how to monitor the number of process instances on linux

sunny_a_j

Hello,

 

I want to monitor the process count on linux and setup an alert if the count goes above certain value or below certain value.

Is there a component which can accomplish this task.

 

Thanks

Sunny

 

qle

Based off of this script, perhaps the following script will work for you? You may need to tweak it to get a more accurate count for your needs.

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Based on original version by Jon Anhold <jon@snoopy.net>
# Modifications by Jeremy Weatherford <xidus@xidus.net>
# This code is licensed under the GNU General Public License
#
# License text may be found at: www.gnu.org/.../gpl.html
#

$l = `ps auxc | wc -l`;
$l =~ /(\d+)/;
$data = $l - 3;

$data = int($data);

print "Statistic: $data\n";