Usage: UptimeMonitorBot
The UptimeMonitorBot is still in active development, but will inform you ASAP if one of your servers isn't reachable. It uses the uptimerobot.com API for that.
- Open a new chat window to UptimeMonitorBot.
- Create a (free) account at uptimerobot.com. More information about that (with step-by-step indications) on this wiki page.
This bot will mainly send you 2 type of messages, one for when one of the monitored sites goes down, which will use a red circle (🔴), and the other one that will notify you when one of the monitored sites goes back up, this will cite (if available) the original down message and will begin with a blue circle (🔵).
The important bits of information are always displayed in a bold font. A typical up and down message will look like the following:
The only caveat is that a reason may not always be available, depending on what's wrong on your network. The output may differ slightly from the above screenshot, but the text and intent itself should remain pretty self-explanatory.
The following list of commands are enabled for this bot:
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/start: Gives you a warm welcome and will display the notification URL. -
/setup: A step-by-step introduction on how to register at uptimerobot.com, create a monitor and a alert contact, used by this bot. -
/get_notify_url: Displays the notification URL to be used in uptimerobot.com. -
/regenerate_notify_url: Will regenerate the notification URL. Use this option with care, as this will invalidate the previous set URL! This will ask for confirmation before performing the operation. -
/help: Displays the help, such as bot commands and general usage instructions.
- Full integration with UptimeRobot.com's API. Right now, it is just a listener to events.
- More integration to other platforms that offer the same kind of service.
Yes it is. I have however enabled the mails so that I get an actual notification from uptimerobot.com itself instead of relying on a perhaps down bot. This way I always and quickly know when something is going wrong.