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Postfix Mail Queue statistics via SNMP
This post documents a small shell script designed to provide basic mail queue statistics via SNMP for Postfix.
Requirements
Installation
The code can be downloaded here.
To install, place the script anywhere in your system and edit it to provide the correct path to the “qshape” perl script that comes with Postfix.
Note: Under openSUSE qshape.pl is part of the postfix-docs package and is not installed by default.
To configure net-snmp, edit your snmpd.conf line and add a line as follows:
pass [oid-of-choice] /bin/snmpqshape.sh [oid-of-choice]
For example, due to a quirk in a paticular SNMP monitoring package I use, I had to use an OID belonging to Motorola:
pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.17713.2 /bin/snmpqshape.sh .1.3.6.1.4.1.17713.2
Net-SNMP will return 3 OIDs on query:
.0 :: Incoming
.1 :: Active
.2 :: Deferred
MRTG / RRDTool
Since the setup of monitoring / statistics tools such as MRTG or RRDTool is site-specific, no provisions are made on this page to provide a complete usage example. A minimal example for RRDTool:
#! /bin/sh
STR="`snmpwalk -OvQ -r 10 -t 5 -v 2c -c publicommunity hostname.site.com \
.1.3.6.1.4.1.17713.2 | perl -ne 's/^/:/;s/\n//;print'`"
rrdtool update /path/to/rr-database.rrd -t incoming:active:deferred N${STR}
DISCLAIMER
This code is free to use and distribute, and the author offers no liability or warranty for it’s misuse.
PHP :: Convert a string to NATO alphabet
Giving a password over the phone to someone is always painful, and I can never remember the NATO alphabet (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!). The following PHP function will convert any string into the NATO alphabet for easy recitation.
Spamhaus DROP list
The Spamhaus DROP list (Don’t Route or Peer) is still awaiting it’s BGP feed for network providers. So in the meantime, I’ve knocked up a little PHP script that downloads the DROP list from Spamhaus and spits out either a list of IPtables rules or a Cisco access control list.
View Source: http://www.potato-people.com/code/misctools/spamhausdrop.phps
Download: http://www.potato-people.com/code/misctools/spamhausdrop.tar.gz
Reservoir
In my spare time, I’m working on a tool for photographers for managing photo collections. I was unable to find one that matched my requirements in the open source world, and frankly didn’t like the look of a lot of the commercial ones. Plus, making it web based means I can access my photos from anywhere in the world.
Click through for a demo video of the progress so far…