A little Bash script that checks if a server is UP or DOWN, and sends a mail with status update.
fping to check if the server answser to the ping. Available on Debian, Arch and Gentoo repositories, or on fping.org
sendmail or any mail sender. But you must make sure you can send mail with the mail command, or the script will be useless.
cron to run the script automatically.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Angristan/server-status/master/check.sh
chmod +x check.sh
To run the script : ./check.sh or bash check.sh
To run the script automatically :
crontab -e
Add:
*/1 * * * * bash /path/to/check.sh
This will run the script every minute.
The unlicense : do whatever you want with the code.