a script written by @solarkennedy at Yelp to test sensu alerts

send-test-sensu-alert

#!/bin/bash

cat <<EOF >/tmp/test-sensu-alert.json
{
  "name": "test_alert_for_${USER}",
  "interval": 0,
  "alert_after": 0,
  "realert_every": "1",
  "runbook": "y/unknown",
  "annotation": "unknown",
  "sla": "No SLA defined.",
  "dependencies": [],
  "team": "noop",
  "irc_channels": [],
  "notification_email": "${USER}@yelp.com",
  "ticket": false,
  "project": false,
  "page": false,
  "tip": "this is a test alert",
  "output": "",
  "status": 1,
  "command": "send-test-sensu-alert",
  "watchdog_timer": null
}
EOF

$EDITOR /tmp/test-sensu-alert.json
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then

  if cat  /tmp/test-sensu-alert.json | tr -d "\n" | jq . > /dev/null ; then
    echo "Sending the alert to the localhost:3030 socket!"
    cat /tmp/test-sensu-alert.json | tr -d "\n"  > /dev/tcp/localhost/3030
    echo
    echo "Resolve your check with:"
    echo "sensu-cli resolve `hostname -f` `cat /tmp/test-sensu-alert.json  | jq .'name'`"
  else
    echo "Error: Invalid JSON?"
  fi

fi