mayur-chavhan / SITE-STATUS-CHECKER

Simple Bash Script to Alert through an EMAIL, Whenever site goes down with HTTP Status Code. Which is very helpful if you are System Administrator or Developer who wants to monitor site's activity with ease.

SITE HTTP STATUS CHECKER

As the title suggests, Bash Script will check site HTTP status code [e.g 200, 403, 404 etc.] and alert you on your email.

Steps to execute script.

git clone https://github.com/mayur-chavhan/SITE-STATUS-CHECKER.git

cd SITE-STATUS-CHECKER

Update NOTIFY_TO='[e-mail]' to your own email address.

Copy sample files domain-list-sample.txt and email-list-sample.txt to domain-list.txt and email-list.txt, Respectively.

cp domain-list-sample.txt domain-list.txt

cp email-list-sample.txt email-list.txt

Add some domains inside domain-list.txt file,

For example,

google.com
facebook.com
techwhale.in
pikachu.com

Update email-list.txt file with your alert email address,

vim email-list.txt

RUN !!

./check-online-status.sh

Faster Script, HTTP Status Checker bash script

To use a different similar tool i have built quicker version of site status checker

RUN !!

./mini-faster-online-status.sh

Give script to Cron-Job for more efficient mechanics.

I'm hoping if you are already cloned this project in your home directory. for example, /home/your-username/SITE-STATUS-CHECKER

*/5 * * * * $HOME/SITE-STATUS-CHECKER/check-online-status.sh

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HTTP Status Codes More About Them Here

This section will tell you what each code from the software means.

10.2 Successful 2xx

This class of status code indicates that the client's request was successfully received, understood, and accepted.

10.2.1 200 OK

The request has succeeded.

10.2.3 202 Accepted

The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed.

10.5 Server Error 5xx

Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable of performing the request.

10.5.1 500 Internal Server Error

The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.

10.5.2 501 Not Implemented

The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request. This is the appropriate response when the server does not recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource.

10.5.3 502 Bad Gateway

The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting to fulfill the request.

10.5.4 503 Service Unavailable

The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server.

10.5.5 504 Gateway Timeout

The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not receive a timely response from the upstream server specified by the URI or some other auxiliary server it needed to access in attempting to complete the request.

10.5.6 505 HTTP Version Not Supported

The server does not support, or refuses to support, the HTTP protocol version that was used in the request message.

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