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Actively testing a DirectAdmin connection to ensure it is running
You can take it a step further if you'd like to confirm that DA is responding and a user/pass is working correctly.
- First, create a login key for a sample DirectAdmin account.
Set:- Key Name: curltest
- Key Value: Random
- Expires On: Never
- Uses: 0
- Commands: Allow: CMD_API_LOGIN_TEST
- Allowed IPs: 127.0.0.1
- Type in your and here.
- Edit the script:
/home/username/da_test.sh
and paste in the code#!/bin/sh
and chmod to 700
#DEBUG=0 normal running after settings confirmed
#DEBUG=1 basic output during testing to confirm settings
#DEBUG=2 raw output to see what's going on
DEBUG=0
USER=username
PASSWORD=password
CONFIG=curl_config.txt
echo -n '' > ${CONFIG}
echo "user = \"${USER}:${PASSWORD}\"" >> ${CONFIG}
RUN="curl --config ${CONFIG} --silent --show-error http://127.0.0.1:2222/CMD_API_LOGIN_TEST"
if [ "${DEBUG}" -ge 2 ]; then
eval $RUN
else
#stderr to cron output
RESULT=`eval $RUN 2>&1`
RET=$?
COUNT=`echo "$RESULT" | grep -c 'error=0'`
if [ "${COUNT}" -gt 0 ]; then
if [ "${DEBUG}" -ge 1 ]; then
echo "all is well";
fi
exit 0;
else
if [ "${RET}" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Unable to verify login. Try DEBUG=2";
echo "curl returned code 0, so is likely a user/pass issue";
exit 1;
else
echo "$RESULT";
echo "curl returned code ${RET}";
exit ${RET}
fi
fi
fichmod 700 /home/username/da_test.sh
If you're running DA with https, change http to https in the RUN variable. Same applies if you're not using port 2222, adjust the port there. - Manually run the script to see if it work:
/home/username/da_test.sh; echo $?
If you see '0' as the output, that's a good thing. Set DEBUG to 1 or 2 to help sort out any issues. - Once you're happy it's working, create a cronjob under the username account:
User Level -> CronJobs
Leave all time values as *, but set the command to be:/home/username/da_test.sh
and do not press the "Prevent E-Mail", or else you won't get any notices. - On the same Cronjobs page, type in your E-Mail in the "Send all Cron output to E-Mail" section.
Check that account for any emails containing output if DA isn't running.