check_server.py

def check_server(address, port):
    
    # Create a TCP socket
    timeout = 40 #timeout in seconds
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    #s.settimeout(timeout)
    print ("Attempting to connect to %s on port %s" % (address, port))
    try:
        s.connect((address, port))
        #print ("Connected to %s on port %s" % (address, port))
        return "Connected to %s on port %s" % (address, port)
    except socket.error as error:
        #print ("Connection to %s on port %s failed: %s")
        return "Connection to %s on port %s failed: %s" % (address, port, error)
    finally:
        s.close()