# External watchdog for Icinga2

**URL:** <https://community.icinga.com/t/external-watchdog-for-icinga2/7983>\
**Category:** Icinga 2\
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/external-watchdog-for-icinga2/7983 "2021-08-11T19:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ken](https://community.icinga.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@ken](https://community.icinga.com/u/ken)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/external-watchdog-for-icinga2/7983/5 "2021-09-14T14:07:20Z")

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I found the answer to my question here:

> [@"Backend icinga is not running" but everything seams fine](https://community.icinga.com/t/backend-icinga-is-not-running-but-everything-seams-fine/2650/2):
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> Logon to your db and run: use icinga2; select status\_update\_time from icinga\_programstatus; If this is not up to date you’ll get this error. Hence, you’ll need to find out why it is not updated by icinga2.

I just need to write some code around that, and also make sure I don’t mistake a reload or restart for a zombie state.

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