Script to Check the Gateway and Reboot if Needed

[Pocket_Sevens]

Good morning.

I am trying to create a custom script to be used in CRON to periodically check the gateway and reboot the router if there's no connection.

The script I used can be found here:  https://forum.netgate.com/topic/64563/pfsense-auto-reboot-script-when-google-is-unreachable/3

I put the script into the file /usr/local/opnsense/scripts/gatewaycheck.sh.  I also created a conf file actions_gatewaycheck.conf:

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[check]
command:/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/gatewaycheck.sh
parameters
type:script
message:Check the Gateway
description:Periodically check the gateway and reboot if needed


I ran the command "service configd restart" to restart configd.  However, when I run the command "configctl gatewaycheck check", I get the following response:

configd socket missing (@/var/run/configd.socket)

Since I'm new at creating a new script, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[chemlud]

Hi!

I created a cron script in opnsense along this line:

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=10740.msg49328#msg49328

[Pocket_Sevens]

Thanks for this.  I can see your setup of your conf file and I see that I can either create a script with the command "/sbin/pfctl -F state" or put the command directly into the conf file.

So the command "/sbin/pfctl -F state" checks the state of the gateway and, if it fails, reboots?

[chemlud]

ooops, soory, no, missunderstanding! My script/Cron job kills all states at certain times of day (e.g. after scheduled BLOCK firewall rules kick in, to remove exisitng states).

I just wanted to provide an example how custom Cron jobs can be created. But the author of the post had a script with the same job as you intend, i.e. check gateway and reboot... (see his post). But you may ask him for the script ping_check.sh mentioned in the post.

PS: see here

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=13544.msg67170#msg67170

[Pocket_Sevens]

THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!   ;D

This is exactly what I was looking for.  Script works like a charm, and was able to set it up as a CRON job.

Thank you so much!