=============== check_collector =============== ------------------------------------------------- Check a CollecTor instance for operational issues ------------------------------------------------- :Manual section: 1 SYNOPSIS ======== check_collector hostname [module] DESCRIPTION =========== Checks a CollecTor instance to ensure that the files it is serving are fresh. hostname The hostname of the CollecTor instance. There are no defaults to avoid implicit misconfiguration accidents. Example: "collector.torproject.org". module The module to test. If not specified, the script will run through all available modules to make sure they are working. When configured for use with Nagios or compatible software this should be set to one of: "index", "relaydescs", "bridgedescs", "exitlists". EXAMPLES ======== Run all the checks on the command line to ensure the installation is working or to perform a one-off test of the Tor Metrics CollecTor instance:: check_collector collector.torproject.org Check the Tor Metrics CollecTor instance to see that the relaydescs module has been running:: check_collector collector.torproject.org relaydescs BUGS ==== * bridgedescs module does not check network status document timestamps as the timestamp format is different Please report any bugs found to: https://github.com/irl/bushel/issues. AUTHORS ======= check_collector is part of bushel, a Python library and application supporting parts of Tor Metrics. check_collector and this man page were written by Iain Learmonth .