email-log-parser

With this script, in cooperation with the Nagios plugin "check_log", you can search any log for certain words. As soon as the search term is found, the script sends an email to the recipient.

Requirements

• python
• Nagios plugin "check_log" (Debian: monitoring-plugins-basic)

How to use the script

• apt-get install git
• git clone https://github.com/TheCry/email-log-parser
• Set up the variables inside the script (vi emailLogParser.py)
• Make the file "emailLogParser.py" executable (chmod +x emailLogParser.py)
• Start the script to check whether it is working fine (./emailLogParser.py)

No email after first run

When the script is executed for the first time, only the temporary file is created. Only after that the script takes effect with the search terms.

Create a cron job

*/15 * * * * root nice -n 5 /path/emailLogParser.py >> /path/emailLogParser.log 2>&1