initial commit of bin scripts into git

node-collector-cron

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# uncomment to test
+#exit 0
+
+# this is complex, we use cron to run stuff, but if cron fails, no script gets
+# an update, BUT, as prometheus is just looking at the last state of the file,
+# it would see the last values and think they are 'current'.
+#
+# SO, lets timestamp when we ran this, rather than give a 0 or 1, because if
+# its running this will update the timestamp, if not, it wont anyway :)
+
+log_file=/srv/docker/container/node-exporter/textfile_collector/cron.prom
+
+echo "# HELP node_cron_is_running Check to tell us when Cron last ran" > $log_file
+echo "# TYPE node_cron_is_running gauge" >> $log_file
+
+echo "node_cron_is_running{what=\"last_in_secs\"} `date +%s`" >> $log_file