README.md

simple-site-emailer

A simple Ruby script to email me if a site is down.

Usage

ruby simple-site-emailer.rb --site https://google.com --pattern body --address smtp.someserver.com --user myusername --pass mypassword --domain mydomain --email me@mydomain

Scheduling

I use a cron job to run the program every twenty min.

Example cron Line

*/20 * * * * /usr/bin/ruby ~/simple-site-emailer/simple-site-emailer.rb --site https://google.com --pattern body --address smtp.someserver.com --user myusername --pass mypassword --domain mydomain

Background

We needed a method for notifiing ourselfs when an internal web app goes down. Uptime monitoting services would not work because the app is only accessable from the inside.