[tor-bugs] #12802 [Circumvention/BridgeDB]: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the Email Distributor

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#12802: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the Email Distributor
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 Reporter:  isis                                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Circumvention/BridgeDB               |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  bridgedb-email, nagios, anti-        |  Actual Points:
  censorship-roadmap-2020Q1                      |
Parent ID:  #30152                               |         Points:  5
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor30-must
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Changes (by phw):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 I refactored hiro's "check for emails" script
 [https://github.com/NullHypothesis/bridgedb/commit/81ce4d13419d1d651fc0a904cec86e77fa346c94
 in this commit]. The script writes its output to
 `/srv/bridges.torproject.org/check/status`. I can set up a cron job that
 runs this script every, say, six hours. We will probably encounter some
 more hiccups once the script is running in production. Hiro, can you
 remind me what will happen if nagios considers BridgeDB's email responder
 down? Will I be able to see this in the nagios web UI? I'm asking because
 there will probably be a few more hiccups with the "check email" script
 once it's running continuously.

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