Bash Check Domain Expiry

A check mk local script for checking domain expiry.

Bash check domain expiry. The way that i use this script rather than it being called as a local check i tried this way but you very quickly find yourself getting blocked from various read more about monitoring domain expiry. Once the expiration occurs all services are shut off causing. Upon registering a domain with a registrar an expiration date is set for a period of time in the future at least 1 year from creation or renewal. See below for a sample output.

1 how to check a dns records of a domain using the dig command. It can be run in interactive and batch mode and provides. It performs dns lookup and displays the answers that are returned from the name server s that were queried. Earlier today when trying this sensor from the command line i would receive a negative value on a domain which i know expires next february.

Monitoring dns domain name expiration with dns domain expiration checker several years ago i wrote a simple bash script to check the expiration date of the dns domains i own. User needs to only supply single or multiple keywords and the script checks domain availability for each keyword domain label. For all active in use domains it is critical to prevent your domain from expiring. The following bash script allows user to check for domain name availability using a whois utility domain hijacking made easy.

Now i m getting no expiration date found regardless of what domain i use. Dig command stands for domain information groper is a flexible tool for interrogating dns name servers. This script checks to see if a domain has expired. At the time i wrote this purely for my own needs but after receiving 100s of e mails from folks who were using it and submitting patches i decided to enhance it to be.

I ve also added 5 seconds delay to avoid whois server rejecting the query. This script should work for all domain tlds but let me know if you find any issues.