > > access the IP address
> > > from your web browser and give the power cycle
> > > command.  It is sooo cool.
> >
> > Thanks for your responses, folks.
> >
> > Okay, so what makes more sense:
> >   1) a remote management card that will let me
> > actually log in to the machine to monitor it as well
> > as to reboot it
> >     vs.
> >   2) a remote-accessible powerstrip that will allow me
> > to remotely reboot the server?
> 
> 
> A little note. make sure your server motherboard/bios supports power on
> after power loss to use the remote control power strip. Secondly make
> sure the power strip control uses SSH and NOT telnet to control it.
> Telnet is too insecure because passwords are sent plain text.
> 
> Another possibility is to write a reboot script and set up a cron job to
> automatically reboot every night until you solve the bigger problem of
> why is the server having problems?
> 
> With Linux their is little need to reboot Linux. There is only one time
> that you have to reboot Linux. When you upgrade the kernel or its
> modules. Kernel modules do not always need a reboot. Kernel module that
> do require a reboot are critical to operation of your system for example
> RAID# .
> 
> The best way is to have a script that uses the init script to restart
> the applications that are questionable on a cron job schedule for low
> usage.  With a good script you could also check on the status of the
> service and perform functional test of the service. Then the script
> would perform the necessary tasks to recover from application failure.
> This wont help with a total system failure as the script will not work.
> Some of the remote monitoring cards can detect a system lockup and
> preform a system reboot automatically.  When all of these fail you can
> use remote control power strips or a KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) over IP
> to remotely control the hardware as if you are there.  Cyclades
> (www.cyclades.com) sells both KVM and Remote Power management solutions
> that are secure. They even have RSA authentication tokens and a
> Biometric/RSA token authentications for secure management of the remote
> locations.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Max W. Blackmer, Jr.
> Consultant, Knowledge Power IT
> 
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